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  • Rackspace Metrics 2.0
  • Early Access program
  • Getting started
    • Get your credentials
    • Send API requests to Rackspace Metrics
      • Convert cURL examples to run on Windows
    • Authenticate to the Rackspace Cloud
      • Send an authentication request
      • Review the authentication response
      • Configure environment variables
    • Rackspace Metrics concepts
      • Rackspace Metrics key terms
      • Rackspace Metrics architecture
      • How Rackspace Metrics is used
    • Upload metrics data to the Rackspace Metrics database
      • Sending numeric metrics
      • Sending aggregated metrics
    • Retrieve metrics
      • Using query parameters
      • Retrieving a list of metric names
      • Retrieving numeric metrics
      • Retrieving data for a list of metrics
      • Retrieving aggregated metrics
  • General API information
    • Service access endpoints
    • Request and response types
    • Limits
    • Common headers
    • Date and time format
    • Response codes
    • Role-based access control (RBAC)
      • Assigning roles to account users
      • Roles available for Rackspace Metrics API
      • Multiproduct global roles and permissions
      • Resolving conflicts between RBAC multiproduct and product-specific roles
      • RBAC permissions cross-reference to Rackspace Metrics API API operations
  • Query API reference
    • Query views
      • Get data for metrics
      • Query for a set of metrics
      • Retrieve an aggregated set of metrics
      • Retrieve an annotation
      • Get data for a list of metrics
    • Query limits
      • Retrieve limits
  • Ingestion API reference
    • Ingestion views
      • Send metrics
      • Send a set of aggregated metrics
    • Ingestion events
      • Send an annotation
    • Ingestion limits
      • Retrieve Limits
  • API contract
    • Contract changes
  • Additional resources
  • Disclaimer

Additional resources#

Use the following resources to learn more about the Rackspace Metrics API service and API.

  • For general information, see the product Overview .
  • We welcome feedback, comments, and bug reports. Email mailto:infodev@rackspace.com with your comments, suggestions, and feedback.
  • To get information about other Rackspace Cloud services APIs, see the API documentation home.
  • Follow Rackspace updates and announcements via Twitter.
  • This API uses standard HTTP 1.1 response codes as documented at HTTP Status Code Definitions.
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