# KEDA Metrics API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/keda/keda-metrics-api/  
**Provider:** KEDA — https://apis.io/providers/keda/  
**Documentation:** https://keda.sh/docs/latest/operate/metrics-server/

KEDA Metrics API is one of 5 APIs that [KEDA](https://apis.io/providers/keda/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include External Metrics, HPA, Kubernetes, and Metrics. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, a getting-started guide, an API reference, and an OpenAPI specification.

External metrics API server that exposes event-driven metrics from configured scalers to the Kubernetes Horizontal Pod Autoscaler. It implements the Kubernetes external metrics API interface, allowing the HPA controller to query scaler-derived metrics when making scaling decisions.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **Documentation** — https://keda.sh/docs/latest/operate/metrics-server/
- **GettingStarted** — https://keda.sh/docs/latest/deploy/
- **Reference** — https://keda.sh/docs/latest/concepts/
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/keda/refs/heads/main/openapi/keda-metrics-api-openapi.yml
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/keda/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other KEDA APIs (4)

- [KEDA ScaledObject API](https://apis.io/apis/keda/keda-scaled-object-api/)
- [KEDA ScaledJob API](https://apis.io/apis/keda/keda-scaled-job-api/)
- [KEDA TriggerAuthentication API](https://apis.io/apis/keda/keda-trigger-authentication-api/)
- [KEDA CloudEventSource API](https://apis.io/apis/keda/keda-cloud-event-source-api/)

## Tags

External Metrics, HPA, Kubernetes, Metrics

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