New Relic REST API¶ ↑

This gem contains the documentation and examples for using the New Relic REST API for RPM customers.

Rails developers can use the ActiveResource helper file found in this gem. Refer to the gem rdocs.

New Relic supports a RESTful API that can be used to list applications within a given account and enumerate the health indicators of each application. The API uses the XML response format. As a convenience, New Relic offers an ActiveResource wrapper API, but developers are welcome to work directly with the XML.

Authentication¶ ↑

New Relic supports an api key-based authentication mechanism. The key is the api key associated with an account and can be obtained using the RPM Account settings for Integrations. This key should be passed as a request header with each request. All API calls described in this document require authentication.

API requests require HTTPS in order to ensure the API key cannot be easily read by a third party.

You will need to enable API access to your account. To do this, go to Account settings (upper right corner of the New Relic site), and then click on API + web integration. Select API access, and enable it.

Request Headers¶ ↑

x-api-key: API key for account, used for authentication (required)

Account ID¶ ↑

Many New Relic API calls require both an API key in the call header and an Account ID in the request URI. However, when requesting authorization from users to access New Relic APIs on their behalf, you only need to ask those users for their New Relic API key; you do not need to request their New Relic Account ID.

Make the following call, using only the API key in the header:

https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts.xml

New Relic will return the Account ID for that API key. The Account ID appears between data-access-key and license-key as id. For example:

<account>
  <allow-rails-core> false </allow-rails-core>
  <api-key> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx </api-key>
  <data-access-key> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx </data-access-key>
  <id type='integer'> 1234567 </id>
  <license-key> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx </license-key>
  ...

Save that Account ID alongside the user’s API key, and use them both in subsequent calls to New Relic’s APIs.

ActiveResource authentication under Rails¶ ↑

NewRelicApi.api_key = '<api key>'

Proxy Support¶ ↑

If you are behind a proxy:

NewRelicApi.proxy = 'http://localhost:3128'

ActiveResource API¶ ↑

The New Relic ActiveResource-based API helper is NewRelicApi. If you are using ActiveResource to access our API you can focus on the documentation and examples contained in the Ruby Documentation.

The remainder of this document will describe our XML API.

View applications¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/applications.xml
Method: GET
Restrictions: None
Active Resource Helper: NewRelicApi::Account

Replace :account_id with your account number. You can see this in the browser URL when you log in to rpm.newrelic.com.

Data Returned¶ ↑

Sample data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<applications type="array">
  <application>
    <id type="integer">123</id>
    <name>My Application</name>
    <overview-url>https://rpm.newrelic.com/accounts/1/applications/123</overview-url>
    <servers-url>https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/applications/123/servers</servers-url>
  </application>
  <application>
    <id type="integer">124</id>
    <name>My Application2</name>
    <overview-url>https://rpm.newrelic.com/accounts/1/applications/124</overview-url>
    <servers-url>https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/applications/123/servers</servers-url>
  </application>
</applications>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)

View a list of servers for an application¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/applications/:application_id/servers.xml
Method: GET
Restrictions: None

Replace :account_id and :application_id with your account number and application number. You can see this in the browser URL when you log in to rpm.newrelic.com.

Data Returned¶ ↑

Sample data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<servers type="array">
  <server>
    <id type="integer">111</id>
    <hostname>host-1.example.com</hostname>
    <overview-url>https://rpm.newrelic.com/accounts/1/servers/111</overview-url>
  </server>
  <server>
    <id type="integer">222</id>
    <hostname>host-2.example.com</hostname>
    <overview-url>https://rpm.newrelic.com/accounts/1/servers/222</overview-url>
  </server>
</servers>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)
Application not found (404)

View settings of all applications¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/application_settings.xml
Method: GET
Restrictions: None

Replace :account_id with your account number. You can see this in the browser URL when you log in to rpm.newrelic.com.

Data Returned¶ ↑

Note: app-apdex-t is only included for applications that support apdex T as a server side setting.

Sample data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<applications-settings type="array">
  <application-setting>
    <application-id type="integer">123</application-id>
    <name>My Application One</name>
    <alerts-enabled>true</alerts-enabled>
    <rum-apdex-t>7.0</rum-apdex-t>
    <rum-enabled>false</rum-enabled>
    <url>https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/application_settings/123</url>
  </application-setting>
  <application-setting>
    <application-id type="integer">124</application-id>
    <name>My Application Two</name>
    <alerts-enabled>false</alerts-enabled>
    <app-apdex-t>0.01</app-apdex-t>
    <rum-apdex-t>4.0</rum-apdex-t>
    <rum-enabled>true</rum-enabled>
    <url>https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/application_settings/124</url>
  </application-setting>
</applications-settings>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)

View an application’s settings¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/application_settings/:app_id.xml
Method: GET
Restrictions: None

Replace :account_id and :app_id with your account and application number. You can see this in the browser URL when you log in to rpm.newrelic.com.

Data Returned¶ ↑

Note: app-apdex-t is only included for applications that support apdex T as a server side setting.

Sample data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<application-setting>
  <application-id type="integer">124</application-id>
  <name>My Application Two</name>
  <alerts-enabled>false</alerts-enabled>
  <app-apdex-t>0.01</app-apdex-t>
  <rum-apdex-t>4.0</rum-apdex-t>
  <rum-enabled>true</rum-enabled>
</application-setting>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)
Application not found (404)

Update an application’s settings¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/application_settings/:app_id.xml
Method: PUT
Restrictions: None

Request Parameters¶ ↑

The following settings can be updated:

alerts_enabled: Specifies whether this application will generate alerts when its defined thresholds are violated. This is an account wide setting for the application that effects all users. When false the application will not generate alerts or notifications. When true the application will generate alerts when it is experiencing problems and registered users will be notified.
app_apdex_t: Specifies the application's app tier Apdex-T value in seconds. Requests responding in less than this value are satisfying (s); requests responding in the range of this value to 4 times this value are tolerating (t); and requests responding in greater than 4 times this value are frustrating (f).
rum_apdex_t: Specifies the application's end user Apdex-T value in seconds. Page loads completing in less than this value are satisfying (s); page loads completing in the range of this value to 4 times this value are tolerating (t); and page loads completing in greater than 4 times this value are frustrating (f).
rum_enabled: Specifies whether real user monitoring (RUM) is enbabled for this application. When true the agent will inject RUM JavaScript into your pages to collect end user page load times. When false the agent will not inject RUM JavaScript and end user page load times will not be collected.

Replace :account_id and :app_id with your account and application number. You can see this in the browser URL when you log in to rpm.newrelic.com.

Example¶ ↑

This example uses curl to enable alerts for an application.

curl -H "x-api-key:YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" -X PUT -d "alerts_enabled=true" https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/application_settings/124.xml

Result:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<application-setting>
  <application-id type="integer">124</application-id>
  <name>My Application Two</name>
  <alerts-enabled>true</alerts-enabled>
  <app-apdex-t>0.01</app-apdex-t>
  <rum-apdex-t>4.0</rum-apdex-t>
  <rum-enabled>true</rum-enabled>
</application-setting>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)
Application not found (404)
No parameters specified (422)
Invalid parameters (422 or 400)

View all alert thresholds for an application¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/applications/:app_id/thresholds.xml
Method: GET
Restrictions: None

Replace :account_id and :app_id with your account and application number. You can see this in the browser URL when you log in to rpm.newrelic.com.

Data Returned¶ ↑

Note: Error monitoring and alerting thresholds are only supported at the Pro subscription level.

Sample data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<thresholds type="array">
  <threshold>
    <id type="integer">456</id>
    <type>Apdex</type>
    <caution-value>0.8</caution-value>
    <critical-value>0.7</critical-value>
    <url>https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/applications/123/thresholds/456</url>
  </threshold>
  <threshold>
    <id type="integer">789</id>
    <type>ErrorRate</type>
    <caution-value>1</caution-value>
    <critical-value>5</critical-value>
    <url>https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/applications/123/thresholds/789</url>
  </threshold>
</thresholds>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)
Application not found (404)

View an alert threshold for an application¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/applications/:app_id/thresholds/:id.xml
Method: GET
Restrictions: None

Replace :account_id and :app_id with your account and application number. You can see this in the browser URL when you log in to rpm.newrelic.com. Replace :id with the threshold’s ID. You can see this in the XML returned for an application’s thresholds.

Data Returned¶ ↑

Sample data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<threshold>
  <id type="integer">456</id>
  <type>Apdex</type>
  <caution-value>0.8</caution-value>
  <critical-value>0.7</critical-value>
</threshold>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)
Application not found (404)
Threshold not found (404)

Update an alert threshold for an application¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/applications/:app_id/thresholds/:id.xml
Method: PUT
Restrictions: None

Request Parameters¶ ↑

caution_value: Exceeding this value for an extended period results in the creation of a caution event. For Apdex, a value between 0 and 1.0 should be specified. Use an empty value to indicate "None". For error rate, a percentage between 0 and 100 should be specified. Use an empty value to indicate "None".
critical_value: Exceeding this value for an extended period results in the creation of a critical event. For Apdex, a value between 0 and 1.0 should be specified. Use an empty value to indicate "None". For error rate, a percentage between 0 and 100 should be specified. Use an empty value to indicate "None".

When an application has alerts enabled and a critical event has been open longer than 3 minutes, New Relic will create an alert an notify registered users.

