Method: projects.metrics.update
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Creates or updates a logs-based metric.
HTTP request
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PUT https://logging.googleapis.com/v2/{metricName=projects/*/metrics/*}
The URLs use gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
Parameters
metricName
string
Required. The resource name of the metric to update:
"projects/[PROJECT_ID]/metrics/[METRIC_ID]"
The updated metric must be provided in the request and it's name field must be the same as [METRIC_ID] If the metric does not exist in [PROJECT_ID], then a new metric is created.
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource metricName:
logging.logMetrics.update
Request body
The request body contains an instance of LogMetric .
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of LogMetric .
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/logging.write
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/logging.admin
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
For more information, see the Authentication Overview .
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
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