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ReadMe Metrics API

Send API request metrics from server-side SDKs

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POST /request Submit API Request Logs

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: ReadMe Developer Metrics API
  description: The ReadMe Developer Metrics API powers the Developer Dashboard. It accepts API request logs from Metrics SDKs (Node.js, Python, Ruby, PHP, .NET) and exposes analytics including page quality scores, page view statistics, and search analytics so teams can investigate API usage by key or email and debug requests in real time.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: ReadMe Support
    url: https://docs.readme.com
servers:
- url: https://metrics.readme.io/v1
  description: ReadMe Metrics API
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Metrics
  description: Send API request metrics from server-side SDKs
paths:
  /request:
    post:
      tags:
      - Metrics
      summary: Submit API Request Logs
      description: Send API request and response metadata (HAR-formatted) to ReadMe Metrics for analysis in the Developer Dashboard.
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetricsRequest'
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Logs accepted for processing
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '400':
          description: Invalid payload
components:
  schemas:
    MetricsRequest:
      type: object
      description: HAR-formatted log entry submitted by a ReadMe Metrics SDK.
      properties:
        _id:
          type: string
        group:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
            label:
              type: string
            email:
              type: string
        clientIPAddress:
          type: string
        development:
          type: boolean
        request:
          type: object
          description: HAR request object
        response:
          type: object
          description: HAR response object
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic auth using your ReadMe API key as the username (password blank).