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Query views#

This section describes the query view operations for Rackspace Metrics.

Get data for metrics#

GET /views/{metric_name}

Retrieves data for a single metric for a specific tenant.

For a list of supported query parameters that can be used to filter metrics data, see query parameters.

This table shows the possible response codes for this operation:

Response Code Name Description
200 Success This status code is returned when the metrics have been successfully retrieved for the tenant.
401 Unauthorized The request header has an invalid authentication token.
415 Unsupported Media Type The Accept request header contains media type that is unsupported. Supported media type: application/json
500 Internal Server Error The system encountered an unexpected condition.
503 Service unavailable The system is experiencing heavy load or another system failure.

Request#

This table shows the URI parameters for the request:

Name Type Description
{metric_name} String (Required) This parameter specifies the name of the metric to be retrieved.

Example Get data for metrics: JSON request

curl -K "https://global.metrics.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/tenantId/views/example.metric.one?from=1376509892611&to=1376509892613&points=200" \
-X GET
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "X-Auth-Token: $AUTH_TOKEN"

Response#

Example Get data for metrics: JSON response

{
  "unit": "unknown",
  "values": [
    {
      "numPoints": 1,
      "average": 66
      "sum": 66,
      "timestamp": 1376509892612,
    }
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "limit": null,
    "next_href": null,
    "count": 1,
    "marker": null
  }
}

Note

The attribute sum represents the sum of all data point values in the given range. This attribute was released for numeric metrics on July 5, 2016. All numeric metrics data submitted before that date will have a sum value of 0. All numeric metrics data submitted after that date will have an accurate sum value. A query which spans July 5, 2016 will have a sum value which only represents data submitted after July 5, 2016.

Query for a set of metrics#

GET /views/metrics/search

Retrieves a list of available metrics.

For a list of supported query parameters that can be used to filter metrics data, see query parameters.

This table shows the possible response codes for this operation:

Response Code Name Description
200 Success This status code is returned when the metric names have been successfully retrieved.
401 Unauthorized The request header has an invalid authentication token.
415 Unsupported Media Type The Accept request header contains media type that is unsupported. Supported media type: application/json
500 Internal Server Error The system encountered an unexpected condition.
503 Service unavailable The system is experiencing heavy load or another system failure.

Request#

Example Query for a set of metrics: JSON request

curl -k "https://global.metrics.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/tenantId/metrics/search?query=rackspace.monitoring.entities.*.byte*" \
     -X GET \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -H "Accept: application/json" \
     -H "X-Auth-Token: $AUTH_TOKEN"

Response#

Example Query for a set of metrics: JSON response

[
    {
      "metric":"rackspace.monitoring.entities.enta1WzfiH.checks.agent.apache.chTwd4Ahi1.bytes_per_second",
      "unit":"unknown"
    },
    {
      "metric":"rackspace.monitoring.entities.enta1WzfiH.checks.agent.apache.chTwd4Ahi1.bytes_per_request",
      "unit":"unknown"
    },
    {
      "metric":"rackspace.monitoring.entities.enk7owuM6b.checks.remote.http.chR1MDzv0W.mzlon.bytes",
      "unit":"bytes"
    },
    {
      "metric":"rackspace.monitoring.entities.enk7owuM6b.checks.remote.http.chR1MDzv0W.mzord.bytes",
      "unit":"bytes"
    },
    {
      "metric":"rackspace.monitoring.entities.enk7owuM6b.checks.remote.http.chR1MDzv0W.mzdfw.bytes",
      "unit":"bytes"
     }
]

Retrieve an aggregated set of metrics#

GET /views

You can retrieve pre-aggregated counter metrics by submitting a GET request against the https://global.metrics.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/tenantId/views/metrics_name URI and adding a question mark (?) after the endpoint, as well as a query syntax that includes the from= and to= parameters, which specify a time span (using time stamps), as well as the points= parameter, which specifies the number of points to list in the result. In addition, you can add a select query parameter at the end of the URI, and then add a quantifier, such as =sum, or =max to retrieve the desired amount aggregated.

For a list of supported query parameters that can be used to filter metrics data, see Using query parameters.

The maximum number of metrics that can be retrieved is set to 100 by default.

This table shows the possible response codes for this operation:

Response Code Name Description
200 Success This status code is returned when the metric names have been successfully retrieved.
401 Unauthor ized The request header has an invalid authentication token.
415 Unsupport ed Media The Accept request header header contains media type that is unsupported. Supported media type: application/json
500 Internal Server Error The system encountered an unexpected condition.
503 Service unavaila ble The system is experiencing heavy load or another system failure.

