Summary

The queryQuotaUsage() GraphQL query returns the query quota usage for a particular user.

API Stability Short-Term

Syntax

graphql
queryQuotaUsage(
      username: String!
   ): [QueryQuotaUsage!]!

Provide username (required) — the username of the user for which to retrieve quota usage. Returns a non-nullable list of QueryQuotaUsage objects — one per quota interval. See the Returned Values section for available fields.

Example

Raw
graphql
query {
  queryQuotaUsage(
  username: "bob@company.com"
  ) {interval, staticCost, liveCost, queryCount}
}
Mac OS or Linux (curl)
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "query {
  queryQuotaUsage(
  username: \"bob@company.com\"
  ) {interval, staticCost, liveCost, queryCount}
}"
}
EOF
Mac OS or Linux (curl) One-line
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "query {
  queryQuotaUsage(
  username: \"bob@company.com\"
  ) {interval, staticCost, liveCost, queryCount}
}"
}
EOF
Windows Cmd and curl
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql ^
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" ^
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" ^
    -d @'{"query" : "query { ^
  queryQuotaUsage( ^
  username: \"bob@company.com\" ^
  ) {interval, staticCost, liveCost, queryCount} ^
}" ^
} '
Windows Powershell and curl
powershell
curl.exe -X POST 
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -d '{"query" : "query {
  queryQuotaUsage(
  username: \"bob@company.com\"
  ) {interval, staticCost, liveCost, queryCount}
}"
}'
    "$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql"
Perl
perl
#!/usr/bin/perl

use HTTP::Request;
use LWP;

my $TOKEN = "TOKEN";

my $uri = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql';

my $query = "query {
  queryQuotaUsage(
  username: \"bob@company.com\"
  ) {interval, staticCost, liveCost, queryCount}
}";
$query =~ s/\n/ /g;
my $json = sprintf('{"query" : "%s"}',$query);
my $req = HTTP::Request->new("POST", $uri );

$req->header("Authorization" => "Bearer $TOKEN");
$req->header("Content-Type" => "application/json");

$req->content( $json );

my $lwp = LWP::UserAgent->new;

my $result = $lwp->request( $req );

print $result->{"_content"},"\n";
Python
python
#! /usr/local/bin/python3

import requests

url = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql'
mydata = r'''{"query" : "query {
  queryQuotaUsage(
  username: \"bob@company.com\"
  ) {interval, staticCost, liveCost, queryCount}
}"
}'''

resp = requests.post(url,
                     data = mydata,
                     headers = {
   "Authorization" : "Bearer $TOKEN",
   "Content-Type" : "application/json"
}
)

print(resp.text)
Node.js
javascript
const https = require('https');

const data = JSON.stringify(
    {"query" : "query {
  queryQuotaUsage(
  username: \"bob@company.com\"
  ) {interval, staticCost, liveCost, queryCount}
}"
}
);


const options = {
  hostname: '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL',
  path: 'graphql',
  port: 443,
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Content-Length': data.length,
    Authorization: 'BEARER ' + process.env.TOKEN,
    'User-Agent': 'Node',
  },
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  let data = '';
  console.log(`statusCode: ${res.statusCode}`);

  res.on('data', (d) => {
    data += d;
  });
  res.on('end', () => {
    console.log(JSON.parse(data).data);
  });
});

req.on('error', (error) => {
  console.error(error);
});

req.write(data);
req.end();
Example Responses
Success (HTTP Response Code 200 OK)
json
{
  "data": {
    "queryQuotaUsage": [
      {
        "interval": "PerHour",
        "staticCost": 68,
        "liveCost": 0,
        "queryCount": 3
      },
      {
        "interval": "PerDay",
        "staticCost": 68,
        "liveCost": 0,
        "queryCount": 3
      }
    ]
  }
}

Returned Values

Returns a non-nullable list of QueryQuotaUsage objects — one per quota interval. Each entry includes interval (a QueryQuotaInterval enum), queryCount (number of queries executed in the interval), staticCost, and liveCost. The table below lists all fields:

Table: QueryQuotaUsage Datatype

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultStabilityAvailabilityDescription
Some input parameters may be required, as indicated in the Required column. For return values, this indicates that you are assured a value if the field is requested for the results. 
Table last updated: Oct 14, 2026 
intervalQueryQuotaIntervalyes Short-Term The query quota interval. See QueryQuotaInterval.
liveCostLongyes Short-Term The permitted amount of live cost points, a combination of both memory and CPU consumption by the query.
queryCountIntyes Short-Term The number of queries.
staticCostLongyes Short-Term The permitted amount of static cost points, a combination of both memory and CPU consumption by the query.