# Search Events — Datadog

> Search Datadog events: monitor state changes, deployment markers, error spikes, and infrastructure events. Filter by sources (e.g. nagios,docker), tags (e.g. env:prod,service:web), and priority (normal or low). Time range defaults to last…

- Key: `datadog-search-events`
- Type: Action (Read-only)
- Version: 1.0.2
- App: Datadog (`datadog`) — https://pipedream.com/apps/datadog.md
- This page (HTML): https://pipedream.com/apps/datadog/actions/search-events
- Hints: read-only · open-world
- Source: https://github.com/PipedreamHQ/pipedream/blob/master/components/datadog/actions/search-events/search-events.mjs

## Description

Search Datadog events: monitor state changes, deployment markers, error spikes, and infrastructure events. Filter by `sources` (e.g. `nagios,docker`), `tags` (e.g. `env:prod,service:web`), and `priority` (`normal` or `low`). Time range defaults to last 24h (POSIX timestamps in seconds). To investigate a monitor alert, use **Search Monitors** first, then search events for the relevant time range. Follow up with **Search Logs** for deeper investigation. [See the docs](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/events/#get-a-list-of-events)

## Props

| Prop | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `region` | `string` | Yes | The regional site for a Datadog customer |
| `start` | `integer` | No | POSIX timestamp (seconds) for the start of the query window. Defaults to 24 hours ago. |
| `end` | `integer` | No | POSIX timestamp (seconds) for the end of the query window. Defaults to now. |
| `priority` | `string` | No | Filter by event priority. |
| `sources` | `string` | No | Comma-separated list of sources to filter events. E.g. nagios,hudson. |
| `tags` | `string` | No | Comma-separated list of tags to filter events. E.g. env:prod,role:db. |

## Run it

**MCP**

```ts
import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js"
import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js"
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 accessToken = await pd.rawAccessToken

const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "datadog",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "datadog-search-events",
  arguments: {
    region: "Region",
    start: 10,
  },
})
```

**TypeScript**

```ts
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-search-events",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    datadog: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    region: "Region",
    start: 10,
  },
})

console.log(result)
```

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -d '{
    "external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
    "id": "datadog-search-events",
    "configured_props": {
      "datadog": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
      "region": "Region",
      "start": 10
    }
  }'
```

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