# VictoriaMetrics Prometheus-Compatible Query API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/victoriametrics/prometheus-query/  
**Provider:** VictoriaMetrics — https://apis.io/providers/victoriametrics/  
**Base URL:** http://<host>:8428  
**Documentation:** https://docs.victoriametrics.com/url-examples/

VictoriaMetrics Prometheus-Compatible Query API is one of 9 APIs that [VictoriaMetrics](https://apis.io/providers/victoriametrics/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include REST, Prometheus, PromQL, MetricsQL, and Query. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

Prometheus-compatible HTTP API for instant and range queries (PromQL / MetricsQL), label discovery, series search, metadata and TSDB status. Single-node default port 8428; in cluster mode served by vmselect on port 8481 under /select/<accountID>/prometheus/.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.victoriametrics.com/
- **APIReference** — https://docs.victoriametrics.com/url-examples/
- **PromQLCompat** — https://docs.victoriametrics.com/keyConcepts.html#metricsql
- **GraphQL** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/victoriametrics/refs/heads/main/graphql/victoriametrics-graphql.md
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/victoriametrics/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other VictoriaMetrics APIs (8)

- [VictoriaMetrics Ingestion APIs](https://apis.io/apis/victoriametrics/ingestion/)
- [VictoriaMetrics Admin / Federation API](https://apis.io/apis/victoriametrics/admin/)
- [VictoriaMetrics Anomaly Detection (vmanomaly)](https://apis.io/apis/victoriametrics/vmanomaly/)
- [VictoriaMetrics Admin API](https://apis.io/apis/victoriametrics/victoriametrics-admin-api/)
- [VictoriaMetrics Export API](https://apis.io/apis/victoriametrics/victoriametrics-export-api/)
- [VictoriaMetrics Import API](https://apis.io/apis/victoriametrics/victoriametrics-import-api/)
- [VictoriaMetrics Query API](https://apis.io/apis/victoriametrics/victoriametrics-query-api/)
- [VictoriaMetrics Third-Party API](https://apis.io/apis/victoriametrics/victoriametrics-third-party-api/)

## Tags

REST, Prometheus, PromQL, MetricsQL, Query

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