Apdex Example¶ ↑

This example uses curl to modify Apdex caution and critical values. The caution value must be greater than the critical value, as a decreasing Apdex score corresponds to a degradation in performance.

curl -H "x-api-key:YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" -X PUT -d "caution_value=0.9;critical_value=0.75" https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/applications/123/thresholds/456.xml

Result:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<threshold>
  <id type="integer">456</id>
  <type>Apdex</type>
  <caution-value>0.9</caution-value>
  <critical-value>0.75</critical-value>
</threshold>

Error Rate Example¶ ↑

This example uses curl to modify error rate caution and critical values. The caution value must be less than the critical value, as a increasing error corresponds to a degradation in performance.

curl -H "x-api-key:YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" -X PUT -d "caution_value=5;critical_value=10" https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/applications/123/thresholds/789.xml

Result:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<threshold>
  <id type="integer">789</id>
  <type>ErrorRate</type>
  <caution-value>5</caution-value>
  <critical-value>10</critical-value>
</threshold>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)
Application not found (404)
Threshold not found (404)
Missing or invalid parameters (422 or 400)

View servers¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/servers.xml
Method: GET
Restrictions: None

Replace :account_id with your account number. You can see this in the browser URL when you log in to rpm.newrelic.com.

Data Returned¶ ↑

Sample data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<servers type="array">
  <server>
    <overview-url>https://rpm.newrelic.com/accounts/1/servers/555</overview-url>
    <hostname>my-hostname.newrelic.com</hostname>
    <id type="integer">555</id>
  </server>
  <server>
    <overview-url>https://rpm.newrelic.com/accounts/1/servers/556</overview-url>
    <hostname>my-hostname-2.newrelic.com</hostname>
    <id type="integer">556</id>
  </server>
<server>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)

Delete servers¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/servers/:id
Method: DELETE
Restrictions: None

Replace :account_id with your account number. Replace :id with the server number you want to delete. You can find your account and server number in the browser URL when you log in to rpm.newrelic.com and navigate to the server you want to delete. The first number in the URL is your account number and the last number is your server number.

Data Returned¶ ↑

Sample data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<servers type="array">
  <server name="My Server" id="123456">
    <result>deleted</result>
  </server>
<server>

Or:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<servers type="array">
  <server name="My Server" id="123456">
    <result>failed</result>
  </server>
<server>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)

View settings of all servers¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/server_settings.xml
Method: GET
Restrictions: None

Replace :account_id with your account number. You can see this in the browser URL when you log in to rpm.newrelic.com.

Data Returned¶ ↑

Sample data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<servers-settings type="array">
  <server-setting>
    <server-id type="integer">222</server-id>
    <hostname>my-hostname.example.com</hostname>
    <alerts-enabled>false</alerts-enabled>
    <url>https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/server_settings/222</url>
  </server-setting>
</servers-settings>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)

View a server’s settings¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/server_settings/:server_id.xml
Method: GET
Restrictions: None

Replace :account_id and :server_id with your account and server number. You can see this in the browser URL when you log in to rpm.newrelic.com.

Data Returned¶ ↑

Sample data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<server-setting>
  <server-id type="integer">222</server-id>
  <hostname>my-hostname.example.com</hostname>
  <alerts-enabled>false</alerts-enabled>
</server-setting>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)
Server not found (404)

Update a server’s settings¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/server_settings/:server_id.xml
Method: PUT
Restrictions: None

Request Parameters¶ ↑

The following settings can be updated:

alerts_enabled: Specifies whether this server will generate alerts when its defined thresholds are violated. This is an account wide setting for the server that effects all users. When false the server will not generate alerts or notifications. When true the server will generate alerts when it is experiencing problems and registered users will be notified.

Replace :account_id and :server_id with your account and server number. You can see this in the browser URL when you log in to rpm.newrelic.com.

Example¶ ↑

This example uses curl to enable alerts for a server.

curl -H "x-api-key:YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" -X PUT -d "alerts_enabled=true" https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/server_settings/222.xml

Result:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<server-setting>
  <server-id type="integer">222</server-id>
  <hostname>my-hostname.example.com</hostname>
  <alerts-enabled>true</alerts-enabled>
</server-setting>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)
Server not found (404)
Missing or invalid parameters (422 or 400)

View all alert thresholds for a server¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/servers/:server_id/thresholds.xml
Method: GET
Restrictions: None

Replace :account_id and :server_id with your account and server number. You can see this in the browser URL when you log in to rpm.newrelic.com.

Data Returned¶ ↑

Sample data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<thresholds type="array">
  <threshold>
    <id type="integer">11</id>
    <type>SystemCpu</type>
    <caution-value>59</caution-value>
    <critical-value>80</critical-value>
    <url>https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/servers/222/thresholds/11</url>
  </threshold>
  <threshold>
    <id type="integer">22</id>
    <type>SystemDiskIo</type>
    <caution-value>70</caution-value>
    <critical-value>89</critical-value>
    <url>https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/servers/222/thresholds/22</url>
  </threshold>
  <threshold>
    <id type="integer">33</id>
    <type>SystemFullestDisk</type>
    <caution-value>85</caution-value>
    <critical-value>95</critical-value>
    <url>https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/servers/222/thresholds/33</url>
  </threshold>
  <threshold>
    <id type="integer">44</id>
    <type>SystemMemory</type>
    <caution-value>85</caution-value>
    <critical-value>95</critical-value>
    <url>https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/servers/222/thresholds/44</url>
  </threshold>
</thresholds>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)
Server not found (404)

View an alert threshold for a server¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/servers/:server_id/thresholds/:id.xml
Method: GET
Restrictions: None

Replace :account_id and :server_id with your account and server number. You can see this in the browser URL when you log in to rpm.newrelic.com. Replace :id with the threshold’s ID. You can see this in the XML returned for a server’s thresholds.

Data Returned¶ ↑

Sample data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<threshold>
  <id type="integer">11</id>
  <type>SystemCpu</type>
  <caution-value>59</caution-value>
  <critical-value>80</critical-value>
</threshold>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)
Server not found (404)
Threshold not found (404)

Update an alert threshold for a server¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/servers/:server_id/thresholds/:id.xml
Method: PUT
Restrictions: None

Request Parameters¶ ↑

caution_value: Exceeding this value for an extended period results in the creation of a caution event. Value represents a percentage between 0 and 100.
critical_value: Exceeding this value for an extended period results in the creation of a critical event. Value represents a percentage between 0 and 100.

When a server has alerts enabled and a critical event has been open for an extended period of time, New Relic will create an alert an notify registered users.

CPU Example¶ ↑

This example uses curl to modify CPU utilization caution and critical values. The caution value must be less than the critical value, as a increase in CPU represents a potential performance issue.

curl -H "x-api-key:YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" -X PUT -d "caution_value=75;critical_value=90" https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/servers/222/thresholds/11.xml

Result:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<threshold>
  <id type="integer">11</id>
  <type>SystemCpu</type>
  <caution-value>75</caution-value>
  <critical-value>90</critical-value>
</threshold>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)
Server not found (404)
Threshold not found (404)
Missing or invalid parameters (422 or 400)

View hosts¶ ↑

This gives you the list of hosts, so you can look up application data filtered by host.

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/applications/:app_id/hosts.xml
Method: GET
Parameters: connected_only: a boolean specifying whether to include hosts that are currently reporting. By default, the value is false and all hosts are reported. Specify connected_only=true to limit to currently connected hosts.
Restrictions: None

Replace :account_id with your account number, and :app_id with the application ID. You can see this in the browser URL when you log in to rpm.newrelic.com, or you can look up the applications using the API to view applications. JSON is also supported.

Data Returned¶ ↑

Sample data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<hosts type="array">
  <host>
    <overview-url>https://rpm.newrelic.com/accounts/1/applications/123_h3333</overview-url>
    <name>App name (my-hostname.newrelic.com)</name>
    <id>123_h3333</id>
  </host>
</hosts>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)

View instances¶ ↑

This gives you the list of instances of your application, so you can look up application data filtered by instance.

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/applications/:app_id/instances.xml
Method: GET
Restrictions: None

Data Returned¶ ↑

Sample data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<instances type="array">
  <instance>
    <overview-url>https://rpm.newrelic.com/accounts/1/applications/123/instances/1441_i7584</overview-url>
    <name>App name (my-hostname.newrelic.com)</name>
    <id>1441_i7584</id>
  </instance>
</instances>

The overview URL may vary depending on the language of your application.

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)

Delete applications¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/applications/delete.xml
Method: POST
Parameters: app, a string representing the name of your application, or app_id, an integer representing the id of your application

Replace :account_id with the your account number. You can see this in the browser URL when you log in to rpm.newrelic.com.

EXAMPLE 1 - Deleting an app via browser URL field We want to delete the app called “dotNet qa3” which has the app_id of 11068. The account number is 26286. The data_access_key is the API key for this account.

api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/26286/applications/delete.xml?app_id[]=11068&data_access_key=4a249e3f3b437002efb6121844e0a4ee1d00942b18cfb9

Actual response via browser:

<applications type="array">
    <application name="dotNet qa3" id="11068">
        <result>deleted</result>
    </application>
</applications>

EXAMPLE 2 - Deleting an app via Curl

curl -H “x-api-key:4a249e3f3b437002efb6121844e0a4ee1d00942b18cfb9” ‘api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/26286/applications/delete.xml?app_id=11253’

Actual response:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <applications type="array">
        <application name="test100" id="11253">
            <result>deleted</result>
        </application>
</applications>

Data Returned¶ ↑

Sample data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<applications type="array">
  <application name="MyApp" id="1234">
    <result>deleted</result>
  </application>
  <application name="MyApp 2" id="2345">
    <result>failed</result>
  </application>
  </record>
</applications>

View all users¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/users.xml
Method: GET
Restrictions: None

Replace :account_id with your account number. You can see this in the browser URL when you log in to rpm.newrelic.com.

