Prometheus Remote Write API

The Prometheus Remote Write API defines a standard protocol for sending time series data from Prometheus or compatible agents to remote storage backends via HTTP POST with Snappy-compressed protobuf payloads. The specification documents the wire format, required headers, and retry semantics for interoperable remote write implementations.

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: prometheus:prometheus-remote-write-api
name: Prometheus Remote Write API
description: The Prometheus Remote Write API defines a standard protocol for sending time series data
  from Prometheus or compatible agents to remote storage backends via HTTP POST with Snappy-compressed
  protobuf payloads. The specification documents the wire format, required headers, and retry semantics
  for interoperable remote write implementations.
humanURL: https://prometheus.io/docs/specs/prw/remote_write_spec/
tags:
- Integration
- Remote Write
- Storage
- Time Series
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://prometheus.io/docs/specs/prw/remote_write_spec/