Honeycomb

Honeycomb SL Os API

Define and monitor Service Level Objectives for your organization.

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GET /1/slos/{datasetSlug} List all SLOs #

POST /1/slos/{datasetSlug} Create an SLO #

GET /1/slos/{datasetSlug}/{sloId} Get an SLO #

PUT /1/slos/{datasetSlug}/{sloId} Update an SLO #

DELETE /1/slos/{datasetSlug}/{sloId} Delete an SLO #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Honeycomb SLOs 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: SLOs
  description: Define and monitor Service Level Objectives for your organization.
paths:
  /1/slos/{datasetSlug}:
    get:
      operationId: listSLOs
      summary: List all SLOs
      description: Returns a list of all Service Level Objectives for the specified dataset.
      tags:
      - SLOs
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/datasetSlug'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of SLOs
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/SLO'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
    post:
      operationId: createSLO
      summary: Create an SLO
      description: Creates a new Service Level Objective for the specified dataset.
      tags:
      - SLOs
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/datasetSlug'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SLOCreateRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: SLO created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SLO'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
  /1/slos/{datasetSlug}/{sloId}:
    get:
      operationId: getSLO
      summary: Get an SLO
      description: Returns a single SLO by its ID.
      tags:
      - SLOs
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/datasetSlug'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/sloId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: SLO details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SLO'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: SLO not found
    put:
      operationId: updateSLO
      summary: Update an SLO
      description: Updates an SLO's target percentage, time period, or associated query.
      tags:
      - SLOs
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/datasetSlug'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/sloId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SLOUpdateRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: SLO updated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SLO'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: SLO not found
    delete:
      operationId: deleteSLO
      summary: Delete an SLO
      description: Deletes a Service Level Objective.
      tags:
      - SLOs
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/datasetSlug'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/sloId'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: SLO deleted
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: SLO not found
components:
  parameters:
    sloId:
      name: sloId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The unique identifier for the SLO.
      schema:
        type: string
    datasetSlug:
      name: datasetSlug
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The slug identifier for the dataset. Dataset names are case insensitive.
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    QuerySpec:
      type: object
      description: A query specification defining what data to retrieve and how to aggregate it.
      properties:
        calculations:
          type: array
          description: The calculations to perform on the query data.
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              op:
                type: string
                description: The aggregation operation.
                enum:
                - COUNT
                - SUM
                - AVG
                - COUNT_DISTINCT
                - MAX
                - MIN
                - P001
                - P01
                - P05
                - P10
                - P25
                - P50
                - P75
                - P90
                - P95
                - P99
                - P999
                - HEATMAP
                - RATE_AVG
                - RATE_SUM
                - RATE_MAX
              column:
                type: string
                description: The column to perform the calculation on.
        filters:
          type: array
          description: Filters to apply to the query.
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              column:
                type: string
                description: The column to filter on.
              op:
                type: string
                description: The filter operator.
                enum:
                - '='
                - '!='
                - '>'
                - '>='
                - <
                - <=
                - starts-with
                - does-not-start-with
                - contains
                - does-not-contain
                - exists
                - does-not-exist
                - in
                - not-in
              value:
                description: The value to compare against.
        breakdowns:
          type: array
          description: Columns to group results by.
          items:
            type: string
        orders:
          type: array
          description: Ordering for the results.
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              column:
                type: string
              op:
                type: string
              order:
                type: string
                enum:
                - ascending
                - descending
        time_range:
          type: integer
          description: The time range in seconds to query over.
        start_time:
          type: integer
          description: Unix timestamp for the query start time.
        end_time:
          type: integer
          description: Unix timestamp for the query end time.
        granularity:
          type: integer
          description: The granularity of results in seconds.
        limit:
          type: integer
          description: The maximum number of results to return.
    SLO:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier for the SLO.
        name:
          type: string
          description: The display name of the SLO.
        description:
          type: string
          description: A description of the SLO.
        sli:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuerySpec'
        target_percentage:
          type: number
          description: The target percentage for the SLO, such as 99.9.
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 100
        time_period_days:
          type: integer
          description: The time period in days over which the SLO is evaluated.
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: ISO8601 formatted time the SLO was created.
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: ISO8601 formatted time the SLO was last updated.
    SLOCreateRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      - sli
      - target_percentage
      - time_period_days
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: The display name for the SLO.
        description:
          type: string
          description: An optional description for the SLO.
        sli:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuerySpec'
        target_percentage:
          type: number
          description: The target percentage for the SLO.
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 100
        time_period_days:
          type: integer
          description: The time period in days for the SLO.
    SLOUpdateRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: An updated display name for the SLO.
        description:
          type: string
          description: An updated description for the SLO.
        sli:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuerySpec'
        target_percentage:
          type: number
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 100
        time_period_days:
          type: integer
  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