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The Vantage API allows you to programmatically access your cost data and create cost resources, like Cost Reports, folders, and dashboards.

How to use this API reference

Browse all API endpoints alphabetically in the left navigation menu. Each endpoint page features a “Try it” button at the top that opens an interactive API playground. Enter your Vantage API token to test API calls directly from your browser.Keep in mind that the playground makes real API calls to your Vantage account using your live Vantage data. Exercise caution when testing endpoints that create, modify, or delete Vantage resources.
The interactive API playground lets you test endpoints directly from your browser. In the video below, the user opens the API playground and enters their access token. As they fill in parameters on the left, the information populates in the request on the right. Click Send to complete the API call.After a call is sent, the response—either a successful response or any errors—is displayed on the top right, with your original call information displayed on the bottom.

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Resources

Get started with the Vantage API

Get started with the Vantage API. Understand the API schema and how to call various endpoints.

Authenticate with the Vantage API

Learn how to authenticate and access the Vantage API. Create an API access token with Read and Write scopes enabled.

Learn about Vantage Query Language (VQL)

Vantage Query Language (VQL) is a SQL-like language designed to filter cloud cost data. VQL provides a normalized schema across various cloud providers.

Learn about available fields

Consult the Data Dictionary to view the normalized field names used to create VQL statements. Each provider that Vantage integrates with makes different fields available in their billing data.

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Libraries

The v2 API currently supports a Go library. This library is officially maintained by Vantage and is auto-generated from the Swagger specification. If you want to have your client added to the list, please email [email protected].

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OpenAPI Specifications

The API provides both OAS (Swagger) 2.0 and OpenAPI 3.0.1 specifications. You can use either specification to generate your own client libraries or to explore the API using tools like Swagger UI or Postman.