BatchGetMetrics (POST /v1/dictionary/metrics:batchGet)

The BatchGetMetrics method returns definitions for more than one metric (where GetMetric works), but not all metrics (where ListMetrics works).

Status Codes

200 (request was good)
400 (no metric names requested)

Examples

BatchGetMetrics Request

curl https://api.zenoss.io/v1/dictionary/metrics:batchGet \
  -H "zenoss-api-key: YOUR-API-KEY" \
  -X POST -s \
  -d '{"names": ["sysUpTime_sysUpTime", "invalid"]}'

BatchGetMetrics Response

{
  "metrics": [
    {
      "name": "sysUpTime_sysUpTime",
      "label": "Uptime",
      "description": "The time (in hundredths of a second) ...",
      "units": "centiseconds",
      "minimum": "0"
    }
  ]
}