Request#

This table shows the URI parameters for the request:

Name Type Description
{project_id} String The project ID for the user. If you do not set the X- Project-Id header in the request, use project_id in the URI. For example: GET https://global.cdn.api.rackspacecloud.com/v1.0/{project_id}

This table shows the query parameters for the request:

Name Type Description
marker String (Optional) Specifies the service_id that represents the last service listed.
limit Integer (Optional) Specifies the number of resources to list. The maximum value that you can specify for limit is 20.

This operation does not accept a request body.

Example Retrieve an aggregated set of metrics metrics using the select parameter: JSON request

curl -K "https://global.metrics.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/5405533/views/metric_name?from=1433435826000&to=1433781426000&points=20&select=sum"
-X GET
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "X-Auth-Token: $AUTH_TOKEN"

Response#

Example Retrieve an aggregated set of **counter metrics using the select parameter: JSON response**

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 185

{
   "unit": "unknown",
   "values": [
   {
      "timestamp": 1433606400000,
      "sum": 32
    }
],
"metadata": {
    "limit": null,
    "next_href": null,
    "count": 1,
    "marker": null
  }
}

Retrieve an annotation#

GET /events/

Retrieves an annotation.

You can retrieve annotation data by submitting a GET request against the https://global.metrics.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/tenant-Id/events/getEvents URI and adding a question mark (?) after the endpoint, as well as a query syntax that includes the from= and until= parameters, which specify a time span (using time stamps).

For a list of supported query parameters that can be used to filter metrics data, see query parameters.

This table shows the possible response codes for this operation:

Response Code Name Description
200 Success This status code is returned when the metric names have been successfully retrieved.
401 Unauthorized The request header has an invalid authentication token.
415 Unsupported Media Type The Accept request header contains media type that is unsupported. Supported media type: application/json
500 Internal Server Error The system encountered an unexpected condition.
503 Service unavailable The system is experiencing heavy load or another system failure.

Request#

Example Retrieve an annotation by using the from= and until= query parameters: JSON request

curl -i 'http://global.metrics.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/737305/events/getEvents?from=1452105863000&until=1452105883000' \
-X GET
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
-H 'X-Auth-Token: $AUTH_TOKEN'

Response#

Example Retrieve an annotation by using the from= and until= query parameters: JSON response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 114

[
   {
     "tags":"deployment",
     "tenantId":"737305",
     "what":"app03 deployment",
     "when":1452105873000,
     "data":"deploying prod"
   }
]

Get data for a list of metrics#

POST /views

You can retrieve data for a list of metrics by submitting a POST request against the https://global.metrics.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/tenantId/views URI and adding a question mark (?) after the endpoint, as well as a query syntax that includes the from= and to= parameters, which specify a time span (using time stamps), as well as the points= parameter, which specifies the number of points to list in the result.

The maximum number of metrics that can be retrieved is set to 100 by default.

This table shows the possible response codes for this operation:

Response Code Name Description
200 Success This status code is returned when the data for the specified list of metrics has been successfully retrieved.
401 Unauthorized The request header has an invalid authentication token.
415 Unsupported Media Type The Content-Type request header contains media type that is unsupported. Supported media type: application/json
500 Internal Server Error The system encountered an unexpected condition.
503 Service unavailable The system is experiencing heavy load or another system failure.

Request#

Example Get data for a list of metrics: JSON request

curl -s https://global.metrics.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/tenantId/views?from=1413337468000&to=1413397348000&points=200 \
-X POST \
-d '
['rackspace.monitoring.entities.enk7owuM6b.checks.remote.ping.chEZPLuOxp.mzdfw.available','rackspace.monitoring.entities.enk7owuM6b.checks.remote.ping.chEZPLuOxp.mzdfw.average']
' \
-H 'X-Auth-Token: $AUTH_TOKEN' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Accept: application/json'

Response#

Example Get data for a list of metrics: JSON response

{
  "metrics": [
    {
      "unit": "seconds",
      "metric": "rackspace.monitoring.entities.enk7owuM6b.checks.remote.ping.chEZPLuOxp.mzdfw.average",
      "data": [],
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "unit": "percent",
      "metric": "rackspace.monitoring.entities.enk7owuM6b.checks.remote.ping.chEZPLuOxp.mzdfw.available",
      "data": [],
      "type": "number"
    }
  ]
}