Datadog CLI

Direct API access to Datadog observability data — logs, metrics, monitors, dashboards, hosts, and APM spans.

Prerequisites

Set these environment variables:

export DD_API_KEY="your-32-char-hex-api-key"
export DD_APP_KEY="your-application-key"
export DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com"  # or datadoghq.com, datadoghq.eu, etc.

Get keys from Datadog:

• API Key: Organization Settings → API Keys
• App Key: Organization Settings → Application Keys