OpenTelemetry metrics ingest API

Ingests OpenTelemetry metrics into Dynatrace. Use this endpoint as a target for OpenTelemetry exporters. For more information, see Export with OTLP.

The request consumes an application/x-protobuf payload.

POST	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/otlp/v1/metrics`
POST	Environment ActiveGateCluster ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/otlp/v1/metrics`

Authentication

To execute this request, you need an access token with metrics.ingest scope.

To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameter

Type

Description

Required

body

byte[]

An ExportMetricsServiceRequest message in binary protobuf format.

body

required

Code	Type	Description
200	-	The request has been received and will be processed.
400	-	The request could not be processed. This may happen if the message is malformed.
413	-	The OTLP message exceeded the payload size limit.
500	-	The request could not be processed due to an internal server error.
503	-	The service is currently unavailable. This may happen if the module is paused.
4XX	ErrorEnvelope	Client side error.
5XX	ErrorEnvelope	Server side error.