Data Returned¶ ↑

An alert settings URL is included with each user. It can be used to retrieve the user’s alert settings associated with each application.

Sample data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<users type="array">
  <user>
    <id type="integer">44</id>
    <email>bob@example.com</email>
    <send-weekly-report>false</send-weekly-report>
    <send-alert-email>false</send-alert-email>
    <alert-settings-url>https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/users/44/alert_settings</alert-settings-url>
  </user>
  <user>
    <id type="integer">88</id>
    <email>alice@example.com</email>
    <send-weekly-report>true</send-weekly-report>
    <send-alert-email>true</send-alert-email>
    <alert-settings-url>https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/users/88/alert_settings</alert-settings-url>
  </user>
</users>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)

View a user¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/users/:id.xml
Method: GET
Restrictions: None

Replace :account_id with your account number. You can see this in the browser URL when you log in to rpm.newrelic.com. Replace :id with a user ID. This can be seen in the XML returned when viewing all users.

Data Returned¶ ↑

The alert settings URL included with the user can be used to retrieve the user’s alert settings associated with each application.

Sample data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<user>
  <id type="integer">44</id>
  <email>bob@example.com</email>
  <send-weekly-report>false</send-weekly-report>
  <send-alert-email>false</send-alert-email>
  <alert-settings-url>https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/users/44/alert_settings</alert-settings-url>
</user>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)
User not found (404)

Update a user’s settings¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/users/:id.xml
Method: PUT
Restrictions: None

Request Parameters¶ ↑

send_weekly_report: Boolean specifying whether the user will receive weekly performance report via email.
send_alert_email: Boolean specifying whether the user will receive email notification for applcation and server alerts associated with the account. When true, the user will receive alert notifications for the applications they have subscribed to. When false, the user won't recieve any alert notifications.

Example¶ ↑

This example uses curl to specify a user should receive email alerts.

curl -H "x-api-key:YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" -X PUT -d "send_alert_email=true" https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/users/44.xml

Result:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<user>
  <id type="integer">44</id>
  <email>bob@example.com</email>
  <send-weekly-report>false</send-weekly-report>
  <send-alert-email>true</send-alert-email>
  <alert-settings-url>https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/users/44/alert_settings</alert-settings-url>
</user>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)
User not found (404)
Missing or invalid parameters (422 or 400)

View a user’s alert settings for all applications¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/users/:user_id/alert_settings.xml
Method: GET
Restrictions: None

Replace :account_id with your account number. You can see this in the browser URL when you log in to rpm.newrelic.com. Replace :user_id with a user ID. This can be seen in the XML returned when viewing all users.

Data Returned ¶ ↑

An array of alert settings is retuned for the user with an entry for each application.

Sample Data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<alert-settings type="array">
  <alert-setting>
    <application-id type="integer">123</application-id>
    <application-name>My Application One</application-name>
    <email-alerts>true</email-alerts>
    <url>https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/users/44/alert_settings/123</url>
  </alert-setting>
  <alert-setting>
    <application-id type="integer">456</application-id>
    <application-name>My Application Two</application-name>
    <email-alerts>false</email-alerts>
    <url>https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/users/44/alert_settings/456</url>
  </alert-setting>
</alert-settings>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)
User not found (404)

View a user’s alert setting for a specific application¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/users/:user_id/alert_settings/:id.xml
Method: GET
Restrictions: None

Data Returned ¶ ↑

Sample Data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<alert-setting>
  <application-id type="integer">123</application-id>
  <application-name>My Application One</application-name>
  <email-alerts>true</email-alerts>
</alert-setting>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)
User not found (404)
Application not found (404)

Update a user’s alert setting for a specific application¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/users/:user_id/alert_settings/:id.xml
Method: PUT
Restrictions: None

Request Parameters¶ ↑

email_alerts: Boolean specifying whether the user will recieve email alert notifiactions for the specified application.

Example¶ ↑

This example uses curl to specify a user does not want to recieve email alerts for a specific application.

curl -H "x-api-key:YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" -X PUT -d "email_alerts=false" https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/1/users/44/alert_settings/123.xml

Result:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<alert-setting>
  <application-id type="integer">123</application-id>
  <application-name>My Application One</application-name>
  <email-alerts>false</email-alerts>
</alert-setting>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)
User not found (404)
Application not found (404)
Missing or invalid parameters (422 or 400)

Application Summary Metrics¶ ↑

Fetch summary metrics and threshold values (traffic light information) for one application.

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/applications/:app_id/threshold_values.xml

Replace :account_id and :app_id with the account and application IDs.

