Getting Started with Axiom API (Preview)

Introduction

The Axiom API is a REST-styled API that gives full control over the entire Axiom platform.

You can use the commands with curl by providing your Access Token.

API Basics

All our endpoints live under the url https://cloud.axiom.co/api and follow the REST architectural style.

Content Type

All requests must be encoded as JSON with the Content-Type header set to application/json. If not otherwise specified, responses from the Axiom API, including errors, are encoded exclusively as JSON as well.

Datasets

Datasets are required to send, query and retrieve requests. Datasets are a collection of similar events. When data is sent to Axiom it is stored in a dataset.

You'll need to create or use an existing Dataset to get started with Axiom REST API.

• See Creating a Dataset to get started

Authentication

Requests to the Axiom API must provide an API token through the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer <$API_TOKEN or $PERSONAL_TOKEN>

• The Authorization header with an access token.

API Tokens can be created and managed from Settings --> API Tokens on Axiom UI.

• See Access Tokens for more details.

Organization ID

Organization identification is required for you to send requests using Personal Tokens.

• The org id credentials can be gotten from your Settings Page.

• The org id can also be gotten from the url of your Axiom deployment.

In your Axiom Cloud deployment url https://cloud.axiom.co/axiom-wt8j/datasets the credentials axiom-wt8j is the organization ID.

Failed Authentication

If authentication is unsuccessful for a request, the error status code 403 is returned.

Types

Below is a list of the types of data used within the Axiom API: