title: Is there a azure python sdk to retrieve application insights data?
body: <p>I use below App insights python sdk to send my custom metrics in app insights resource.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/ApplicationInsights-Python" rel="noreferrer">https://github.com/Microsoft/ApplicationInsights-Python</a></p>
  
  <p>Now when I want to retrieve it, all i can find is Rest API based method to retrieve it. </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://dev.applicationinsights.io/documentation/Using-the-API/Metrics" rel="noreferrer">https://dev.applicationinsights.io/documentation/Using-the-API/Metrics</a></p>
  
  <p>Is there an alternative to RestAPI based curl or http request - in app insights python sdk ?</p>