Method: GET
Restrictions: This API should be called at most once per minute
Active Resource Helper: NewRelicApi::Account

Data Returned¶ ↑

Note: Application Busy data will only be returned to Professional and Volume customers. Errors data will only be returned to Professional and Volume customers.

Sample data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<threshold-values type="array">
  <threshold_value name="Apdex" begin_time="Fri Dec 12 01:22:00 +0000 2008" end_time="Fri Dec 12 01:27:00 +0000 2008" formatted_metric_value="0.96 [1.0]*" threshold_value="1" metric_value="0.96"/>
  <threshold_value name="Application Busy" begin_time="Fri Dec 12 01:22:00 +0000 2008" end_time="Fri Dec 12 01:27:00 +0000 2008" formatted_metric_value="3%" threshold_value="1" metric_value="3"/>
  <threshold_value name="CPU" begin_time="Fri Dec 12 01:22:00 +0000 2008" end_time="Fri Dec 12 01:27:00 +0000 2008" formatted_metric_value="52.86 %" threshold_value="1" metric_value="52.86"/>
  <threshold_value name="Memory" begin_time="Fri Dec 12 01:22:00 +0000 2008" end_time="Fri Dec 12 01:27:00 +0000 2008" formatted_metric_value="261.42 MB" threshold_value="1" metric_value="261.42"/>
  <threshold_value name="Errors" begin_time="Fri Dec 12 01:22:00 +0000 2008" end_time="Fri Dec 12 01:27:00 +0000 2008" formatted_metric_value="0.0 epm" threshold_value="1" metric_value="0.0"/>
  <threshold_value name="Response Time" begin_time="Fri Dec 12 01:22:00 +0000 2008" end_time="Fri Dec 12 01:27:00 +0000 2008" formatted_metric_value="31 ms" threshold_value="1" metric_value="31"/>
  <threshold_value name="Throughput" begin_time="Fri Dec 12 01:22:00 +0000 2008" end_time="Fri Dec 12 01:27:00 +0000 2008" formatted_metric_value="14028.6 cpm" threshold_value="1" metric_value="14028.6"/>
  <threshold_value name="DB" begin_time="Fri Dec 12 01:22:00 +0000 2008" end_time="Fri Dec 12 01:27:00 +0000 2008" formatted_metric_value="46.82 %" threshold_value="1" metric_value="46.82"/>
</threshold-values>

Apdex is a measurement of the experience of people hitting your site, with a value between 0 and 1. Errors are poor performance lower the score.
Application Busy shows the count of apps (agents) reporting and the percentage of wallclock time that is spent handing requests as an average of the reporting apps. In other words, how often your app your busy handling stuff compared to the elapsed time (as a percentage).
CPU shows the percentage of time spent in User space by the CPU as an average of reporting apps (agents).
Memory shows memory usage by your app
Errors shows the errors per minute for your app
Response time show the overall response-time on average across your whole application at the app server layer (not including any browser data)
Throughput is the total of all activity (in requests per min) across all web transactions of your app
DB shows the time spent in the database as a percent of the time

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)
Unknown Application (404)

Application Summary Metrics (All applications)¶ ↑

Fetch summary metrics and threshold values (traffic light information) for all applications.

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts.xml?include=application_health
Method: GET
Restrictions: This API should be called at most once per minute
Active Resource Helper: NewRelicApi::Account

Data Returned¶ ↑

Note: Application Busy data will only be returned to Professional and Volume customers. Errors data will only be returned to Professional and Volume customers.

Sample data:

<accounts type="array">
  <account>
    <id>1</id>
    <name>New Relic Administration</name>
    <applications type="array">
      <application>
        <id type="integer">5</id>
        <name>My Application</name>
        <threshold-values type="array">
          <threshold_value begin_time="Fri Nov 21 20:03:00 +0000 2008" formatted_metric_value="0.96 [1.0]*" name="Apdex" end_time="Fri Nov 21 20:08:00 +0000 2008" threshold_value="1" metric_value="0.96"/>
          <threshold_value begin_time="Fri Nov 21 20:03:00 +0000 2008" formatted_metric_value="3%" name="Application Busy" end_time="Fri Nov 21 20:08:00 +0000 2008" threshold_value="1" metric_value="3"/>
          <threshold_value begin_time="Fri Nov 21 20:03:00 +0000 2008" formatted_metric_value="2.59 %" name="CPU" end_time="Fri Nov 21 20:08:00 +0000 2008" threshold_value="1" metric_value="2.59"/>
          <threshold_value begin_time="Fri Nov 21 20:03:00 +0000 2008" formatted_metric_value="151.62 MB" name="Memory" end_time="Fri Nov 21 20:08:00 +0000 2008" threshold_value="1" metric_value="151.62"/>
          <threshold_value begin_time="Fri Nov 21 20:03:00 +0000 2008" formatted_metric_value="0.0 epm" name="Errors" end_time="Fri Nov 21 20:08:00 +0000 2008" threshold_value="1" metric_value="0.0"/>
          <threshold_value begin_time="Fri Nov 21 20:03:00 +0000 2008" formatted_metric_value="947 ms" name="Response Time" end_time="Fri Nov 21 20:08:00 +0000 2008" threshold_value="1" metric_value="947"/>
          <threshold_value begin_time="Fri Nov 21 20:03:00 +0000 2008" formatted_metric_value="2.4 cpm" name="Throughput" end_time="Fri Nov 21 20:08:00 +0000 2008" threshold_value="1" metric_value="2.4"/>
          <threshold_value begin_time="Fri Nov 21 20:03:00 +0000 2008" formatted_metric_value="0.52 %" name="DB" end_time="Fri Nov 21 20:08:00 +0000 2008" threshold_value="1" metric_value="0.52"/>
        </threshold-values>
      </application>
    </applications>
  </account>
</accounts>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)

