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Honeycomb Events API — Events

Honeycomb Events API — Events. 2 operations. Lead operation: Create Events. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Honeycomb business surface.

Honeycomb Events API — Events is a Naftiko capability published by Honeycomb, one of 22 capabilities the APIs.io network indexes for this provider. It bundles 2 operations across the POST method rooted at /v1/1.

The capability includes 2 state-changing operations. Lead operation: Create Events. Can be deployed as a REST endpoint, MCP tool, or Agent Skill via Naftiko.

Tagged areas include Honeycomb, Observability, and Events.

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What You Can Do

POST
Createevents — Create Events
/v1/1/batch/{datasetSlug}
POST
Createevent — Create an Event
/v1/1/events/{datasetSlug}

MCP Tools

honeycomb-events-events-createevents

Create Events

honeycomb-events-events-createevent

Create an Event

Capability Spec

events-events.yaml Raw ↑
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: "Honeycomb Events API \u2014 Events"
  description: "Honeycomb Events API \u2014 Events. 2 operations. Lead operation: Create Events. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Honeycomb business surface."
  tags:
  - Honeycomb
  - Observability
  - Events
  created: '2026-05-25'
  modified: '2026-05-25'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    HONEYCOMB_API_KEY: HONEYCOMB_API_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: events-events
    baseUri: https://api.honeycomb.io
    description: "Honeycomb Events API \u2014 Events business capability. Self-contained, no shared references."
    resources:
    - name: 1-batch
      path: /1/batch/{datasetSlug}
      operations:
      - name: createevents
        method: POST
        description: Create Events
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: Content-Encoding
          in: header
          type: string
          description: Included when sending events in a file. Size limitations may be addressed by compressing request bodies with gzip or zstd compression. Be sure to set the Content-Encoding to `gzip`
            or `zstd` when compressing the request body. If sending plaintext, omit this header; "plaintext" is included to simplify the example with curl.
          required: false
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          description: Request body (JSON).
          required: true
    - name: 1-events
      path: /1/events/{datasetSlug}
      operations:
      - name: createevent
        method: POST
        description: Create an Event
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: X-Honeycomb-Event-Time
          in: header
          type: integer
          description: The Event's timestamp. Optional. Defaults to server time.
          required: false
        - name: X-Honeycomb-Samplerate
          in: header
          type: integer
          description: Optional. Defaults to 1.
          required: false
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          description: Request body (JSON).
          required: true
    authentication:
      type: apikey
      key: X-Honeycomb-Team
      value: '{{env.HONEYCOMB_API_KEY}}'
      placement: header
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: events-events-rest
    port: 8080
    description: "REST adapter for Honeycomb Events API \u2014 Events. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed operation, prefixed with /v1."
    resources:
    - path: /v1/1/batch/{datasetSlug}
      name: 1-batch
      description: REST surface for 1-batch.
      operations:
      - method: POST
        name: createevents
        description: Create Events
        call: events-events.createevents
        with:
          Content-Encoding: rest.Content-Encoding
          body: rest.body
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/1/events/{datasetSlug}
      name: 1-events
      description: REST surface for 1-events.
      operations:
      - method: POST
        name: createevent
        description: Create an Event
        call: events-events.createevent
        with:
          X-Honeycomb-Event-Time: rest.X-Honeycomb-Event-Time
          X-Honeycomb-Samplerate: rest.X-Honeycomb-Samplerate
          body: rest.body
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: events-events-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: "MCP adapter for Honeycomb Events API \u2014 Events. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline through this capability's consumes block."
    tools:
    - name: honeycomb-events-events-createevents
      description: Create Events
      hints:
        readOnly: false
        destructive: false
        idempotent: false
      call: events-events.createevents
      with:
        Content-Encoding: tools.Content-Encoding
        body: tools.body
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: honeycomb-events-events-createevent
      description: Create an Event
      hints:
        readOnly: false
        destructive: false
        idempotent: false
      call: events-events.createevent
      with:
        X-Honeycomb-Event-Time: tools.X-Honeycomb-Event-Time
        X-Honeycomb-Samplerate: tools.X-Honeycomb-Samplerate
        body: tools.body
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.