A sample script to delete datadog monitors

delete_datadog_monitors.py

# 
# Setup
# pip3 install datadog-api-client
#
# Command to run
# DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY=$DATADOG_API_KEY DD_APP_KEY=$DATADOG_APP_KEY  python3 delete_datadog_monitors.py

# Sample monitor_list.txt. All monitor IDs are stored in new line.
#
# cat monitor_list.txt
# 200000
# 280926
# 250002
# 709372



from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration, exceptions
from datadog_api_client.v1.api.monitors_api import MonitorsApi

failed_monitors = {
    "NotFound" : [],
    "FailedToDelete" : []
}

configuration = Configuration()
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = MonitorsApi(api_client)

    with open('monitor_list.txt') as monitor_list:
        for each_monitor in monitor_list:
            response = ""
            try:
                response = api_instance.delete_monitor(
                    monitor_id=int(each_monitor),
                )
            except exceptions.NotFoundException as e:
                failed_monitors["NotFound"].append(each_monitor)
            except Exception as e:
                print(f'Failed to delete: {each_monitor}')
                print(e)
                failed_monitors["FailedToDelete"].append(each_monitor)

print(failed_monitors)