Digital Ocean

Digital Ocean Monitoring API

The DigitalOcean Monitoring API makes it possible to programmatically retrieve metrics as well as configure alert policies based on these metrics. The Monitoring API can help you gain insight into how your apps are performing and consuming resources.

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Operations 55

GET /v2/monitoring/alerts List Alert Policies #
POST /v2/monitoring/alerts Create Alert Policy #
GET /v2/monitoring/alerts/{alert_uuid} Retrieve an Existing Alert Policy #
PUT /v2/monitoring/alerts/{alert_uuid} Update an Alert Policy #
DELETE /v2/monitoring/alerts/{alert_uuid} Delete an Alert Policy #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/droplet/bandwidth Get Droplet Bandwidth Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/droplet/cpu Get Droplet CPU Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/droplet/filesystem_free Get Droplet Filesystem Free Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/droplet/filesystem_size Get Droplet Filesystem Size Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/droplet/load_1 Get Droplet Load1 Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/droplet/load_5 Get Droplet Load5 Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/droplet/load_15 Get Droplet Load15 Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/droplet/memory_cached Get Droplet Cached Memory Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/droplet/memory_free Get Droplet Free Memory Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/droplet/memory_total Get Droplet Total Memory Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/droplet/memory_available Get Droplet Available Memory Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/apps/memory_percentage Get App Memory Percentage Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/apps/cpu_percentage Get App CPU Percentage Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/apps/restart_count Get App Restart Count Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/frontend_connections_current Get Load Balancer Frontend Total Current Active Connections Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/frontend_connections_limit Get Load Balancer Frontend Max Connections Limit Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/frontend_cpu_utilization Get Load Balancer Frontend Average Percentage CPU Utilization Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/frontend_firewall_dropped_bytes Get Load Balancer Frontend Firewall Dropped Bytes Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/frontend_firewall_dropped_packets Get Load Balancer Frontend Firewall Dropped Packets Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/frontend_http_responses Get Load Balancer Frontend HTTP Rate Of Response Code Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/frontend_http_requests_per_second Get Load Balancer Frontend HTTP Requests Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/frontend_network_throughput_http Get Load Balancer Frontend HTTP Throughput Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/frontend_network_throughput_udp Get Load Balancer Frontend UDP Throughput Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/frontend_network_throughput_tcp Get Load Balancer Frontend TCP Throughput Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/frontend_nlb_tcp_network_throughput Get Network Load Balancer Frontend TCP Throughput Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/frontend_nlb_udp_network_throughput Get Network Load Balancer Frontend UDP Throughput Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/frontend_tls_connections_current Get Load Balancer Frontend Current TLS Connections Rate Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/frontend_tls_connections_limit Get Load Balancer Frontend Max TLS Connections Limit Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/frontend_tls_connections_exceeding_rate_limit Get Load Balancer Frontend Closed TLS Connections For Exceeded Rate Limit… #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/droplets_http_session_duration_avg Get Load Balancer Droplets Average HTTP Session Duration Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/droplets_http_session_duration_50p Get Load Balancer Droplets 50th Percentile HTTP Session Duration Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/droplets_http_session_duration_95p Get Load Balancer Droplets 95th Percentile HTTP Session Duration Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/droplets_http_response_time_avg Get Load Balancer Droplets Average HTTP Response Time Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/droplets_http_response_time_50p Get Load Balancer Droplets 50th Percentile HTTP Response Time Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/droplets_http_response_time_95p Get Load Balancer Droplets 95th Percentile HTTP Response Time Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/droplets_http_response_time_99p Get Load Balancer Droplets 99th Percentile HTTP Response Time Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/droplets_queue_size Get Load Balancer Droplets Queue Size Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/droplets_http_responses Get Load Balancer Droplets HTTP Rate Of Response Code Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/droplets_connections Get Load Balancer Droplets Active Connections Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/droplets_health_checks Get Load Balancer Droplets Health Check Status Metrics #
GET /v2/monitoring/metrics/load_balancer/droplets_downtime Get Load Balancer Droplets Downtime Status Metrics #
POST /v2/monitoring/sinks/destinations Create Logging Destination #
GET /v2/monitoring/sinks/destinations List Logging Destinations #
GET /v2/monitoring/sinks/destinations/{destination_uuid} Get Logging Destination #
POST /v2/monitoring/sinks/destinations/{destination_uuid} Update Logging Destination #
DELETE /v2/monitoring/sinks/destinations/{destination_uuid} Delete Logging Destination #
POST /v2/monitoring/sinks Create Sink #
GET /v2/monitoring/sinks Lists all sinks #
GET /v2/monitoring/sinks/{sink_uuid} Get Sink #
DELETE /v2/monitoring/sinks/{sink_uuid} Delete Sink #

Documentation

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https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/api-reference/

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/digital-ocean/refs/heads/main/openapi/digital-ocean-monitoring-api-openapi.yml

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SourceCode
https://github.com/digitalocean/openapi

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digital-ocean-monitoring-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: DigitalOcean Monitoring API
  version: '2.0'
  description: '# Introduction


    The DigitalOcean API allows you to manage Droplets and resources within the

    DigitalOcean cloud in a simple, programmatic way using conventional HTTP requests.'
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  contact:
    name: DigitalOcean API Team
    email: api-engineering@digitalocean.com
  termsOfService: https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/terms-of-service-agreement/
servers:
- url: https://api.digitalocean.com
  description: production
security:
- bearer_auth: []
tags:


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