Honeycomb Markers API

Markers indicate points in time on graphs where interesting things happen, such as deploys or outages. This API allows you to list, create, update, and delete Markers. ## Authorization The API key must have the **Manage Markers** permission. Learn more about [API keys here](https://docs.honeycomb.io/configure/environments/manage-api-keys/).

Documentation

Specifications

OpenAPI Specification

honeycomb-io-markers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Honeycomb Auth Markers API
  version: 1.0.0
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  contact:
    email: support@honeycomb.io
  description: 'The API allows programmatic management of many resources within Honeycomb.


    Please report any discrepancies with actual API behavior in <a href="https://docs.honeycomb.io/troubleshoot/community/">Pollinators Slack</a> or to <a href="https://support.honeycomb.io/">Honeycomb Support</a>.

    '
servers:
- url: https://api.honeycomb.io
- url: https://api.eu1.honeycomb.io
tags:
- name: Markers
  description: 'Markers indicate points in time on graphs where interesting things happen, such as deploys or outages.


    This API allows you to list, create, update, and delete Markers.


    ## Authorization


    The API key must have the **Manage Markers** permission. Learn more about [API keys here](https://docs.honeycomb.io/configure/environments/manage-api-keys/).

    '
paths:
  /1/markers/{datasetSlug}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/datasetSlugOrAll'
    post:
      security:
      - configuration_key: []
      summary: Create a Marker
      description: 'Create a Marker in the specified dataset. To create an environment marker, use the `__all__` keyword and an API key associated with the desired environment.

        '
      tags:
      - Markers
      operationId: createMarker
      requestBody:
        description: 'The marker body can include as many of the Marker fields as desired.

          '
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Marker'
        required: true
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created
          headers:
            Ratelimit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
            RateLimitPolicy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Marker'
              example:
                created_at: '2016-08-13T05:39:42Z'
                updated_at: '2016-08-13T05:39:42Z'
                start_time: 1471040808
                message: 'backend deploy #123'
                type: deploy
                id: d1c84ec0
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericError'
    get:
      security:
      - configuration_key: []
      summary: List All Markers
      description: 'Lists all Markers for a dataset.

        '
      tags:
      - Markers
      operationId: getMarker
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          headers:
            Ratelimit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
            RateLimitPolicy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Marker'
              example:
              - created_at: '2016-08-13T05:39:42Z'
                updated_at: '2016-08-13T05:39:42Z'
                start_time: 1471040808
                message: 'backend deploy #123'
                type: deploy
                id: d1c84ec0
              - created_at: '2016-08-14T05:39:42Z'
                updated_at: '2016-08-14T05:39:42Z'
                start_time: 1471040808
                message: 'frontend deploy #123'
                type: deploy
                id: c2b52fa0
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericError'
  /1/markers/{datasetSlug}/{markerId}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/datasetSlugOrAll'
    - name: markerId
      description: The unique identifier (ID) of a Marker.
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    put:
      security:
      - configuration_key: []
      summary: Update a Marker
      description: 'Update a Marker in the specified dataset. To update an environment marker, use the `__all__` keyword and an API key associated with the desired environment.

        '
      tags:
      - Markers
      operationId: updateMarker
      requestBody:
        description: 'If an existing field is not included in the payload, it will be erased.

          '
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Marker'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Updated
          headers:
            Ratelimit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
            RateLimitPolicy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Marker'
              example:
                created_at: '2016-08-13T05:39:42Z'
                updated_at: '2016-08-13T05:39:42Z'
                start_time: 1471040808
                message: 'backend deploy #123'
                type: deploy
                id: d1c84ec0
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericError'
    delete:
      security:
      - configuration_key: []
      summary: Delete a Marker
      tags:
      - Markers
      operationId: deleteMarker
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'Success

            The deleted Marker will be in the body of the response.

            '
          headers:
            Ratelimit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
            RateLimitPolicy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Marker'
              example:
                created_at: '2016-08-13T05:39:42Z'
                updated_at: '2016-08-13T05:39:42Z'
                start_time: 1471040808
                message: 'backend deploy #123'
                type: deploy
                id: d1c84ec0
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericError'
components:
  headers:
    RateLimitPolicy:
      description: "The (draft07) recommended header from the IETF on rate limiting.\nThe value of the header is formatted \"X;w=Y\".\nWhere:\n - X is the maximum number of requests allowed in a window\n - Y is the size of the window in seconds\n"
      schema:
        type: string
      example: 100;w=60
    RateLimit:
      description: "The (draft07) recommended header from the IETF on rate limiting.\nThe value of the header is formatted \"limit=X, remaining=Y, reset=Z\".\nWhere:\n  - X is the maximum number of requests allowed in the window\n  - Y is the number of requests remaining in the window\n  - Z is the number of seconds until the limit resets\n"
      schema:
        type: string
      example: limit=100, remaining=50, reset=60
    RetryAfter:
      description: 'The RFC7231 header used to indicate when a client should retry requests.

