Honeycomb API

REST discovered

Details

URL: https://api.honeycomb.io
Spec: https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/openapi-public.yaml
Docs: https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/introduction

Authentication

Honeycomb API key compound discovered Get key ↗

In Honeycomb, go to Account → Team Settings → API Keys to create or manage API keys. Honeycomb issues three key types documented at Authentication: Ingest Keys, Configuration Keys, and Management Keys. For REST API use, send either an Ingest/Configuration key in X-Honeycomb-Team, or a Management Key as Authorization: Bearer <key ID>:<secret>, depending on endpoint permissions. For MCP API-key auth, the troubleshooting guide says to use the API key in the form <Key ID>:<Secret Key> and some clients may pass that directly as the Authorization header. Store the secret at creation time; Honeycomb only returns some secrets once.