Uptrace

Uptrace Metrics API

Prometheus metrics ingestion and querying

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Operations 2

POST /api/v1/prometheus/write Prometheus Remote Write #

GET /api/prometheus/{projectId} Prometheus Query Range #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Uptrace Alerts Metrics API
  description: Uptrace is an open source APM (Application Performance Monitoring) and distributed tracing platform powered by OpenTelemetry. The Uptrace REST API provides programmatic access to annotations, Prometheus metrics ingestion, alerting rules, and telemetry data including traces, metrics, and logs. Uptrace accepts telemetry data via OTLP/gRPC and OTLP/HTTP protocols in addition to Prometheus Remote Write.
  version: v1
  contact:
    name: Uptrace Support
    url: https://uptrace.dev
  license:
    name: BSL 1.1
    url: https://github.com/uptrace/uptrace/blob/master/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://api.uptrace.dev
  description: Uptrace Cloud API
- url: http://localhost:14318
  description: Uptrace Self-Hosted (HTTP port)
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Metrics
  description: Prometheus metrics ingestion and querying
paths:
  /api/v1/prometheus/write:
    post:
      operationId: prometheusRemoteWrite
      summary: Prometheus Remote Write
      description: Ingest Prometheus metrics into Uptrace using the Prometheus Remote Write protocol (protobuf-encoded snappy-compressed timeseries data).
      tags:
      - Metrics
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-protobuf:
            schema:
              type: string
              format: binary
              description: Prometheus WriteRequest protobuf (snappy compressed)
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Metrics ingested successfully
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /api/prometheus/{projectId}:
    get:
      operationId: prometheusQueryRange
      summary: Prometheus Query Range
      description: Query Uptrace metrics using PromQL over a time range. Compatible with Grafana's Prometheus data source and standard Prometheus HTTP API.
      tags:
      - Metrics
      parameters:
      - name: projectId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Uptrace project ID or 'default'
      - name: query
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: PromQL query expression
      - name: start
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Start timestamp (Unix or RFC3339)
      - name: end
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: End timestamp (Unix or RFC3339)
      - name: step
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Query resolution step (e.g., 15s, 1m)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: PromQL query result
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PrometheusQueryResult'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message
    PrometheusQueryResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - success
          - error
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            resultType:
              type: string
              enum:
              - matrix
              - vector
              - scalar
              - string
            result:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  metric:
                    type: object
                    additionalProperties:
                      type: string
                  values:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: array
                      items:
                        oneOf:
                        - type: number
                        - type: string
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Invalid request
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: API token missing or invalid
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    DSNAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: 'DSN-based token: ''Bearer <project_secret_token>'''
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Uptrace API token