Datadog Existing API

The Existing API from Datadog — 12 operation(s) for existing.

Operations 9

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

PATCH /api/v2/incidents/{incident_id} Update an incident · Datadog Update an Existing Incident #
Ask an LLM
“How do I change an incident's severity or status?”
“Can I update just one field on an incident without resending everything?”
Tell an agent
Update incident {incident_id} with {data}.
Change the attributes of incident {incident_id} to {data}.
PATCH /api/v2/incidents/{incident_id}/relationships/integrations/{integration_metadata_id} Update an incident's integration metadata · Datadog Update an Existing Incident Integration Metadata #
Ask an LLM
“Can I edit the integration metadata linked to an incident?”
“What's the way to update a linked integration record on an incident?”
Tell an agent
Update integration metadata {integration_metadata_id} on incident {incident_id} with {data}.
Edit linked integration {integration_metadata_id} for incident {incident_id}.
PUT /api/v2/scorecard/rules/{rule_id} Update a Scorecard rule · Datadog Update an Existing Rule #
Ask an LLM
“How do I edit a Scorecard rule that grades my services?”
“Can I change a service scorecard rule's settings?”
Tell an agent
Update scorecard rule {rule_id} with {data}.
Edit service Scorecard rule {rule_id}.
PUT /api/v2/security_monitoring/rules/{rule_id} Update a security detection rule · Datadog Update an Existing Rule #
Ask an LLM
“Must I resend every query when I modify a security detection rule?”
“What can I change on a default detection rule?”
Tell an agent
Update security detection rule {rule_id} with queries {queries}.
Set detection rule {rule_id} enabled to {isEnabled}.
POST /api/v2/security_monitoring/rules/{rule_id}/test Test an existing security detection rule · Datadog Test an Existing Rule #
Ask an LLM
“Can I test a detection rule I already saved against sample payloads?”
“How do I check whether an existing rule would fire on given data?”
Tell an agent
Test existing security rule {rule_id} against {ruleQueryPayloads}.
Run a test of saved detection rule {rule_id}.
PATCH /api/v2/services/{service_id} Update an incident service · Datadog Update an Existing Incident Service #
Ask an LLM
“How do I rename an incident service?”
“Can I partially update an incident service?”
Tell an agent
Update incident service {service_id} with {data}.
Rename the incident management service {service_id}.
PATCH /api/v2/teams/{team_id} Update an incident team · Datadog Update an Existing Incident Team #
Ask an LLM
“Can I rename an incident team?”
“What's the way to partially update an incident team?”
Tell an agent
Update incident team {team_id} with {data}.
Rename the incident management team {team_id}.
GET /api/v2/workflows/{workflow_id} Get a workflow · Datadog Get an Existing Workflow #
Ask an LLM
“How can I view a Workflow Automation workflow's definition?”
“Which permission does reading a workflow require?”
Tell an agent
Get workflow {workflow_id}.
Show the definition of automation workflow {workflow_id}.
PATCH /api/v2/workflows/{workflow_id} Update a workflow · Datadog Update an Existing Workflow #
Ask an LLM
“How do I update the steps of an existing workflow?”
“Does editing a workflow need the workflows_write permission?”
Tell an agent
Update workflow {workflow_id} with {data}.
Edit the automation workflow {workflow_id}.

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datadog-existing-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    email: support@datadoghq.com
    name: Datadog Support
    url: https://www.datadoghq.com/support/
  description: The Datadog API is an HTTP REST API. The API uses resource-oriented URLs to call the API, uses status codes to indicate the success or failure of requests, returns JSON from all requests, and uses standard HTTP response codes. Use the Datadog API to access the Datadog platform programmatically.
  title: Datadog Existing API
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://{subdomain}.{site}
  variables:
    site:
      default: datadoghq.com
      description: The regional site for Datadog customers.
      enum:
      - datadoghq.com
      - us3.datadoghq.com
      - us5.datadoghq.com
      - ap1.datadoghq.com
      - datadoghq.eu
      - ddog-gov.com
    subdomain:
      default: api
      description: The subdomain where the API is deployed.
- url: '{protocol}://{name}'
  variables:
    name:
      default: api.datadoghq.com
      description: Full site DNS name.
    protocol:
      default: https
      description: The protocol for accessing the API.
- url: https://{subdomain}.{site}
  variables:
    site:
      default: datadoghq.com
      description: Any Datadog deployment.
    subdomain:
      default: api
      description: The subdomain where the API is deployed.
security:
- apiKeyAuth: []
  appKeyAuth: []
tags:


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