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# Metrics API

### Path <a href="#endpoint" id="endpoint"></a>

```
/ext/metrics
```

### Usage <a href="#usage" id="usage"></a>

To get the node metrics:

```
//Request
curl -X POST https://ava-api.bwarelabs.com/<your-endpoint-id>/ext/metrics

//Response
Returns a list of metrics related to the node performance
```

### Format <a href="#format" id="format"></a>

This API produces Prometheus compatible metrics. See [here](https://github.com/prometheus/docs/blob/master/content/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats.md) for information on Prometheus’ formatting.