honeycomb Columns API
Manage columns (fields) in the events you send to Honeycomb datasets.
Manage columns (fields) in the events you send to Honeycomb datasets.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Honeycomb Auth Columns API
description: The Honeycomb API is a REST API that provides programmatic access to the Honeycomb observability platform. It enables developers to manage datasets and columns, configure SLOs and burn alerts, set up triggers and recipients, manage boards and markers, administer environments, API keys, and access auth, query annotations, calculated fields, marker settings, reporting, dataset definitions, and service maps.
version: '1.0'
contact:
name: Honeycomb Support
url: https://support.honeycomb.io
termsOfService: https://www.honeycomb.io/terms-of-service
servers:
- url: https://api.honeycomb.io
description: Honeycomb Production API
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Columns
description: Manage columns (fields) in the events you send to Honeycomb datasets.
paths:
/1/columns/{datasetSlug}:
get:
operationId: listColumns
summary: List all columns
description: Returns a list of all columns in the specified dataset.
tags:
- Columns
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/datasetSlug'
responses:
'200':
description: A list of columns
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Column'
'401':
description: Unauthorized
'404':
description: Dataset not found
post:
operationId: createColumn
summary: Create a column
description: Creates a new column in the specified dataset.
tags:
- Columns
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/datasetSlug'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ColumnCreateRequest'
responses:
'201':
description: Column created
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Column'
'401':
description: Unauthorized
'404':
description: Dataset not found
/1/columns/{datasetSlug}/{columnId}:
get:
operationId: getColumn
summary: Get a column
description: Returns a single column by its ID.
tags:
- Columns
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/datasetSlug'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/columnId'
responses:
'200':
description: Column details
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Column'
'401':
description: Unauthorized
'404':
description: Column not found
put:
operationId: updateColumn
summary: Update a column
description: Updates the properties of a column in the specified dataset.
tags:
- Columns
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/datasetSlug'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/columnId'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ColumnUpdateRequest'
responses:
'200':
description: Column updated
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Column'
'401':
description: Unauthorized
'404':
description: Column not found
delete:
operationId: deleteColumn
summary: Delete a column
description: Deletes a column from the specified dataset.
tags:
- Columns
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/datasetSlug'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/columnId'
responses:
'204':
description: Column deleted
'401':
description: Unauthorized
'404':
description: Column not found
components:
parameters:
datasetSlug:
name: datasetSlug
in: path
required: true
description: The slug identifier for the dataset. Dataset names are case insensitive.
schema:
type: string
columnId:
name: columnId
in: path
required: true
description: The unique identifier for the column.
schema:
type: string
schemas:
Column:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
description: Unique identifier for the column.
key_name:
type: string
description: The name of the column.
type:
type: string
description: The data type of the column.
enum:
- string
- float
- integer
- boolean
description:
type: string
description: A description of the column.
hidden:
type: boolean
description: If true, the column is excluded from autocomplete and raw data field lists.
created_at:
type: string
format: date-time
description: ISO8601 formatted time the column was created.
updated_at:
type: string
format: date-time
description: ISO8601 formatted time the column was last updated.
last_written:
type: string
format: date-time
description: ISO8601 formatted time the column last received event data.
ColumnCreateRequest:
type: object
required:
- key_name
properties:
key_name:
type: string
description: The name for the new column.
type:
type: string
description: The data type for the column.
enum:
- string
- float
- integer
- boolean
description:
type: string
description: An optional description for the column.
hidden:
type: boolean
description: If true, hides the column from autocomplete and raw data field lists.
ColumnUpdateRequest:
type: object
properties:
description:
type: string
description: An updated description for the column.
type:
type: string
description: An updated data type for the column.
enum:
- string
- float
- integer
- boolean
hidden:
type: boolean
description: If true, hides the column from autocomplete and raw data field lists.
securitySchemes:
ApiKeyAuth:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: X-Honeycomb-Team
description: Honeycomb Configuration API key. Must have appropriate permissions for the endpoint being called.
externalDocs:
description: Honeycomb API Documentation
url: https://api-docs.honeycomb.io/api