A simple command line utility to export datadog metrics.

events

to export datadog events that where reported in the last 24 hours, type:

datadog-exporter events \
    --iso-datetime \
    --pretty-print \
    --start-time -24h

metric names

to export all available database metric names, type:

datadog-exporter names

metrics

to export specific metrics from the last 24 hours, type:

 datadog_export metrics \
    --iso-datetime \
    --pretty-print \
    --start-time -2h \
    --window 30m \
    'docker.cpu.system{*}'     

The --window option allows you to influence the resolution of the values returned.

credentials

Add your Datadog Application and API key in the file $HOME/.datadog.ini in the section DEFAULT:

[DEFAULT]
api_key=a77aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
app_key=bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb

Alternatively, you can set the environment variable DATADOG_API_KEY and DATADOG_APP_KEY.