Dashboard HTML fragment (All applications)¶ ↑

New Relic provides an HTML fragment of the dashboard view of RPM. CSS styles are included, and images linked absolutely, which enables callers to embed the response directly in their applications. Authentication is through setting the appropriate API key header as outlined above, or through the regular login cookie. When using the regular login cookie, the logged-in user’s default account’s applications will be shown.

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/application_dashboard
Method: GET
Restrictions: This API should be called at most once per minute
Active Resource Helper: None available currently

Data Returned¶ ↑

Sample data:

<div id="newrelic-rpm-2">
  <div id="newrelic-rpm-2-content">
    <style type="text/css" media="screen">
       ...embeded styles...
    </style>

<table id="all_applications" cellspacing="0" class="section agent_display span-16">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th class="header">Application</th>
      <th title="Apdex Score is a industry-standard measurement of customer satisfaction. It is calculated essentially as weighted response time. The larger number is your Apdex Score, out of 1, and the smaller number is the threshold for an acceptable response time, in seconds." class="apdex">Apdex Score <a href="http://support.newrelic.com/faqs/general/apdex" target="_blank"><img alt="?" src="https://api.newrelic.com/images/v2/12x12/moreinfo.png?1285097852" style="border: 0px none;" /></a></th>
      <th title="Response Time is the average time it took to generate a response to all requests.">Resp. Time</th>
      <th title="Errors is the percentage of your requests that received an error as a response.">Errors</th>
      <th title="Throughput is total number of requests processed by your application per minute." class="throughput last">Throughput<br>(change from <abbr title="24 hours ago">24h</abbr>/<abbr title="7 days ago">7d</abbr>)</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody class="application application_1">
    <tr class="application_tier data">
      <td class="agent">
        <img alt="Normal" src="https://api.newrelic.com/images/v2/16x16/light-green.png?1285097852" />
        <span class="name">
          <a href="https://api.newrelic.com/accounts/1/applications/1" class="application">RPM</a>
        </span>
        <span class="status reporting">1 Host and 5 Instances</span>
      </td>
      <td class="data apdex">
        <a href="https://api.newrelic.com/accounts/1/applications/1/transactions#sort_by%3Dapdex">0.99<sub>0.025</sub></a>
      </td>
      <td class="data"><a href="https://api.newrelic.com/accounts/1/applications/1/transactions">5.7 ms</a></td>
      <td class="data"><a href="https://api.newrelic.com/accounts/1/applications/1/traced_errors">0.00 %</a></td>
      <td class="data throughput last">
        <a href="https://api.newrelic.com/accounts/1/applications/1/transactions#sort_by%3Dthroughput">92 rpm</a>
        <div class="throughput_history">
          <span class="yesterday" title="Throughput down 2% from 24 hours ago"><strong class="down ">-2%</strong></span>
          <span class="last_week" title="Throughput up 0% from 7 days ago"><strong class="up ">0%</strong></span>
        </div>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">

  // Link catching via event delegation

  var getTarget = function(x){
    x = x || window.event;
    return x.target || x.srcElement;
  };

  var linkCatcher = function(event){
    var target = getTarget(event);

    var link = findLink(target);
    if(link !== null){
      window.open(link.href);
      return false;
    }
  };

  var findLink = function(el){
    while(el.nodeName.toLowerCase() !== "body"){
      if(el.nodeName.toLowerCase() === 'a'){
        return el;
      }
      else {
        el = el.parentNode;
      }
    }
    return null;
  };

  var table = document.getElementById("all_applications");
  table.onclick = linkCatcher;
</script>

  </div>
</div>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)

Dashboard HTML fragment (One application)¶ ↑

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/application_dashboard?application_id=:id

Replace :id with application ID.

