# Elastic Observability event intake API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/elastic-observability/elastic-observability-event-intake-api/  
**Provider:** Elastic Observability — https://apis.io/providers/elastic-observability/  
**Base URL:** https://{deployment}.apm.{region}.cloud.es.io:443  
**Documentation:** https://www.elastic.co/observability

Elastic Observability event intake API is one of 5 APIs that [Elastic Observability](https://apis.io/providers/elastic-observability/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include event intake. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

The events intake API is the internal protocol that APM agents use to talk to the APM Server.

## Operations (3)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/intake/v2/events` | Send APM agent events |
| POST | `/intake/v2/rum/events` | Send RUM events |
| POST | `/intake/v3/rum/events` | Send RUM events |

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elastic-observability/refs/heads/main/openapi/elastic-observability-event-intake-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/solutions/observability/apm
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elastic-observability/refs/heads/main/overlays/elastic-observability-event-intake-overlay.yaml

## Other Elastic Observability APIs (4)

- [Elastic Observability](https://apis.io/apis/elastic-observability/elastic-observability/)
- [Elastic Observability Server Info API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic-observability/elastic-observability-server-info-api/)
- [Elastic Observability agent config API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic-observability/elastic-observability-agent-config-api/)
- [Elastic Observability opentelemetry intake API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic-observability/elastic-observability-opentelemetry-intake-api/)

## Tags

event intake

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/elastic-observability/elastic-observability-event-intake-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/elastic-observability/.