Querying Metrics

Function

This API is used to query metrics supported by Cloud Eye. You can specify the namespace, metric, dimension, sorting order, start records, and the maximum number of records when using this API to query metrics.

After a cloud service resource is deleted, its data is cached for 3 hours, so metrics of the resource can still be queried within the 3 hours.

Debugging

You can debug the API in API Explorer which supports automatic authentication. API Explorer can automatically generate and debug example SDK code.

URI

GET /V1.0/{project_id}/metrics

Parameter description

**Table 1** Parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Description
project_id	Yes	Specifies the project ID. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

**Table 2** Query parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
namespace	No	String	Specifies the namespace of a service. For details, see Services Interconnected with Cloud Eye. The namespace must be in the service.item format and contain 3 to 32 characters. service and item each must start with a letter and contain only letters, digits, and underscores (_).
metric_name	No	String	Specifies the metric ID. For example, if the monitoring metric of an ECS is CPU usage, metric_name is cpu_util. For details, see Services Interconnected with Cloud Eye.
dim	No	String	Specifies the dimension. For example, the ECS dimension is instance_id. For details about each service dimension, see Services Interconnected with Cloud Eye. A maximum of three dimensions are supported, and the dimensions are numbered from 0 in dim.{i}=key,value format. key cannot exceed 32 characters and value cannot exceed 256 characters. Single dimension: dim.0=instance_id,6f3c6f91-4b24-4e1b-b7d1-a94ac1cb011d Multiple dimensions: dim.0=key,value&dim.1=key,value
start	No	String	Specifies the paging start value. The format is namespace.metric_name.key:value. Example: start=SYS.ECS.cpu_util.instance_id:d9112af5-6913-4f3b-bd0a-3f96711e004d.
limit	No	Integer	Supported range: 1 to 1000 (default) This parameter is used to limit the number of query results.
order	No	String	Specifies the result sorting method, which is sorted by timestamp. The default method is desc. asc: The query results are displayed in the ascending order. desc: The query results are displayed in the descending order.

Example requests

Example request 1: Query all metrics that can be monitored.

GET https://{Cloud Eye endpoint}/V1.0/{project_id}/metrics

Example request 2: Query the CPU usage of the ECS whose ID is 6f3c6f91-4b24-4e1b-b7d1-a94ac1cb011d. Retain 10 records in descending order by timestamp.

GET https://{Cloud Eye endpoint}/V1.0/{project_id}/metrics?namespace=SYS.ECS&metric_name=cpu_util&dim.0=instance_id,6f3c6f91-4b24-4e1b-b7d1-a94ac1cb011d&limit=10&order=desc

Request

None

Response

Response parameters

**Table 3** Parameter description
Parameter	Type	Description
metrics	Array of objects	Specifies the list of metric objects. For details, see Table 4.
meta_data	Object	Specifies the metadata of query results, including the pagination information. For details, see Table 6.

**Table 4** **metrics** data structure description
Parameter	Type	Description
namespace	String	Specifies the metric namespace.
dimensions	Array of objects	Specifies the list of metric dimensions. For details, see Table 5.
metric_name	String	Specifies the metric name, such as cpu_util.
unit	String	Specifies the metric unit.

**Table 5** **dimensions** data structure description
Parameter	Type	Description
name	String	Specifies the dimension. For example, the ECS dimension is instance_id. For details about the dimension of each service, see the key column in Services Interconnected with Cloud Eye.
value	String	Specifies the dimension value, for example, an ECS ID. Enter 1 to 256 characters.

**Table 6** **meta_data** data structure description
Parameter	Type	Description
count	Integer	Specifies the number of returned results.
marker	String	Specifies the pagination marker. For example, you have queried 10 records this time and the tenth record is about cpu_util. In your next query, if start is set to cpu_util, you can start your query from the next metric of cpu_util.
total	Integer	Specifies the total number of metrics.

Example response

{
    "metrics": [
        {
            "namespace": "SYS.ECS", 
            "dimensions": [
                {
                    "name": "instance_id", 
                    "value": "d9112af5-6913-4f3b-bd0a-3f96711e004d"
                }
            ], 
            "metric_name": "cpu_util", 
            "unit": "%"
        }
    ], 
    "meta_data": {
        "count": 1, 
        "marker": "SYS.ECS.cpu_util.instance_id:d9112af5-6913-4f3b-bd0a-3f96711e004d", 
        "total": 7
    }
}

Returned Values

Normal
200

Abnormal

Returned Value	Description
400 Bad Request	Request error.
401 Unauthorized	The authentication information is not provided or is incorrect.
403 Forbidden	Access to the requested page is forbidden.
408 Request Timeout	The request timed out.
429 Too Many Requests	Concurrent requests are excessive.
500 Internal Server Error	Failed to complete the request because of an internal service error.
503 Service Unavailable	The service is currently unavailable.