# Honeycomb Columns API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/honeycomb-io/honeycomb-io-columns-api/  
**Provider:** Honeycomb — https://apis.io/providers/honeycomb-io/  
**Base URL:** https://api.honeycomb.io  
**Documentation:** https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/Events

Honeycomb Columns API is one of 21 APIs that [Honeycomb](https://apis.io/providers/honeycomb-io/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Columns. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

Columns are fields in the events you send to Honeycomb. This API allows you to list, create, update, and delete columns in a dataset. ## Authorization The API key must have the **Manage Queries and Columns** permission. Learn more about [API keys here](https://docs.honeycomb.io/configure/environments/manage-api-keys/).

## Machine-readable artifacts (21)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/honeycomb-io/refs/heads/main/openapi/honeycomb-io-columns-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/Events
- **Documentation** — https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/Datasets
- **Documentation** — https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/Dataset-Definitions
- **Documentation** — https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/Columns
- **Documentation** — https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/Calculated-Fields
- **Documentation** — https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/Queries
- **Documentation** — https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/Query-Data
- **Documentation** — https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/Query-Annotations
- **Documentation** — https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/Boards
- **Documentation** — https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/Triggers
- **Documentation** — https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/Recipients
- **Documentation** — https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/SLOs
- **Documentation** — https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/Burn-Alerts
- **Documentation** — https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/Reporting
- **Documentation** — https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/Markers
- **Documentation** — https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/Marker-Settings
- **Documentation** — https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/Service-Maps
- **Documentation** — https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/Auth
- **Documentation** — https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/Key-Management
- **Documentation** — https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/tag/Environments

## Other Honeycomb APIs (12)

- [Honeycomb Auth API](https://apis.io/apis/honeycomb-io/honeycomb-io-auth-api/)
- [Honeycomb Boards API](https://apis.io/apis/honeycomb-io/honeycomb-io-boards-api/)
- [Honeycomb Burn Alerts API](https://apis.io/apis/honeycomb-io/honeycomb-io-burn-alerts-api/)
- [Honeycomb Calculated Fields API](https://apis.io/apis/honeycomb-io/honeycomb-io-calculated-fields-api/)
- [Honeycomb Dataset Definitions API](https://apis.io/apis/honeycomb-io/honeycomb-io-dataset-definitions-api/)
- [Honeycomb Datasets API](https://apis.io/apis/honeycomb-io/honeycomb-io-datasets-api/)
- [Honeycomb Environments API](https://apis.io/apis/honeycomb-io/honeycomb-io-environments-api/)
- [Honeycomb Events API](https://apis.io/apis/honeycomb-io/honeycomb-io-events-api/)
- [Honeycomb Key Management API](https://apis.io/apis/honeycomb-io/honeycomb-io-key-management-api/)
- [Honeycomb Kinesis Events API](https://apis.io/apis/honeycomb-io/honeycomb-io-kinesis-events-api/)
- [Honeycomb Marker Settings API](https://apis.io/apis/honeycomb-io/honeycomb-io-marker-settings-api/)
- [Honeycomb Markers API](https://apis.io/apis/honeycomb-io/honeycomb-io-markers-api/)

## Tags

Columns

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