# SonarSource metrics API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-metrics-api/  
**Provider:** SonarSource — https://apis.io/providers/sonarsource/  
**Base URL:** https://sonarcloud.io/api  
**Documentation:** https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/advanced-setup/web-api/

SonarSource metrics API is one of 33 APIs that [SonarSource](https://apis.io/providers/sonarsource/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Metrics. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, an API reference, and API documentation.

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

## Operations (3)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sonarsource/refs/heads/main/openapi/sonarsource-metrics-api-openapi.yml
- **APIReference** — https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/advanced-setup/web-api/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/advanced-setup/web-api/
- **DataModel** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sonarsource/refs/heads/main/data-model/sonarsource-data-model.yml

## Other SonarSource APIs (12)

- [SonarSource authentication API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-authentication-api/)
- [SonarSource ce API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-ce-api/)
- [SonarSource components API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-components-api/)
- [SonarSource duplications API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-duplications-api/)
- [SonarSource favorites API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-favorites-api/)
- [SonarSource favourites API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-favourites-api/)
- [SonarSource hotspots API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-hotspots-api/)
- [SonarSource issues API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-issues-api/)
- [SonarSource languages API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-languages-api/)
- [SonarSource measures API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-measures-api/)
- [SonarSource notifications API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-notifications-api/)
- [SonarSource permissions API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-permissions-api/)

## Tags

Metrics

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-metrics-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/sonarsource/.