        '
      schema:
        type: string
      example: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 18:37:53 GMT
  parameters:
    datasetSlugOrAll:
      name: datasetSlug
      description: 'The dataset slug or use `__all__` for endpoints that support environment-wide operations.

        '
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error: unknown API key - check your credentials
        application/vnd.api+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONAPIError'
    RateLimited:
      description: Rate Limit Exceeded
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RetryAfter'
        Ratelimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        RateLimitPolicy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error: Rate Limited
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DetailedError'
          example:
            status: 429
            type: https://api.honeycomb.io/problems/rate-limited
            title: You have exceeded your rate limit.
            error: You have exceeded your rate limit.
            detail: Please try again after 2025-02-01T15:23:12Z.
        application/vnd.api+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONAPIError'
          example:
            errors:
            - id: 06dcdd6508ca822f0e7e2bb4121c1f52
              code: rate-limited/may-retry
              title: request rate limit exceeded
              detail: Please try again after 2025-02-01T15:23:12Z.
    NotFound:
      description: Not Found
      headers:
        Ratelimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        RateLimitPolicy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error: dataset not found
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DetailedError'
          example:
            status: 404
            type: https://api.honeycomb.io/problems/not-found
            title: The requested resource cannot be found.
            error: Dataset not found
            detail: Dataset not found
        application/vnd.api+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONAPIError'
    GenericError:
      description: Error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    DetailedError:
      x-tags:
      - Errors
      description: An RFC7807 'Problem Detail' formatted error message.
      type: object
      required:
      - error
      - status
      - type
      - title
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          default: something went wrong!
        status:
          type: number
          readOnly: true
          description: The HTTP status code of the error.
        type:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          description: Type is a URI used to uniquely identify the type of error.
        title:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          description: Title is a human-readable summary that explains the `type` of the problem.
        detail:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          description: The general, human-readable error message.
        instance:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          description: The unique identifier (ID) for this specific error.
    JSONAPIError:
      x-tags:
      - Errors
      type: object
      description: A JSONAPI-formatted error message.
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            readOnly: true
            required:
            - id
            - code
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
                readOnly: true
              status:
                type: string
                readOnly: true
              code:
                type: string
                readOnly: true
              title:
                type: string
                readOnly: true
              detail:
                type: string
                readOnly: true
              source:
                type: object
                readOnly: true
                properties:
                  pointer:
                    type: string
                    readOnly: true
                  header:
                    type: string
                    readOnly: true
                  parameter:
                    type: string
                    readOnly: true
    Error:
      x-tags:
      - Errors
      type: object
      description: A legacy error, containing only a textual description.
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
    Marker:
      type: object
      properties:
        start_time:
          type: integer
          description: Indicates the time the Marker should be placed. If missing, defaults to the time the request arrives. Expressed in Unix Time.
          example: 1471040808
        end_time:
          type: integer
          description: Specifies end time, and allows a Marker to be recorded as representing a time range, such as a 5 minute deploy. Expressed in Unix Time.
          example: 1668453920
        message:
          type: string
          description: A message to describe this specific Marker.
          example: 'backend deploy #123'
        type:
          type: string
          description: Groups similar Markers. For example, `deploys`. All Markers of the same type appear with the same color on the graph. Refer to the [Marker Settings](/api/marker-settings/) API for altering the color of each type.
          example: deploy
        url:
          type: string
          description: A target for the marker. Clicking the marker text will take you to this URL.
          example: http://link-to-build.here
        id:
          type: string
          description: A 6 character hexadecimal string assigned on Marker creation.
          readOnly: true
        created_at:
          type: string
          description: The ISO8601-formatted time when the Marker was created.
          readOnly: true
        updated_at:
          type: string
          description: The ISO8601-formatted time when the Marker was updated.
          readOnly: true
        color:
          type: string
          description: Color can be assigned to Markers using the Marker Settings endpoint. This field will be populated when List All Markers is called.
          readOnly: true
externalDocs:
  url: https://docs.honeycomb.io