Datadog

Monitor infrastructure, query metrics, and manage alerts with Datadog.

Detail	Value
Category	Dev Tools
Base URL	https://api.datadoghq.com
Authentication	API Key
Endpoints	6
Connector key	datadog

Using Datadog in a workflow

1. Go to Connections and click New Connection.
2. Pick Datadog from the marketplace.
3. Enter your credentials (see Authentication above for what's expected).
4. In a workflow, drop an API Call node and select this connection.
5. Pick the operation you need from the Operation dropdown — the full list is below.

Available endpoints

Endpoint	Summary
GET /query	Query time series metrics
POST /series	Submit metrics
GET /monitor	List all monitors
POST /monitor	Create a monitor
POST /events	Post an event
GET /dashboard	List all dashboards

Each endpoint is documented in full below. Use the outline on the right to jump to one.

GET /query

Query time series metrics

Detail	Value
Operation ID	devtools.queryMetrics
Method	GET
Path	/query

Parameters

Name	Location	Type	Required
from	query	integer	Yes
to	query	integer	Yes
query	query	string	Yes

Using this endpoint in a workflow

1. Add an API Call node to your workflow.
2. Pick your Datadog connection from the Connection dropdown.
3. In the Operation dropdown, select devtools.queryMetrics.
4. Fill in the parameter fields that appear. Use {{...}} to reference upstream values.

Required fields are marked — fill them or the call will fail at runtime.

What it returns

The API Call node writes the response to the workflow context:

{
  status: 200,
  success: true,
  data: { ...response body from the API... },
  latencyMs: 142
}

Reference response fields downstream as {{nodeId.data.path}}. The exact response shape is documented on the upstream Datadog API reference.

POST /series

Submit metrics

Detail	Value
Operation ID	devtools.submitMetrics
Method	POST
Path	/series

Parameters

No parameters.

Request Body

Field	Type
series	array

Using this endpoint in a workflow

1. Add an API Call node to your workflow.
2. Pick your Datadog connection from the Connection dropdown.
3. In the Operation dropdown, select devtools.submitMetrics.
4. Fill in the parameter fields that appear. Use {{...}} to reference upstream values.

Required fields are marked — fill them or the call will fail at runtime.

What it returns

The API Call node writes the response to the workflow context:

{
  status: 200,
  success: true,
  data: { ...response body from the API... },
  latencyMs: 142
}

Reference response fields downstream as {{nodeId.data.path}}. The exact response shape is documented on the upstream Datadog API reference.

GET /monitor

List all monitors

Detail	Value
Operation ID	devtools.listMonitors
Method	GET
Path	/monitor

Parameters

No parameters.

Using this endpoint in a workflow

1. Add an API Call node to your workflow.
2. Pick your Datadog connection from the Connection dropdown.
3. In the Operation dropdown, select devtools.listMonitors.
4. Fill in the parameter fields that appear. Use {{...}} to reference upstream values.

What it returns

The API Call node writes the response to the workflow context:

{
  status: 200,
  success: true,
  data: { ...response body from the API... },
  latencyMs: 142
}

Reference response fields downstream as {{nodeId.data.path}}. The exact response shape is documented on the upstream Datadog API reference.

POST /monitor

Create a monitor

Detail	Value
Operation ID	devtools.createMonitor
Method	POST
Path	/monitor

Parameters

No parameters.

Request Body

Field	Type
type	string
query	string
name	string
message	string

Using this endpoint in a workflow

1. Add an API Call node to your workflow.
2. Pick your Datadog connection from the Connection dropdown.
3. In the Operation dropdown, select devtools.createMonitor.
4. Fill in the parameter fields that appear. Use {{...}} to reference upstream values.

Required fields are marked — fill them or the call will fail at runtime.

What it returns

The API Call node writes the response to the workflow context:

{
  status: 200,
  success: true,
  data: { ...response body from the API... },
  latencyMs: 142
}

Reference response fields downstream as {{nodeId.data.path}}. The exact response shape is documented on the upstream Datadog API reference.

POST /events

Post an event

Detail	Value
Operation ID	devtools.postEvent
Method	POST
Path	/events

Parameters

No parameters.

Request Body

Field	Type
title	string
text	string
tags	array

Using this endpoint in a workflow

1. Add an API Call node to your workflow.
2. Pick your Datadog connection from the Connection dropdown.
3. In the Operation dropdown, select devtools.postEvent.
4. Fill in the parameter fields that appear. Use {{...}} to reference upstream values.

Required fields are marked — fill them or the call will fail at runtime.

What it returns

The API Call node writes the response to the workflow context:

{
  status: 200,
  success: true,
  data: { ...response body from the API... },
  latencyMs: 142
}

Reference response fields downstream as {{nodeId.data.path}}. The exact response shape is documented on the upstream Datadog API reference.

GET /dashboard

List all dashboards

Detail	Value
Operation ID	devtools.listDashboards
Method	GET
Path	/dashboard

Parameters

No parameters.

Using this endpoint in a workflow

1. Add an API Call node to your workflow.
2. Pick your Datadog connection from the Connection dropdown.
3. In the Operation dropdown, select devtools.listDashboards.
4. Fill in the parameter fields that appear. Use {{...}} to reference upstream values.

What it returns

The API Call node writes the response to the workflow context:

{
  status: 200,
  success: true,
  data: { ...response body from the API... },
  latencyMs: 142
}

Reference response fields downstream as {{nodeId.data.path}}. The exact response shape is documented on the upstream Datadog API reference.