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This is where we publish all of our Management API documentation, allowing users to easily scale their monitoring along with their infrastructure. Our API allows for the programmatic management of Circonus account details, checks and check bundles, metrics and rules. Browse the docs to see how you can leverage the power of Circonus.

Overview

The Circonus API allows for the programmatic management of Circonus account details, checks and check bundles, metrics and rules.

The common format for an HTTP call is:

https://circonus.com/api/<format>/<method>?<parameters>

The <format> type is either json or xml. The <method> is one of the read or write methods detailed below. Read methods can be retrieved using HTTP GET. Write methods must use the HTTP POST action.