# Get database usage metrics

**GET** `/v1/databases/{databaseId}/usage`

Returns usage metrics for the specified database.

Base URL: `https://api.prisma.io`

Tags: `Database Usage`

## Authorization

Any ONE of the following options authorizes this operation; every scheme listed within an option is required together.

| Option | Scheme | Type | Sent as | Scopes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Option 1 | `OAuth2` | `oauth2` | `Authorization: Bearer <access token>` | `offline_access`, `workspace:admin` |
| Option 2 | `Bearer` | `http` | `Authorization: Bearer <token>` (JWT) | — |

### OAuth 2.0 flows

- **OAuth2 · authorizationCode**
  - Authorization URL: `https://auth.prisma.io/authorize`
  - Token URL: `https://auth.prisma.io/token`
  - Refresh URL: `https://auth.prisma.io/token`
  - Scope `offline_access` — Offline access
  - Scope `workspace:admin` — Full access to workspace resources

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `databaseId` | `string` | Yes | — |

## Query parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `startDate` | `string` (date-time) | No | — |
| `endDate` | `string` (date-time) | No | — |

## Responses

| Status | Description | Media type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `200` | Returned usage metrics for the given database. | `application/json` |
| `400` | Invalid request parameters | `application/json` |
| `401` | Missing or invalid authorization token. | `application/json` |
| `404` | Database with the given ID was not found. | `application/json` |
| `500` | Error occurred while fetching metrics | `application/json` |
| `503` | Usage metrics are temporarily unavailable | `application/json` |

### Example response: 200 — Returned usage metrics for the given database.

```json
{
  "generatedAt": "2026-06-09T00:00:00Z",
  "metrics": {
    "operations": {
      "unit": "ops",
      "used": 0
    },
    "storage": {
      "unit": "GiB",
      "used": 0
    }
  },
  "period": {
    "end": "2026-06-09T00:00:00Z",
    "start": "2026-06-09T00:00:00Z"
  }
}
```

### Example response: 400 — Invalid request parameters

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "hint": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}
```

### Example response: 401 — Missing or invalid authorization token.

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "hint": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}
```

### Example response: 404 — Database with the given ID was not found.

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "hint": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}
```

### Example response: 500 — Error occurred while fetching metrics

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "hint": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}
```

### Example response: 503 — Usage metrics are temporarily unavailable

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "hint": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}
```

## Related pages

- [[Experimental]](./tags/experimental.md)
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- [Agents](./tags/agents.md)
- [Alchemy state store version](./getv1projectsbyprojectidbranchesbybranchidalchemy-stateversion.md)
- [Buckets](./tags/buckets.md)
- [Connections](./tags/connections.md)
- [Create a branch](./postv1projectsbyprojectidbranches.md)
- [Create a custom domain](./postv1appsbyappiddomains.md)
- [Create a custom domain](./postv1servicesbyserviceiddomains.md)
- [Create a workspace](./postv1workspaces.md)

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