DataDog - hitspec

hitspec can send test execution metrics directly to the DataDog API during stress tests.

Setup

hitspec run api.http --stress -d 5m -r 100 \
  --metrics datadog \
  --datadog-api-key "$DD_API_KEY"

Configuration

Flag	Env Var	Default	Description
`--datadog-api-key`	`DD_API_KEY`	(required)	Your DataDog API key
`--datadog-site`	`DD_SITE`	`datadoghq.com`	DataDog site (EU: `datadoghq.eu`)
`--datadog-tags`	`DD_TAGS`		Comma-separated tags

Tags

Add custom tags to your metrics for filtering in DataDog dashboards:

hitspec run api.http --stress -d 5m -r 100 \
  --metrics datadog \
  --datadog-api-key "$DD_API_KEY" \
  --datadog-tags "env:staging,service:user-api,team:backend"

CI/CD Example

# GitHub Actions
- name: Stress test with DataDog metrics
  run: |
    hitspec run api.http --stress -d 5m -r 100 \
      --metrics datadog \
      --datadog-tags "env:staging,branch:${{ github.ref_name }}"
  env:
    DD_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.DD_API_KEY }}

Last modified on February 10, 2026