Get Metric Codes

Retrieves a list of the available metric codes. Metric codes define the type of report that will be returned by the Get Edge CNAME Report - Data Transferred or Hits endpoint.

Request

A request to retrieve metric codes is described below.

HTTP Method	Request URI
GET	https://api.edgecast.com/v2/reporting/customreport/metriccodetypes

Request Headers

This endpointIdentifies a request's connection point to our REST API service. only takes advantage of common request headers.

Request Body

Request body parameters are not required by this endpoint.

Response

The response to the above request includes an HTTP status code, response headers, and a response body.

Status Code

A status code indicates whether the request was successfully performed.

Response Headers

The response for this endpoint only includes standard HTTP response headers.

View common response headers.

Response Body

The response body for a successful request contains the following response parameters for each metric code returned by this endpoint:

Name	Data Type	Description
MetricCode	String	Identifies a type of report by its metric code. Use this code when generating a report via the Get Edge CNAME Report - Data Transferred or Hits endpoint.
Description	String	Provides a description for the current metric code.

Errors

The response body for an unsuccessful request may contain an error parameter that provides additional information.

View common error messages.

Sample Request and Response (JSON)

A sample JSON request is provided below.

A sample JSON response is provided below.

[{
		"MetricCode" : "Hits",
		"Description" : "Hits"
	}, {
		"MetricCode" : "DT",
		"Description" : "Data Transferred"
	}
]

Sample Request and Response (XML)

A sample XML request is provided below.

A sample XML response is provided below.

<ArrayOfMetricCode xmlns="http://www.whitecdn.com/schemas/apiservices/" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
	<MetricCode>
		<MetricCode>Hits</MetricCode>
		<Description>Hits</Description>
	</MetricCode>
	<MetricCode>
		<MetricCode>DT</MetricCode>
		<Description>Data Transferred</Description>
	</MetricCode>
</ArrayOfMetricCode>