SonarSource

SonarSource metrics API

Get information on automatic metrics, and manage custom metrics. See also api/custom_measures.

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Operations 3

GET /api/metrics/domains List all custom metric domains. #

GET /api/metrics/search Search for metrics #

GET /api/metrics/types List all available metric types. #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: SonarQube Cloud Web authentication Metrics API
  version: v1
  description: The SonarQube Cloud Web API, derived faithfully from the machine-readable service catalog the instance publishes at /api/webservices/list.
  x-derived-from: https://sonarcloud.io/api/webservices/list
  contact:
    name: SonarSource
    url: https://community.sonarsource.com/
servers:
- url: https://sonarcloud.io
security:
- bearerToken: []
- basicToken: []
tags:
- name: metrics
  description: Get information on automatic metrics, and manage custom metrics. See also api/custom_measures.
paths:
  /api/metrics/domains:
    get:
      operationId: metricsDomains
      summary: List all custom metric domains.
      description: List all custom metric domains.
      tags:
      - metrics
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - authentication required
        '403':
          description: Insufficient privileges
        '404':
          description: Not Found
      deprecated: true
  /api/metrics/search:
    get:
      operationId: metricsSearch
      summary: Search for metrics
      description: Search for metrics
      tags:
      - metrics
      parameters:
      - name: f
        in: query
        description: Comma-separated list of the fields to be returned in response. All the fields are returned by default.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - name
          - description
          - domain
          - direction
          - qualitative
          - hidden
          - decimalScale
      - name: p
        in: query
        description: 1-based page number
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          default: '1'
        example: '42'
      - name: ps
        in: query
        description: Page size. Must be greater than 0 and less or equal than 500
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          default: '100'
        example: '20'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - authentication required
        '403':
          description: Insufficient privileges
        '404':
          description: Not Found
  /api/metrics/types:
    get:
      operationId: metricsTypes
      summary: List all available metric types.
      description: List all available metric types.
      tags:
      - metrics
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - authentication required
        '403':
          description: Insufficient privileges
        '404':
          description: Not Found
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: User token as Bearer token.
    basicToken:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: User token as HTTP Basic username with empty password.