---
title: "Get metric metadata"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/metrics/{metric_name}"
tags: ["Metrics"]
---

# Get metric metadata

`GET /api/v1/metrics/{metric_name}`

Get metadata about a specific metric.

## Path parameters

- `metric_name` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- MetricMetadata — Object with all metric related metadata.
  - `description` string — Metric description.
  - `integration` string — Name of the integration that sent the metric if applicable.
  - `per_unit` string — Per unit of the metric such as `second` in `bytes per second`.
  - `short_name` string — A more human-readable and abbreviated version of the metric name.
  - `statsd_interval` integer — StatsD flush interval of the metric in seconds if applicable.
  - `type` string — Metric type such as `gauge` or `rate`.
  - `unit` string — Primary unit of the metric such as `byte` or `operation`.

## Other responses

- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not Found
- `429` — Too many requests

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