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Graphite Render API

The Graphite Render API is a powerful way to query your metric data saved in Hosted Graphite. With the Graphite Render API you can:

     

Render Endpoint

Used to make render queries that can be easily integrated into external or self-built tools.

To integrate Hosted Graphite data externally, Create an Access Key to authorize render requests. Copy the key URL and add /render?target=

For example:

https://www.hostedgraphite.com/YOUR-UID/<Access_Key>/graphite/render?target=

  

The render endpoint when signed-in to your account is:

https://www.hostedgraphite.com/YOUR-UID/graphite/render?target=
     

Making Queries

  • Target

This parameter specifies the path to identify one or more metrics and also supports wildcards (*).

Note: The default Data Views applied to the query is “avg” which might not always be useful depending on the type of metric. Change this by appending the desired data view to the metric name separated by a colon (:). Refer to the Examples below.

  • From / Until

These parameters are optional and accept relative or absolute times (or a combination of both). Relative Time is the length of time from the current time and is always peceded with a minus sign (-). If no time parameters are specified, the default values are from=now-24h and to=now.

  

The accepted units of time are:

Abbreviation Unit
s Seconds
min Minutes
h Hours
d Days
w Weeks
mon Month (30 Days)
y Year (365 Days)

   

For Example:

https://www.hostedgraphite.com/YOUR-UID/graphite/render?target=foo.bar.*&from=now-1w

   

Display Formats

If unspecified, the default format is png. Using the &format= argument you can decide how you want to view your data:

  • &format=png: Renders a graph as a 330×250 px png.
  • &format=svg : Renders a graph as a 330×250 px svg.
  • &format=raw: Line-delimited output. (target, start timestamp, end timestamp, step, data)
  • &format=csv: Creates a CSV file to download (metric,date/time,value)
  • &format=json: Returns a JSON object.
       

Examples

Using sample metric foo.bar, below are some example queries and outputs (click the images to enlarge):

https://www.hostedgraphite.com/YOUR-UID/ACCESS-KEY/graphite/render?target=foo.bar&from=now-30min

   

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Default render

    

https://www.hostedgraphite.com/YOUR-UID/ACCESS-KEY/graphite/render?target=alias(foo.bar,"Uptime")&from=now-30min

      

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Render with aliased metric name
https://www.hostedgraphite.com/YOUR-UID/ACCESS-KEY/graphite/render?target=foo.bar&from=now-30min&format=json

     

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Default JSON

   

https://www.hostedgraphite.com/YOUR-UID/ACCESS-KEY/graphite/render?target=foo.bar:max&from=now-30min&format=json

  

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JSON with “max” data view

Curl Example:

curl -X GET "https://www.hostedgraphite.com/YOUR-UID/ACCESS-KEY/graphite/render?target=foo.bar:max&from=now-30min&format=json"

  

For more information about building queries and customizing outputs, visit the Graphite Render Docs.