Datadog · Schema

HTTPLogItem

A single log entry to submit to Datadog

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
message	string	The message content of the log entry. This field is required and indexed for search.
hostname	string	The name of the host that generated the log entry
service	string	The name of the application or service that generated the log
ddsource	string	The source technology of the log (e.g., nginx, redis, java) used for automatic processing
ddtags	string	Comma-separated list of tags to apply to the log entry in key:value format
status	string	The severity or log level of the event (e.g., info, warning, error, critical)

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/datadog/refs/heads/main/json-schema/datadog-logs-http-log-item-schema.json",
  "title": "HTTPLogItem",
  "description": "A single log entry to submit to Datadog",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The message content of the log entry. This field is required and indexed for search.",
      "example": "CPU usage is high on {{host.name}}"
    },
    "hostname": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The name of the host that generated the log entry",
      "example": "Example Monitor"
    },
    "service": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The name of the application or service that generated the log",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "ddsource": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The source technology of the log (e.g., nginx, redis, java) used for automatic processing",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "ddtags": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated list of tags to apply to the log entry in key:value format",
      "example": "env:production"
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The severity or log level of the event (e.g., info, warning, error, critical)",
      "enum": [
        "emerg",
        "alert",
        "critical",
        "error",
        "warning",
        "notice",
        "info",
        "debug"
      ],
      "example": "emerg"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "message"
  ]
}