Notes

import requests
import json

# New Relic Synthetics API endpoint
api_url = "https://synthetics.newrelic.com/synthetics/api/v3/monitors"

# New Relic API key
api_key = "YOUR_NEW_RELIC_API_KEY"

# API URL to monitor
api_to_monitor = "https://api.example.com"

# Define the synthetic monitor payload
monitor_payload = {
"name": "API Monitoring",
"type": "SCRIPT_API",
"frequency": 5, # Monitor frequency in minutes
"uri": api_to_monitor,
"locations": ["AWS_US_WEST_1"], # Monitoring location(s)
"status": "ENABLED",
"slaThreshold": 7, # SLA threshold in seconds
"script": """
var assert = require('assert');
var options = {
uri: 'https://api.example.com',
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'
}
};

$http.get(options, function(err, response, body) {
assert.equal(response.statusCode, 200, 'Expected 200 OK response');
assert.equal(body.status, 'success', 'Expected successful API response');
});
"""
}

# Set up headers for authentication
headers = {
"X-Api-Key": api_key,
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

# Send a POST request to create the synthetic monitor
response = requests.post(api_url, headers=headers, json=monitor_payload)

# Check the response status
if response.status_code == 201:
print("Synthetic monitor created successfully!")
monitor_data = json.loads(response.text)
monitor_id = monitor_data['id']
print("Monitor ID:", monitor_id)
else:
print("Failed to create synthetic monitor. Status code:", response.status_code)
print("Error message:", response.text)