[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-07-23 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Method: projects.metricDescriptors.get\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nGets a single metric descriptor.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`GET https://monitoring.googleapis.com/v3/{name}`\n\n### Path parameters\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [MetricDescriptor](/monitoring/api/ref_v3/rest/v3/projects.metricDescriptors#MetricDescriptor).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/monitoring`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/monitoring.read`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/monitoring.write`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authentication Overview](/docs/authentication#authorization-gcp)."]]
