> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.xerobi.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get Prometheus Metrics

> Returns monitoring metrics in Prometheus format

Returns monitoring metrics in Prometheus format for integration with observability platforms.

**Use Cases:**

* Monitor RPKI service performance
* Track validation statistics
* Alert on service issues
* Create monitoring dashboards


## OpenAPI

````yaml GET /metrics
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Routinator HTTP API
  description: >-
    HTTP API for Routinator - RPKI validation and Route Origin Authorization
    (ROA) service. Provides endpoints for checking route validity, monitoring
    RPKI infrastructure, and receiving real-time updates.
  version: 0.15.0
  contact:
    name: Routinator Support
    url: https://github.com/NLnetLabs/routinator
  license:
    name: BSD-3-Clause
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
servers:
  - url: https://api.hixbe.com/rpki
    description: Production server
security: []
tags:
  - name: Validity
    description: Route validity checking endpoints
  - name: Status
    description: Service status and monitoring
  - name: Delta
    description: Incremental updates and notifications
  - name: Monitoring
    description: Logging and metrics endpoints
paths:
  /metrics:
    get:
      tags:
        - Monitoring
      summary: Get Prometheus metrics
      description: Returns monitoring metrics in Prometheus format
      operationId: getMetrics
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with metrics
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: |
                  # HELP routinator_valid_roas Number of valid ROAs
                  # TYPE routinator_valid_roas gauge
                  routinator_valid_roas 123456
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error message
        code:
          type: string
          description: Error code

````

## Related topics

- [Get Statistics](https://docs.xerobi.com/speed-api/endpoint/get-statistics.md)
- [RPKI API](https://docs.xerobi.com/rpki-api/introduction.md)
- [Get usage report](https://docs.xerobi.com/sms-api/endpoint/get-usage-report.md)
- [Get business bandwidth usage](https://docs.xerobi.com/network-api/endpoint/get-business-bandwidth-usage.md)
- [Xerobi Developer Documentation](https://docs.xerobi.com/index.md)


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