Datadog Log Indexes API

Manage log indexes and retention policies

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datadog-log-indexes-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.0
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 Account Log Indexes 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:
- name: Log Indexes
  description: Manage log indexes and retention policies
paths:
  /api/v1/logs/config/indexes:
    get:
      operationId: listLogIndexes
      summary: Datadog List Log Indexes
      description: Returns the list of configured log indexes for your Datadog organization. Each index defines a filter for which logs to include, a daily retention policy, and log volume limits. Indexes are evaluated in order, and each log can match at most one index. Index configurations affect log retention, querying capabilities, and cost.
      tags:
      - Log Indexes
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with list of log indexes
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LogsIndexesResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - missing or invalid API key
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/APIErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden - insufficient permissions for this operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/APIErrorResponse'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /api/v1/logs/config/indexes/{name}:
    get:
      operationId: getLogIndex
      summary: Datadog Get a Log Index
      description: Returns the configuration details for a specific log index identified by its name. Includes the filter query, exclusion filters, daily retention settings, and current usage statistics.
      tags:
      - Log Indexes
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/indexNameParam'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with log index configuration
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LogsIndex'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - missing or invalid API key
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/APIErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden - insufficient permissions for this operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/APIErrorResponse'
        '404':
          description: Not found - log index with the specified name does not exist
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/APIErrorResponse'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    APIErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Standard API error response returned for failed requests
      required:
      - errors
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          description: List of error messages describing the failure
          items:
            type: string
    LogsIndex:
      type: object
      description: Configuration for a single Datadog log index
      required:
      - name
      - filter
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the log index
          example: Example Monitor
        filter:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LogsFilter'
        exclusion_filters:
          type: array
          description: List of exclusion filters that drop matching logs before indexing
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/LogsExclusion'
        num_retention_days:
          type: integer
          description: The number of days to retain logs in this index
          example: 42
        daily_limit:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: The maximum number of logs per day before the index is disabled
          example: 42
        is_rate_limited:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the index has exceeded its daily limit and is currently rate limited
          example: true
    LogsIndexesResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response containing the list of configured log indexes
      properties:
        indexes:
          type: array
          description: List of log index configurations for the organization
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/LogsIndex'
    LogsFilter:
      type: object
      description: A filter query that determines which logs are matched by an index or exclusion
      required:
      - query
      properties:
        query:
          type: string
          description: A Datadog log search query that selects which logs match this filter
          example: avg:system.cpu.user{*}
    LogsExclusion:
      type: object
      description: An exclusion filter that drops matching logs from an index
      required:
      - name
      - filter
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the exclusion filter for identification
          example: Example Monitor
        is_enabled:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether this exclusion filter is currently active
          example: true
        filter:
          type: object
          description: The exclusion filter configuration
          properties:
            query:
              type: string
              description: Log search query for logs to exclude from the index
            sample_rate:
              type: number
              format: double
              minimum: 0
              maximum: 1
              description: The percentage (0 to 1) of logs matching the filter to exclude
  parameters:
    indexNameParam:
      name: name
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The name of the log index to retrieve
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    AuthZ:
      description: This API uses OAuth 2 with the implicit grant flow.
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: /oauth2/v1/authorize
          scopes:
            apm_api_catalog_read: View API catalog and API definitions.
            apm_api_catalog_write: Add, modify, and delete API catalog definitions.
            apm_read: Read and query APM and Trace Analytics.
            apm_service_catalog_read: View service catalog and service definitions.
            apm_service_catalog_write: Add, modify, and delete service catalog definitions when those definitions are maintained by Datadog.
            appsec_vm_read: View infrastructure, application code, and library vulnerabilities. This does not restrict API or inventory SQL access to the vulnerability data source.
            cases_read: View Cases.
            cases_write: Create and update cases.
            ci_visibility_pipelines_write: Create CI Visibility pipeline spans using the API.
            ci_visibility_read: View CI Visibility.
            cloud_cost_management_read: View Cloud Cost pages and the cloud cost data source in dashboards and notebooks. For more details, see the Cloud Cost Management docs.
            cloud_cost_management_write: Configure cloud cost accounts and global customizations. For more details, see the Cloud Cost Management docs.
            code_analysis_read: View Code Analysis.
            continuous_profiler_pgo_read: Read and query Continuous Profiler data for Profile-Guided Optimization (PGO).
