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POST
Create an Event

Authorizations

X-Honeycomb-Team
string
header
required

Authenticate using a Honeycomb Configuration Key.

Pass the Token in the X-Honeycomb-Team header:

If you created your key using the API, use data.attributes.secret; this is the same value as the Token in the UI.

To learn how to create a Configuration Key, visit Manage Environment API Keys. To learn more about authenticating requests, visit API Authentication.

Headers

X-Honeycomb-Event-Time
integer

The Event's timestamp. Optional. Defaults to server time.

X-Honeycomb-Samplerate
integer

Optional. Defaults to 1.

Path Parameters

datasetSlug
string
required

The dataset slug.

Body

application/json

The request body is limited to raw (potentially compressed) size of 1MB.

The maximum number of distinct columns (fields) allowed in an event is 2000.

{key}

A collection of key-value properties that represent the Event. Honeycomb supports basic data types for the values of each Event attribute.

Limits

  • 2,000 fields per event. The entire event must be less than 1 MB of uncompressed JSON.
  • String Fields: Each string field has a maximum length of 64KB.
  • Number Fields: Integers and Floats are both 64-bit.

Response

Enqueued for processing