New Relic Component

Easily manage metrics, logs, and events

Component key: new-relic

Description

New Relic is a San Francisco, California-based technology company which develops cloud-based software to help website and application owners track the performances of their services. This component allows you to send events, logs and metrics to your New Relic Account.

Connections

API Key

After you obtain an API key from your New Relic Account Settings. The New Relic API key can be put directly into a New Relic connection.

Input	Notes	Example
API Key string / Required apiKey	Provide the API key from the developer console.	example187843230995241

Actions

Raw Request

Send raw HTTP request to New Relic | key: rawRequest

Input	Default	Notes	Example
Base URL string / Required baseUrl	https://api.newrelic.com/v2
Connection connection / Required connection
Data string data		The HTTP body payload to send to the URL.	{"exampleKey": "Example Data"}
Debug Request boolean debugRequest	false	Enabling this flag will log out the current request.
File Data string Key Value List fileData		File Data to be sent as a multipart form upload.	[{key: "example.txt", value: "My File Contents"}]
File Data File Names string Key Value List fileDataFileNames		File names to apply to the file data inputs. Keys must match the file data keys above.
Form Data string Key Value List formData		The Form Data to be sent as a multipart form upload.	[{"key": "Example Key", "value": new Buffer("Hello World")}]
Header string Key Value List headers		A list of headers to send with the request.	User-Agent: curl/7.64.1
Max Retry Count string maxRetries	0	The maximum number of retries to attempt.
Method string / Required method		The HTTP method to use.
Query Parameter string Key Value List queryParams		A list of query parameters to send with the request. This is the portion at the end of the URL similar to ?key1=value1&key2=value2.
Response Type string / Required responseType	json	The type of data you expect in the response. You can request json, text, or binary data.
Retry On All Errors boolean retryAllErrors	false	If true, retries on all erroneous responses regardless of type.
Retry Delay (ms) string retryDelayMS	0	The delay in milliseconds between retries.
Timeout string timeout		The maximum time that a client will await a response to its request	2000
URL string / Required url		Input the path only (/labels.json), The base URL is already included (https://api.newrelic.com/v2). For example, to connect to https://api.newrelic.com/v2/labels.json, only /labels.json is entered in this field.	/labels.json
Use Exponential Backoff boolean useExponentialBackoff	false	Specifies whether to use a pre-defined exponential backoff strategy for retries.

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Send Detailed Logs

Use the Log API to send a detailed log using a custom request body to New Relic | key: sendDetailedLogs

Input	Default	Notes
Message code / Required codeMessage		Provide a JSON object containing the message of logs you want to send.
Connection connection / Required newRelicConnection

Example Payload for Send Detailed Logs

{
  "data": {
    "requestId": "6af0a5fe-0001-b000-0000"
  }
}

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Send Event Data

Use the Event API to send custom event data to New Relic | key: sendEventData

Input	Notes	Example
Account Id string / Required accountId	Provide the unique identifier of your New Relic Insights account.	8439034
Additional Attributes string Key Value List additionalAttributes	Provide any key value pairs to pass with your request body.
Event Type string / Required eventType	Can be a combination of alphanumeric characters, underscores, and colons	Purchase
Connection connection / Required newRelicConnection

Example Payload for Send Event Data

{
  "data": {
    "requestId": "6af0a5fe-0001-b000-0000"
  }
}

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Send Logs

Use the Log API to send log data to New Relic | key: sendLogs

Input	Notes	Example
Message string jsonMessage	Provide a JSON string containing the message of logs you want to send.	{"service-name": "my-service", "user": {"id": 123, "name": "alice"}}
Connection connection / Required newRelicConnection
Timestamp string / Required timestamp	Provide a valid UNIX timestamp to be passed alongside the logs.	1562767499238

Example Payload for Send Logs

{
  "data": {
    "requestId": "6af0a5fe-0001-b000-0000"
  }
}

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Send Metric Data

Use the Metric API to send custom metrics to the New Relic | key: sendMetrics

Input	Notes	Example
Attributes string Key Value List attributes	A map of key value pairs associated with this specific metric. Values can be strings, JSON numbers, or booleans. Keys are case-sensitive and must be less than 255 characters.	memory.heap
Metric Name string / Required metricName	Provide the name of the metric you would like to report.	memory.heap
Metric Type string / Required metricType	Provide a string value for the type of metric you would like to report. In order to correctly chose this value refer to the list of types here: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/data-apis/understand-data/metric-data/metric-data-type/	gauge
Metric Value string metricValue	Provide a value to report.	2.3
Connection connection / Required newRelicConnection
Timestamp string / Required timestamp	Provide a valid UNIX timestamp to be passed alongside the logs.	1562767499238

Example Payload for Send Metric Data

{
  "data": {
    "requestId": "6af0a5fe-0001-b000-0000"
  }
}

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