APIs & Reference

The Cloud Monitoring API, client libraries, metric and resource type references, and MCP tools let you programmatically access and manage Cloud Monitoring.

Enable the Cloud Monitoring API

Enable the Monitoring API to run code that uses it.
APIs Explorer

Use the APIs Explorer to make API calls on Cloud Monitoring without writing code.
Cloud Monitoring API client libraries

Get started with Cloud Monitoring in your language of choice.
Cloud Monitoring API v3

Access all the features of Monitoring, including alerting policies, custom dashboards, and metrics scopes.
Metrics list

View the available metric types in Cloud Monitoring, Amazon Web Services, and third-party applications.
Monitored resource list

View the available monitored resource types in Cloud Monitoring.
Monitoring Query Language reference

Review the reference guide for the Monitoring Query Language (MQL).
MCP reference

View the MCP reference for the Cloud Monitoring API.

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