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  2. Quick start guide
  3. Wide events vs. metrics
  4. Ingesting data
    1. Better Stack collector
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    4. Ingesting via HTTP API
    5. Ingesting metrics
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  6. Telemetry API
    1. Getting an API token
    2. Sources & collectors
      1. Sources API
      2. Collectors API
      3. Collector metrics targets API
      4. Metrics API
      5. Source groups API
        1. List all source groups GET
        2. Get a single source group GET
        3. List sources in group GET
        4. Create a source group GET
        5. Update a source group PATCH
        6. Remove a source group DELETE
    3. Dashboards
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    6. Connections API
    7. Query API ↗
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  7. Alternative to
    1. Lightstep

List all source groups

Returns a list of your team's existing source groups.

GET https://telemetry.betterstack.com/api/v1/source-groups

Query parameters

page
integer

Page number

per_page
integer

Number of source groups per page. Default 50, maximum 250.

Headers

Authorization
required string

Bearer $TOKEN

200

Returns a paginated list of source groups.

Response body

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "95251342",
      "type": "source_group",
      "attributes": {
        "name": "Backend sources",
        "created_at": "2025-06-30T14:00:55.700Z",
        "updated_at": "2025-06-30T14:14:40.304Z",
        "sort_index": 0,
        "team_name": "Test Team"
      }
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "first": "https://telemetry.betterstack.com/api/v1/source-groups?page=1&per_page=10",
    "last": "https://telemetry.betterstack.com/api/v1/source-groups?page=12&per_page=10",
    "prev": null,
    "next": "https://telemetry.betterstack.com/api/v1/source-groups?page=2&per_page=10"
  }
}

Response attributes

id
string

The ID of the source group.

type
string

The resource type, always source_group.

attributes.name
string

The name of the source group.

attributes.created_at
string

When the source group was created, as an ISO 8601 date-time in UTC.

attributes.updated_at
string

When the source group was last updated, as an ISO 8601 date-time in UTC.

attributes.sort_index
integer or null

The position of the source group when sorting groups, or null when none is set.

attributes.team_name
string

The name of the team that owns the source group.

pagination.first
string

URL of the first page. Read more about pagination.

pagination.last
string

URL of the last page.

pagination.prev
string or null

URL of the previous page, or null on the first page.

pagination.next
string or null

URL of the next page, or null on the last page.

Example cURL

Example
curl --request GET \
  --url https://telemetry.betterstack.com/api/v1/source-groups \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"


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