Honeycomb

honeycomb Query Annotations API

Associate names and descriptions to queries for collaboration features.

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Operations 5

GET /1/query_annotations/{datasetSlug} List query annotations #
POST /1/query_annotations/{datasetSlug} Create a query annotation #
GET /1/query_annotations/{datasetSlug}/{queryAnnotationId} Get a query annotation #
PUT /1/query_annotations/{datasetSlug}/{queryAnnotationId} Update a query annotation #
DELETE /1/query_annotations/{datasetSlug}/{queryAnnotationId} Delete a query annotation #

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/honeycomb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/honeycomb-query-annotation-schema.json
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/honeycomb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/honeycomb-query-annotation-create-request-schema.json
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/honeycomb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/honeycomb-query-annotation-update-request-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

honeycomb-query-annotations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Honeycomb Query Annotations 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: Query Annotations
  description: Associate names and descriptions to queries for collaboration features.
paths:
  /1/query_annotations/{datasetSlug}:
    get:
      operationId: listQueryAnnotations
      summary: List query annotations
      description: Returns a list of all query annotations for the specified dataset.
      tags:
      - Query Annotations
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/datasetSlug'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of query annotations
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryAnnotation'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
    post:
      operationId: createQueryAnnotation
      summary: Create a query annotation
      description: Creates a new query annotation to associate a name and description to a query for collaboration.
      tags:
      - Query Annotations
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/datasetSlug'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryAnnotationCreateRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Query annotation created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryAnnotation'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
  /1/query_annotations/{datasetSlug}/{queryAnnotationId}:
    get:
      operationId: getQueryAnnotation
      summary: Get a query annotation
      description: Returns a single query annotation by its ID.
      tags:
      - Query Annotations
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/datasetSlug'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/queryAnnotationId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Query annotation details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryAnnotation'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Query annotation not found
    put:
      operationId: updateQueryAnnotation
      summary: Update a query annotation
      description: Updates a query annotation's name or description.
      tags:
      - Query Annotations
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/datasetSlug'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/queryAnnotationId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryAnnotationUpdateRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Query annotation updated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryAnnotation'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Query annotation not found
    delete:
      operationId: deleteQueryAnnotation
      summary: Delete a query annotation
      description: Deletes a query annotation.
      tags:
      - Query Annotations
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/datasetSlug'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/queryAnnotationId'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Query annotation deleted
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Query annotation not found
components:
  schemas:
    QueryAnnotationUpdateRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: An updated name for the query annotation.
        description:
          type: string
          description: An updated description for the annotation.
    QueryAnnotationCreateRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      - query_id
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name for the query annotation.
        description:
          type: string
          description: An optional description for the annotation.
        query_id:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the query to annotate.
    QueryAnnotation:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier for the query annotation.
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the query annotation.
        description:
          type: string
          description: A description associated with the query.
        query_id:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the query this annotation is associated with.
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: ISO8601 formatted time the query annotation was created.
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: ISO8601 formatted time the query annotation was last updated.
  parameters:
    datasetSlug:
      name: datasetSlug
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The slug identifier for the dataset. Dataset names are case insensitive.
      schema:
        type: string
    queryAnnotationId:
      name: queryAnnotationId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The unique identifier for the query annotation.
      schema:
        type: string
  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