Create a billable metric

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.alguna.io/metrics \
  --header 'Alguna-Version: <alguna-version>' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "aggregation": {
    "method": "sum",
    "field": "amount"
  },
  "event_name": "api_call",
  "name": "API Calls",
  "description": "Counts API calls per customer",
  "filter_groups": [
    {
      "filters": [
        {
          "field": "region",
          "operator": "equal",
          "value": "us-east-1"
        }
      ],
      "operator": "and"
    }
  ],
  "tag_ids": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.alguna.io/metrics"

payload = {
    "aggregation": {
        "method": "sum",
        "field": "amount"
    },
    "event_name": "api_call",
    "name": "API Calls",
    "description": "Counts API calls per customer",
    "filter_groups": [
        {
            "filters": [
                {
                    "field": "region",
                    "operator": "equal",
                    "value": "us-east-1"
                }
            ],
            "operator": "and"
        }
    ],
    "tag_ids": ["<string>"]
}
headers = {
    "Alguna-Version": "<alguna-version>",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Alguna-Version': '<alguna-version>',
    Authorization: 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    aggregation: {method: 'sum', field: 'amount'},
    event_name: 'api_call',
    name: 'API Calls',
    description: 'Counts API calls per customer',
    filter_groups: [
      {
        filters: [{field: 'region', operator: 'equal', value: 'us-east-1'}],
        operator: 'and'
      }
    ],
    tag_ids: ['<string>']
  })
};

fetch('https://api.alguna.io/metrics', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

{
  "aggregation": {
    "field": "amount",
    "method": "sum"
  },
  "created_at": "2026-04-01T10:00:00Z",
  "event_name": "api_call",
  "id": "mtr_01H1VECT",
  "name": "API Calls",
  "updated_at": "2026-04-01T12:30:00Z",
  "description": "Counts API calls per customer",
  "filter_groups": [
    {
      "filters": [
        {
          "field": "region",
          "operator": "equal",
          "value": "us-east-1"
        }
      ],
      "operator": "and"
    }
  ],
  "tag_ids": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}

{
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>"
}

{
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>"
}

{
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>"
}

{
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>"
}

{
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>"
}

{
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>"
}

{
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>"
}

{
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>"
}

{
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>"
}