/datadog-cli

Metrics Reference

metrics query

Query timeseries metrics from Datadog.

npx @leoflores/datadog-cli metrics query --query "<metrics-query>" [--from <time>] [--to <time>]

Query Format

<aggregation>:<metric>{<tags>}

Aggregations: avg, sum, min, max, count

Examples

System Metrics

npx @leoflores/datadog-cli metrics query --query "avg:system.cpu.user{*}" --from 1h --pretty
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli metrics query --query "avg:system.mem.used{*}" --from 1h --pretty

Service-Specific

npx @leoflores/datadog-cli metrics query --query "avg:system.cpu.user{service:api}" --from 1h --pretty

APM Metrics

npx @leoflores/datadog-cli metrics query --query "sum:trace.http.request.errors{service:api}.as_count()" --from 1h --pretty
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli metrics query --query "p99:trace.http.request.duration{service:api}" --from 1h --pretty

With Tags

npx @leoflores/datadog-cli metrics query --query "avg:system.cpu.user{env:prod,service:api}" --from 1h --pretty

Output

Returns series with:

• Metric name and scope
• Point list (timestamp/value pairs)
• Tags
• Latest value + min/max/avg stats