# Logstash to datadog\_metrics - example needed

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-to-datadog-metrics-example-needed/63564>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 21, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-to-datadog-metrics-example-needed/63564 "2016-10-21T04:49:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![gmmurugan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gmmurugan/32/12488_2.png) [@gmmurugan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gmmurugan)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-to-datadog-metrics-example-needed/63564/1 "2016-10-21T04:49:09Z")

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```
datadog_metrics {
api_key => "xx"
metric_name => "unresolved_counts"
metric_value=> "50"
}

```

i would like to get some examples to how we can send kvp info to datadog.. is api\_key is enough??

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-to-datadog-metrics-example-needed/63564/2 "2017-07-06T04:33:20Z")

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