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title: "Ingestion API used to directly ingest data using Data Collection Rules."
method: POST
path: "/dataCollectionRules/{ruleId}/streams/{stream}"
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# Ingestion API used to directly ingest data using Data Collection Rules.

`POST /dataCollectionRules/{ruleId}/streams/{stream}`

Ingestion API used to directly ingest data using Data Collection Rules.

## Path parameters

- `ruleId` string, required
- `stream` string, required

## Query parameters

- `api-version` string, required

## Headers

- `Content-Encoding` string
- `x-ms-client-request-id` string, uuid

## Request body

- object[]

## Response `204`

There is no content to send for this request, but the headers may be useful.

## Other responses

- `default` — An unexpected error response.

## Changes

- **2026-07-13** (2021-11-01-preview) `e1f8e314d713` — 1 info
  - api tag `Data Collection Rules` removed

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/monitor-ingestion/changes/dataCollectionRules/:ruleId/streams/:stream/post.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/monitor-ingestion.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/monitor-ingestion/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/azure/monitor-ingestion/revisions/e1f8e314d713/schema)