VictoriaMetrics/docs/url-examples.md
Craig Rodrigues 462fc7b394
docs: Clarify DataDog examples for VictoriaMetrics cluster (#3048)
Signed-off-by: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@crodrigues.org>
2022-09-05 16:25:05 +02:00

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VictoriaMetrics API examples

/api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series

Deletes time series from VictoriaMetrics

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

curl -v http://localhost:8428/api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series -d 'match[]=vm_http_request_errors_total'

The expected output should return HTTP Status 204 and will look like:

*   Trying 127.0.0.1:8428...
* Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) port 8428 (#0)
> GET /api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series?match[]=vm_http_request_errors_total HTTP/1.1
> Host: 127.0.0.1:8428
> User-Agent: curl/7.81.0
> Accept: */*
>
* Mark bundle as not supporting multiuse
< HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
< X-Server-Hostname: eba075fb0e1a
< Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 07:33:35 GMT
<
* Connection #0 to host 127.0.0.1 left intact

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

curl -v http://<vmselect>:8481/delete/0/prometheus/api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series -d 'match[]=vm_http_request_errors_total'

The expected output should return HTTP Status 204 and will look like:

*   Trying 127.0.0.1:8481...
* Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) port 8481 (#0)
> GET /delete/0/prometheus/api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series?match[]=vm_http_request_errors_total HTTP/1.1
> Host: 127.0.0.1:8481
> User-Agent: curl/7.81.0
> Accept: */*
>
* Mark bundle as not supporting multiuse
< HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
< X-Server-Hostname: 101ed7a45c94
< Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 07:21:36 GMT
<
* Connection #0 to host 127.0.0.1 left intact

Additional information:

/api/v1/export

Exports raw samples from VictoriaMetrics in JSON line format

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://localhost:8428/api/v1/export -d 'match[]=vm_http_request_errors_total' > filename.json

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://<vmselect>:8481/select/0/prometheus/api/v1/export -d 'match[]=vm_http_request_errors_total' > filename.json

Additional information:

/api/v1/export/csv

Exports raw samples from VictoriaMetrics in CSV format

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://localhost:8428/api/v1/export/csv -d 'format=__name__,__value__,__timestamp__:unix_s' -d 'match[]=vm_http_request_errors_total' > filename.csv

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://<vmselect>:8481/select/0/prometheus/api/v1/export/csv -d 'format=__name__,__value__,__timestamp__:unix_s' -d 'match[]=vm_http_request_errors_total' > filename.csv

Additional information:

/api/v1/export/native

Exports raw samples from VictoriaMetrics in native format

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://localhost:8428/api/v1/export/native -d 'match[]=vm_http_request_errors_total' > filename.bin

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://<vmselect>:8481/select/0/prometheus/api/v1/export/native -d 'match[]=vm_http_request_errors_total' > filename.bin

More information:

/api/v1/import

Imports data to VictoriaMetrics in JSON line format

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

curl --data-binary "@filename.json" -X POST http://localhost:8428/api/v1/import

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

curl --data-binary "@filename.json" -X POST http://<vminsert>:8480/insert/0/prometheus/api/v1/import

More information:

/api/v1/import/csv

Imports CSV data to VictoriaMetrics

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

curl -d "GOOG,1.23,4.56,NYSE" 'http://localhost:8428/api/v1/import/csv?format=2:metric:ask,3:metric:bid,1:label:ticker,4:label:market'

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

curl -d "GOOG,1.23,4.56,NYSE" 'http://<vminsert>:8480/insert/0/prometheus/api/v1/import/csv?format=2:metric:ask,3:metric:bid,1:label:ticker,4:label:market'

Additional information:

/api/v1/import/native

Imports data to VictoriaMetrics in native format

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8428/api/v1/import/native -T filename.bin

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

curl -X POST http://<vminsert>:8480/insert/0/prometheus/api/v1/import/native -T filename.bin

Additional information:

/api/v1/import/prometheus

Imports data to VictoriaMetrics in Prometheus text exposition format

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

curl -d 'metric_name{foo="bar"} 123' -X POST http://localhost:8428/api/v1/import/prometheus

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

curl -d 'metric_name{foo="bar"} 123' -X POST http://<vminsert>:8480/insert/0/prometheus/api/v1/import/prometheus

Additional information:

/api/v1/labels

Get a list of label names at the given time range

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://localhost:8428/prometheus/api/v1/labels

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://<vmselect>:8481/select/0/prometheus/api/v1/labels

By default VictoriaMetrics returns labels seen during the last 5 minutes. An arbitrary time range can be set via start and end query args.

Additional information:

/api/v1/label/.../values

Get a list of values for a particular label on the given time range

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://localhost:8428/prometheus/api/v1/label/job/values

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://<vmselect>:8481/select/0/prometheus/api/v1/label/job/values

By default VictoriaMetrics returns label values seen during the last 5 minutes. An arbitrary time range can be set via start and end query args.

