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Post Metric Data

Post custom time-series metric data points to Datadog. Data appears in dashboards, monitors, and can be queried via Get Metric Data. Points: JSON object where keys are Unix timestamps (seconds) and values are numeric, e.g. {"1640995200": 1.0}. Use Search Metrics to verify a metric name exists, or post to a new name to create it. This is a WRITE operation that creates or appends data to a metric time series. See the docs
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Datadog account once, then configure and run Post Metric Data from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "datadog-post-metric-data",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    datadog: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    region: "Region",
    metric: "Metric",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Post Metric Data inputs
Property Type Description
region Region string
The regional site for a Datadog customer
Required
metric Metric string
The name of the timeseries
Required Dynamic
points Points object
Points relating to a metric. The key should be the an Unix timestamp in seconds and value should be the point value. Example: { "1640995200": 1.0 , "1640998800": 1.1, "1641002400": 1.2 }. This field will be converted to the expected value for Datadog API
Required

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
datadog-post-metric-data
Version
1.0.2
App
Datadog
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes