<p>I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to do, but .. DataDog has a Docker Intergration, which when configured provides a status of every single container on a host. Then, by simply <a href="https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/?lang=python#metrics" rel="nofollow noreferrer">querying</a> the DataDog metrics, you can see if  a particular container is up or not, or how many containers you have available per image, or what's the CPU consumption etc. </p>

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<p>I have a running DataDog-Agent on a Docker server.</p>

<p>Is there a function in the DataDog API to get the stats of every single container, so I could print the stats to an external Webpage?</p>

<p>Or is there an alternative?</p>

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How to get Docker Container stats using DataDog API?
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# How to get Docker Container stats using DataDog API?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-08-25)

I have a running DataDog-Agent on a Docker server.

Is there a function in the DataDog API to get the stats of every single container, so I could print the stats to an external Webpage?

Or is there an alternative?

**Tags:** docker, monitoring, api


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-08-26. Score: 1

I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to do, but .. DataDog has a Docker Intergration, which when configured provides a status of every single container on a host. Then, by simply [querying](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/?lang=python#metrics) the DataDog metrics, you can see if a particular container is up or not, or how many containers you have available per image, or what's the CPU consumption etc.


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