Synthetics

Synthetics is a rubygem that interfaces with New Relic Synthetics' HTTP API. It can be used to manage monitors and labels programatically. The above link is useful for finding the possible options that can be passed to each method, particularly creating and updating monitors.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'synthetics'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install synthetics

Usage

All interaction with the API starts by creating an API client. The client requires an admin API key, which can be generated in the Web UI. Once you have your API key, there are two ways you can pass it to the client:

> # Set API key directly:
> synthetics = Synthetics.new('<YOUR-API-KEY>')

> # Set API key via environment variable:
> ENV['SYNTHETICS_API_KEY'] = 'YOUR-API-KEY'
> synthetics = Synthetics.new

Locations

List locations:

> synthetics.locations.list
[
  {:private=>false, :name=>"AWS_US_EAST_1", :label=>"Washington, DC, USA"},
  ...
]

Monitors

List monitors:

> synthetics.monitors.list
{
  :monitors => [
    {
      :id => "SOME-VALID-UUID",
      :name => "Ping Google",
      :type => "SIMPLE",
      :frequency => 1440,
      :uri => "https://google.com",
      :locations => ["AWS_US_EAST_1", "AWS_EU_WEST_1"],
      :status => "ENABLED",
      :sla_threshold => 7.0,
      :modified_at => "2016-02-26T15:10:58.515+0000",
      :created_at => "2016-02-26T15:10:58.515+0000",
      :user_id => 123,
      :api_version => "0.2.2"
    }
  ],
  :count => 1
}

Create monitor:

> synthetics.monitors.create(
> ...   name: 'Google Monitor',
> ...   frequency: 15,
> ...   uri: 'https://google.com',
> ...   locations: %w(AWS_US_WEST_1),
> ...   type: 'simple'
> ... )
nil

Monitor

These examples assume you have a valid monitor UUID, such as:

> uuid = 'SOME-VAILD-UUID'

Show monitor:

> synthetics.monitor(uuid).show
{
  :id => "SOME-VALID-UUID",
  :name => "Ping Google",
  :type => "SIMPLE",
  :frequency => 15,
  :uri => "https://google.com",
  :locations => ["AWS_US_EAST_1", "AWS_EU_WEST_1"],
  :status => "ENABLED",
  :sla_threshold => 7.0,
  :modified_at => "2016-02-26T15:10:58.515+0000",
  :created_at => "2016-02-26T15:10:58.515+0000",
  :user_id => 123,
  :api_version => "0.2.2"
}

Update monitor:

> synthetics.monitor(uuid).update(
> ...   name: 'Google Monitor',
> ...   frequency: 30,
> ...   uri: 'https://google.com',
> ...   locations: %w(AWS_US_WEST_1),
> ...   type: 'simple'
> ... )

{
  :id => "SOME-VALID-UUID",
  :name => "Ping Google",
  :type => "SIMPLE",
  :frequency => 30,
  :uri => "https://google.com",
  :locations => ["AWS_US_EAST_1", "AWS_EU_WEST_1"],
  :status => "ENABLED",
  :sla_threshold => 7.0,
  :modified_at => "2016-02-26T15:10:58.515+0000",
  :created_at => "2016-02-26T15:10:58.515+0000",
  :user_id => 123,
  :api_version => "0.2.2"
}

Update monitor script:

> synthetics.monitor(uuid).update_script('var test = function() {};')
nil

Destroy monitor:

> synthetics.monitor(uuid).destroy
nil

Labels

List labels:

> synthetics.labels.list
{
  :labels => [
    {
      :type => 'sha',
      :value => '8ace32a'
    }
  ],
  :count => 1
}

Label

These examples assume you have a valid label, such as:

> label = 'sample:label'

Show monitors for a label:

> synthetics.label(label).monitors
{
  :monitors => [
    {
      :id => "SOME-VALID-UUID",
      :name => "Ping Google",
      :type => "SIMPLE",
      :frequency => 1440,
      :uri => "https://google.com",
      :locations => ["AWS_US_EAST_1", "AWS_EU_WEST_1"],
      :status => "ENABLED",
      :sla_threshold => 7.0,
      :modified_at => "2016-02-26T15:10:58.515+0000",
      :created_at => "2016-02-26T15:10:58.515+0000",
      :user_id => 123,
      :api_version => "0.2.2"
    }
  ],
  :count => 1
}

Attach a label to a monitor:

> synthetics.label(label).attach(uuid)
nil

Remove a label from a monitor:

> synthetics.label(label).remove(uuid)
nil

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Development

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