            create_webhooks: Create webhooks integrations.
            dashboards_embed_share: Create, modify, and delete shared dashboards with share type 'embed'.
            dashboards_invite_share: Create, modify, and delete shared dashboards with share type 'invite'.
            dashboards_public_share: Generate public and authenticated links to share dashboards or embeddable graphs externally.
            dashboards_read: View dashboards.
            dashboards_write: Create and change dashboards.
            data_scanner_read: View Data Scanner configurations.
            data_scanner_write: Edit Data Scanner configurations.
            embeddable_graphs_share: Generate public links to share embeddable graphs externally.
            events_read: Read Events data.
            hosts_read: List hosts and their attributes.
            incident_notification_settings_write: Configure Incidents Notification settings.
            incident_read: View incidents in Datadog.
            incident_settings_write: Configure Incident Settings.
            incident_write: Create, view, and manage incidents in Datadog.
            metrics_read: View custom metrics.
            monitor_config_policy_write: Edit and delete monitor configuration.
            monitors_downtime: Set downtimes to suppress alerts from any monitor in an organization. Mute and unmute monitors. The ability to write monitors is not required to set downtimes.
            monitors_read: View monitors.
            monitors_write: Edit, delete, and resolve individual monitors.
            org_management: Edit org configurations, including authentication and certain security preferences such as configuring SAML, renaming an org, configuring allowed login methods, creating child orgs, subscribing & unsubscribing from apps in the marketplace, and enabling & disabling Remote Configuration for the entire organization.
            security_comments_read: Read comments of vulnerabilities.
            security_monitoring_filters_read: Read Security Filters.
            security_monitoring_filters_write: Create, edit, and delete Security Filters.
            security_monitoring_findings_read: View a list of findings that include both misconfigurations and identity risks.
            security_monitoring_notification_profiles_read: View Rule Security Notification rules.
            security_monitoring_notification_profiles_write: Create, edit, and delete Security Notification rules.
            security_monitoring_rules_read: Read Detection Rules.
            security_monitoring_rules_write: Create and edit Detection Rules.
            security_monitoring_signals_read: View Security Signals.
            security_monitoring_suppressions_read: Read Rule Suppressions.
            security_monitoring_suppressions_write: Write Rule Suppressions.
            security_pipelines_read: View Security Pipelines.
            security_pipelines_write: Create, edit, and delete CSM Security Pipelines.
            slos_corrections: Apply, edit, and delete SLO status corrections. A user with this permission can make status corrections, even if they do not have permission to edit those SLOs.
            slos_read: View SLOs and status corrections.
            slos_write: Create, edit, and delete SLOs.
            synthetics_global_variable_read: View, search, and use Synthetics global variables.
            synthetics_global_variable_write: Create, edit, and delete global variables for Synthetics.
            synthetics_private_location_read: View, search, and use Synthetics private locations.
            synthetics_private_location_write: Create and delete private locations in addition to having access to the associated installation guidelines.
            synthetics_read: List and view configured Synthetic tests and test results.
            synthetics_write: Create, edit, and delete Synthetic tests.
            teams_manage: Manage Teams. Create, delete, rename, and edit metadata of all Teams. To control Team membership across all Teams, use the User Access Manage permission.
            teams_read: Read Teams data. A User with this permission can view Team names, metadata, and which Users are on each Team.
            test_optimization_read: View Test Optimization.
            timeseries_query: Query Timeseries data.
            usage_read: View your organization's usage and usage attribution.
            user_access_invite: Invite other users to your organization.
            user_access_manage: Disable users, manage user roles, manage SAML-to-role mappings, and configure logs restriction queries.
            user_access_read: View users and their roles and settings.
            workflows_read: View workflows.
            workflows_run: Run workflows.
            workflows_write: Create, edit, and delete workflows.
          tokenUrl: /oauth2/v1/token
      type: oauth2
    apiKeyAuth:
      description: Your Datadog API Key.
      in: header
      name: DD-API-KEY
      type: apiKey
      x-env-name: DD_API_KEY
    appKeyAuth:
      description: Your Datadog APP Key.
      in: header
      name: DD-APPLICATION-KEY
      type: apiKey
      x-env-name: DD_APP_KEY
    bearerAuth:
      scheme: bearer
      type: http
      x-env-name: DD_BEARER_TOKEN
x-group-parameters: true
x-merge-override:
  paths: false