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System Utility - Memory Stats

Endpoint

/o/system/memory

Overview

Returns system memory usage derived from free command output.

Authentication

Pass api_key or auth_token as a query parameter, or send countly-token as a header. See Authentication.

Permissions

Requires Global Admin access.

Request Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
api_keyStringConditionalRequired if auth_token is not provided.
auth_tokenStringConditionalRequired if api_key is not provided.

Examples

/o/system/memory?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

Response

Success Response

{
"result": {
"overall": {
"usage": 72.9
},
"details": [
{
"id": "mem",
"usage": 75,
"total": 17179869184,
"used": 12884901888,
"free": 4294967296,
"units": "Byte"
}
]
}
}

Response Fields

FieldTypeDescription
resultObjectMemory usage payload.
result.overall.usageNumberOverall memory usage percentage.
result.details[]ArrayMemory detail rows.
result.details[].idStringMemory scope identifier (mem, swap).
result.details[].total/used/freeNumberMemory totals in bytes.

Error Responses

{
"result": "...error message..."
}

Behavior

  • Executes free on the host and normalizes results into overall + details.
  • Returns a wrapped result response.
Implementation details

Database Collections

This endpoint does not read or write database collections.