Netdata

Netdata is a real-time infrastructure monitoring and observability platform that collects per-second metrics from physical servers, virtual machines, cloud deployments, Kubernetes clusters, and IoT devices. It provides a REST API for querying metrics, alerts, and configuration on individual nodes (Agent API) as well as a Cloud API for programmatic access to Netdata Cloud resources including spaces, rooms, and nodes across distributed infrastructure. Authentication uses Bearer tokens generated from the Netdata Cloud account settings, with scopes controlling access to agent UI, Grafana plugin, MCP, and full API access. The platform includes AI-powered troubleshooting, role-based access control, and supports both cloud-hosted and on-premises deployments.

Netdata publishes 2 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network: Alerts API and Charts API. Tagged areas include Monitoring, Observability, Infrastructure, Metrics, and Alerts.

The Netdata catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Netdata’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, changelog, pricing, and 15 more developer resources.

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Monitoring Observability Infrastructure Metrics Alerts Real-Time APM DevOps

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

SaaS Platform Operations Management

BC-4220

AlertsCharts

POST /api/v3/spaces/{spaceID}/rooms/{roomID}/data

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 38.1/100 · thin

Contract Quality 11.3 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 3.8 / 15

Access Clarity 3.9 / 15

Operational Transparency 2.3 / 10

Contract Governance 2.1 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 3.2 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 26/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks

8 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Developer Ergonomics scores 25.0 — up to +15.0 composite points
Access Clarity scores 26.3 — up to +14.7 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 23.7 — up to +9.9 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
DigitalOcean Marketplace (partner 1-click apps and SaaS add-ons)	builds-on	51.3	1	1
OpenSSF Best Practices Badge Holders	builds-on	51.3	1	1
Artifact Hub Cloud-Native Packages	builds-on	51.3	1	1
Docker Hub Verified Publishers + Official Images	builds-on	51.3	1	1

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Netdata Alerts API

Everything related to alerts

Netdata Charts API

Everything related to chart instances - DO NOT USE IN NEW CODE - use contexts instead

Postman Collections 20

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Netdata agent API

POSTMAN

Netdata agent alerts API

POSTMAN

Netdata agent authentication API

POSTMAN

Netdata agent badges API

POSTMAN

Netdata agent charts API

POSTMAN

Netdata agent claiming API

POSTMAN

Netdata agent config API

POSTMAN

Netdata agent contexts API

POSTMAN

Netdata agent data API

POSTMAN

Netdata agent dyncfg API

POSTMAN

Netdata agent functions API

POSTMAN

Netdata agent management API

POSTMAN

Netdata agent nodes API

POSTMAN

Netdata agent registry API

POSTMAN

Netdata agent settings API

POSTMAN

Netdata agent streaming API

POSTMAN

Netdata agent variables API

POSTMAN

Netdata agent versions API

POSTMAN

Netdata agent webrtc API

POSTMAN

Netdata agent weights API

POSTMAN

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Open Collections 20

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Netdata agent API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent alerts API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent authentication API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent badges API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent charts API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent claiming API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent config API

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Netdata agent contexts API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent data API

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Netdata agent dyncfg API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent functions API

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Netdata agent management API

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Netdata agent nodes API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent registry API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent settings API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent streaming API

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Netdata agent variables API

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Netdata agent versions API

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Netdata agent webrtc API

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Netdata agent weights API

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Netdata API pricing

Not yet checked against Netdata's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-06-12 from www.netdata.cloud/pricing/; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Community free	Free
Business paid	$4.50 per price Per Node (Annual) · Free
Enterprise On-Premise enterprise	Free

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Netdata Cloud API: unlimited requests per minute
Netdata Agent API: unlimited requests per minute

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Netdata's documentation. Rate-limit details →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Netdata Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Netdata Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Netdata

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Netdata Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Netdata Context

15 classes · 34 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Netdata — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Netdata Alert

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Netdata Chart

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Netdata Node

18 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Netdata Alerts Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Netdata Charts List Example

9 fields

EXAMPLE

Netdata Data Query Example

19 fields

EXAMPLE

Netdata Node Info Example

20 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Netdata Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Netdata Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Netdata Trust Center

SOC 2, ISO 27001

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Netdata Agentic Access

7 operations · 5 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

JSONLDContext

JSONLDContext

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

StatusPage

StatusPage

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: netdata
name: Netdata
description: Netdata is a real-time infrastructure monitoring and observability platform that collects per-second metrics
  from physical servers, virtual machines, cloud deployments, Kubernetes clusters, and IoT devices. It provides a REST API
  for querying metrics, alerts, and configuration on individual nodes (Agent API) as well as a Cloud API for programmatic
  access to Netdata Cloud resources including spaces, rooms, and nodes across distributed infrastructure. Authentication uses
  Bearer tokens generated from the Netdata Cloud account settings, with scopes controlling access to agent UI, Grafana plugin,
  MCP, and full API access. The platform includes AI-powered troubleshooting, role-based access control, and supports both
  cloud-hosted and on-premises deployments.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium (free trial) · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/netdata.png
x-docs-platform: docusaurus
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-04
tags:
- Monitoring
- Observability
- Infrastructure
- Metrics
- Alerts
- Real-Time
- APM
- DevOps
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/netdata/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: netdata:netdata-alerts-api
  name: Netdata Alerts API
  description: Everything related to alerts
  humanURL: https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/developer-and-contributor-corner/rest-api
  baseURL: https://app.netdata.cloud
  tags:
  - Alerts
  tags_raw:
  - alerts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/netdata-alerts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/rest-api/api
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/netdata-node-info-example.json
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://app.netdata.cloud/api/docs/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/netdata-cloud/authentication-&-authorization/api-tokens
- aid: netdata:netdata-charts-api
  name: Netdata Charts API
  description: Everything related to chart instances - DO NOT USE IN NEW CODE - use contexts instead
  humanURL: https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/developer-and-contributor-corner/rest-api
  baseURL: https://app.netdata.cloud
  tags:
  - Charts
  tags_raw:
  - charts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/netdata-charts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/rest-api/api
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/netdata-node-info-example.json
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://app.netdata.cloud/api/docs/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/netdata-cloud/authentication-&-authorization/api-tokens
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/netdata-capability-edges.yml
  name: Netdata Business Capability Map
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/netdata/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/netdata-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/netdata-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/netdata-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/netdata-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.netdata.cloud/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/developer-and-contributor-corner/rest-api
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/netdata
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/netdata-cloud
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/netdatahq
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.netdata.cloud/blog/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/netdata-agent/changelog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.netdata.cloud/pricing/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.netdata.cloud/
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/netdata-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/netdata-context.jsonld
- type: Plans
  url: plans/netdata-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/netdata-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/netdata-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Netdata API — frequently asked questions

Does Netdata have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 2 APIs from Netdata, including Netdata Alerts API and Netdata Charts API.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Netdata API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 2 OpenAPI specifications for Netdata, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Netdata API?

Netdata uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey/http · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Netdata Authentication.

How much does the Netdata API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Netdata, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Netdata API ready for AI agents?

Netdata has a Kin Score of 38.1 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 25.6 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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