Creates a new metric descriptor. The creation is executed asynchronously. User-created metric descriptors define custom metrics. The metric descriptor is updated if it already exists, except that metric labels are never removed.
HTTP request
POST https://monitoring.googleapis.com/v3/{name}/metricDescriptors
Path parameters
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
name |
Required. The project on which to execute the request. The format is: 4 projects/[PROJECT_ID_OR_NUMBER] |
Request body
The request body contains an instance of MetricDescriptor.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of MetricDescriptor.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platformhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/monitoringhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/monitoring.write
For more information, see the Authentication Overview.