Additional information:

/api/v1/query

Performs PromQL/MetricsQL instant query

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://localhost:8428/prometheus/api/v1/query -d 'query=vm_http_request_errors_total'

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://<vmselect>:8481/select/0/prometheus/api/v1/query -d 'query=vm_http_request_errors_total'

Additional information:

/api/v1/query_range

Performs PromQL/MetricsQL range query

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://localhost:8428/prometheus/api/v1/query_range -d 'query=sum(increase(vm_http_request_errors_total{job="foo"}[5m]))' -d 'start=-1d' -d 'step=1h'

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://<vmselect>:8481/select/0/prometheus/api/v1/query_range -d 'query=sum(increase(vm_http_request_errors_total{job="foo"}[5m]))' -d 'start=-1d' -d 'step=1h'

Additional information:

/api/v1/series

Returns series names with their labels on the given time range

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://localhost:8428/prometheus/api/v1/series -d 'match[]=vm_http_request_errors_total'

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://<vmselect>:8481/select/0/prometheus/api/v1/series -d 'match[]=vm_http_request_errors_total'

By default VictoriaMetrics returns time series seen during the last 5 minutes. An arbitrary time range can be set via start and end query args.

Additional information:

/api/v1/status/tsdb

Cardinality statistics

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://localhost:8428/prometheus/api/v1/status/tsdb

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://<vmselect>:8481/select/0/prometheus/api/v1/status/tsdb

Additional information:

/datadog/api/v1/series

Imports data in DataDog format into VictoriaMetrics

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

echo '
{
  "series": [
    {
      "host": "test.example.com",
      "interval": 20,
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "points": [[
        0,
        0.5
      ]],
      "tags": [
        "environment:test"
      ],
      "type": "rate"
    }
  ]
}
' | curl -X POST --data-binary @- http://localhost:8428/datadog/api/v1/series

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

echo '
{
  "series": [
    {
      "host": "test.example.com",
      "interval": 20,
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "points": [[
        0,
        0.5
      ]],
      "tags": [
        "environment:test"
      ],
      "type": "rate"
    }
  ]
}
' | curl -X POST --data-binary @- 'http://<vminsert>:8480/insert/0/datadog/api/v1/series'

Additional information:

/federate

Returns federated metrics

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://localhost:8428/federate -d 'match[]=vm_http_request_errors_total'

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://<vmselect>:8481/select/0/prometheus/federate -d 'match[]=vm_http_request_errors_total'

Additional information:

/graphite/metrics/find

Searches Graphite metrics in VictoriaMetrics

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://localhost:8428/graphite/metrics/find -d 'query=vm_http_request_errors_total'

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

curl http://<vmselect>:8481/select/0/graphite/metrics/find -d 'query=vm_http_request_errors_total'

Additional information:

/influx/write

Writes data with InfluxDB line protocol to VictoriaMetrics

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

curl -d 'measurement,tag1=value1,tag2=value2 field1=123,field2=1.23' -X POST http://localhost:8428/write

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

curl -d 'measurement,tag1=value1,tag2=value2 field1=123,field2=1.23' -X POST http://<vminsert>:8480/insert/0/influx/write

Additional information:

TCP and UDP

How to send data from OpenTSDB-compatible agents to VictoriaMetrics

Turned off by default. Enable OpenTSDB receiver in VictoriaMetrics by setting -opentsdbListenAddr command-line flag. If run from docker, '-opentsdbListenAddr' port should be exposed

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

echo "put foo.bar.baz `date +%s` 123 tag1=value1 tag2=value2" | nc -N localhost 4242

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

echo "put foo.bar.baz `date +%s` 123  tag1=value1 tag2=value2 VictoriaMetrics_AccountID=0" | nc -N http://<vminsert> 4242

Enable HTTP server for OpenTSDB /api/put requests by setting -opentsdbHTTPListenAddr command-line flag.

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '[{"metric":"foo","value":45.34},{"metric":"bar","value":43}]' http://localhost:4242/api/put

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '[{"metric":"foo","value":45.34},{"metric":"bar","value":43}]' http://<vminsert>:8480/insert/42/opentsdb/api/put

Additional information:

How to send Graphite data to VictoriaMetrics

Enable Graphite receiver in VictoriaMetrics by setting -graphiteListenAddr command-line flag.

Single-node VictoriaMetrics:

echo "foo.bar.baz;tag1=value1;tag2=value2 123 `date +%s`" | nc -N localhost 2003

Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics:

echo "foo.bar.baz;tag1=value1;tag2=value2;VictoriaMetrics_AccountID=42 123 `date +%s`" | nc -N http://<vminsert> 2003

Additional information:

VictoriaMetrics_AccountID=42 - tenant ID in cluster version of VictoriaMetrics