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Datadog Metrics API

The metrics endpoint allows you to: - Post metrics data so it can be graphed on Datadog’s dashboards - Query metrics from any time period (timeseries and scalar) - Modify tag configurations for metrics - View tags and volumes for metrics **Note**: A graph can only contain a set number of points and as the timeframe over which a metric is viewed increases, aggregation between points occurs to stay below that set number. The Post, Patch, and Delete `manage_tags` API methods can only be performed by a user who has the `Manage Tags for Metrics` permission. See the [Metrics page](https://docs.datadoghq.com/metrics/) for more information.

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PATCH /api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id} Datadog Update a Span-based Metric #

PATCH /api/v2/logs/config/metrics/{metric_id} Datadog Update a Log-based Metric #

PATCH /api/v2/rum/config/metrics/{metric_id} Datadog Update a Rum-based Metric #

POST /api/v2/series Datadog Submit Metrics #

POST /api/v2/query/timeseries Datadog Query Timeseries Data #

POST /api/v2/query/scalar Datadog Query Scalar Data #

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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Datadog Metrics API
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Metrics across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: datadog-api-openapi.yml, datadog-metrics-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
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://api.datadoghq.com
  description: Datadog API Production Server
tags:


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