topic Re: External API Monitoring in Open Q&A

External API Monitoring

cskumar — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 14:24:43 GMT

Hi Team,

Can we measure the performance of the API which is deployed in external banking network from the Dynatrace environment.

This API is being used by one of the API which is already in Dynatrace monitoring.

Thanks,

Sravan Kumar

Re: External API Monitoring

radek_jasinski — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:51:09 GMT

Hi,

It all depends on what kind of API it is and what mechanisms it has built in. It's not likely to be possible with OA. You can approach the topic by pulling the performance metrics of your API and inserting them as metrics into Dynatrace for monitoring.

You can also write your own plugin, which will work in a similar way, but you will also program logic into it (e.g. counting parameter data, etc.).

Radek

Re: External API Monitoring

cskumar — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 17:39:17 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for the quick reply,

Since it is not possible to monitor the performance metrics (Response time & Failure rate) of the API which is at external site.

would you please help with the steps to get the performance metrics of this external API to Dyntrace.

Between one of the API which is in Dynatrace monitor will use this external API which is deployed at external environent.

Thanks,

Sravan

Re: External API Monitoring

radek_jasinski — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 18:41:24 GMT

Hi,

After downloading the metrics using the script from your API, you can send it to Dynatrace using Metrics API - POST ingest data points

https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/dynatrace-api/environment-api/metric-v2/post-ingest-metrics

Remember to create the appropriate token in the DT (scope: metrics.ingest)

Radek

Re: External API Monitoring

Sohel_Rashid — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 05:30:34 GMT

Hi radek_jasinski,

We are currently using the Dynatrace Managed environment in the bank, and the team would like to enable monitoring for external APIs to gain better visibility into third-party dependencies and outgoing API calls.

Could you please share the best practices or recommended approach for monitoring external APIs in Dynatrace Managed? It would be helpful if you could also provide any pro tips, configuration recommendations, or prerequisites to ensure effective monitoring and alerting. I have the API list.