Method: GET
Restrictions: This API should be called at most once per minute
Active Resource Helper: None available currently

Request Parameters¶ ↑

application_id: the ID of the application to view

Data Returned¶ ↑

Sample data:

<div id="newrelic-rpm-2">
  <div id="newrelic-rpm-2-content">
    <style type="text/css" media="screen">
      ...embeded styles...
    </style>

<table id="all_applications" cellspacing="0" class="section agent_display span-16">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th class="header">Application</th>
      <th title="Apdex Score is a industry-standard measurement of customer satisfaction. It is calculated essentially as weighted response time. The larger number is your Apdex Score, out of 1, and the smaller number is the threshold for an acceptable response time, in seconds." class="apdex">Apdex Score <a href="http://support.newrelic.com/faqs/general/apdex" target="_blank"><img alt="?" src="https://api.newrelic.com/images/v2/12x12/moreinfo.png?1285097852" style="border: 0px none;" /></a></th>
      <th title="Response Time is the average time it took to generate a response to all requests.">Resp. Time</th>
      <th title="Errors is the percentage of your requests that received an error as a response.">Errors</th>
      <th title="Throughput is total number of requests processed by your application per minute." class="throughput last">Throughput<br>(change from <abbr title="24 hours ago">24h</abbr>/<abbr title="7 days ago">7d</abbr>)</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody class="application application_1">
    <tr class="application_tier data">
      <td class="agent">
        <img alt="Normal" src="https://api.newrelic.com/images/v2/16x16/light-green.png?1285097852" />
        <span class="name">
          <a href="https://api.newrelic.com/accounts/1/applications/1" class="application">RPM</a>
        </span>
        <span class="status reporting">1 Host and 5 Instances</span>
      </td>
      <td class="data apdex">
        <a href="https://api.newrelic.com/accounts/1/applications/1/transactions#sort_by%3Dapdex">0.99<sub>0.025</sub></a>
      </td>
      <td class="data"><a href="https://api.newrelic.com/accounts/1/applications/1/transactions">5.7 ms</a></td>
      <td class="data"><a href="https://api.newrelic.com/accounts/1/applications/1/traced_errors">0.00 %</a></td>
      <td class="data throughput last">
        <a href="https://api.newrelic.com/accounts/1/applications/1/transactions#sort_by%3Dthroughput">92 rpm</a>
        <div class="throughput_history">
          <span class="yesterday" title="Throughput down 2% from 24 hours ago"><strong class="down ">-2%</strong></span>
          <span class="last_week" title="Throughput up 0% from 7 days ago"><strong class="up ">0%</strong></span>
        </div>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">

  // Link catching via event delegation

  var getTarget = function(x){
    x = x || window.event;
    return x.target || x.srcElement;
  };

  var linkCatcher = function(event){
    var target = getTarget(event);

    var link = findLink(target);
    if(link !== null){
      window.open(link.href);
      return false;
    }
  };

  var findLink = function(el){
    while(el.nodeName.toLowerCase() !== "body"){
      if(el.nodeName.toLowerCase() === 'a'){
        return el;
      }
      else {
        el = el.parentNode;
      }
    }
    return null;
  };

  var table = document.getElementById("all_applications");
  table.onclick = linkCatcher;
</script>

  </div>
</div>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)
Unknown Application (404)

Deployment Notifications¶ ↑

Unlike other API requests, the deployments API will accept either a license key (in the x-license-key header) or an API key (in the x-api-key header). Furthermore, when using the license key, you do not need to enable the API in the account settings. This is the standard mechanism used by the agent to upload deployments from the built in capistrano recipes.

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/deployments.xml
Method: POST
Active Resource Helper: NewRelicApi::Account

Request Parameters¶ ↑

Exactly one of the following is required:

deployment[app_name]: The value of app_name in the newrelic.yml file used by the application. This may be different than the label that appears in the RPM UI. You can find the app_name value in RPM by looking at the label settings for your application.
deployment[application_id]: The application id, found in the URL when viewing the application in RPM.

Following are optional parameters:

deployment[changelog] or deployment[changes]: A list of changes for this deployment
deployment[description]: Text annotation for the deployment — notes for you
deployment[revision]: A revision number (e.g., git commit SHA)
deployment[user]: The name of the user/process that triggered this deployment
deployment[appname]: Name of the application
deployment[environment]: The environment for this deployment

The optional fields may be set to anything you wish, and are not validated. For example, you could set the user to "auto deployment script".

Example¶ ↑

Here’s an example using curl:

curl -H "x-api-key:YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" -d "deployment[app_name]=iMyFace.ly Production" https://api.newrelic.com/deployments.xml

If you were to specify the optional description, changelog and user fields, then the command would look like this:

curl -H "x-api-key:YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" -d "deployment[app_name]=iMyFace.ly Production" -d "deployment[description]=This deployment was sent using curl" -d "deployment[changelog]=many hands make light work" -d "deployment[user]=Joe User" https://api.newrelic.com/deployments.xml

Metric Names¶ ↑

Fetches all metrics for an application, or allows you to use a regular expression to get a subset of the metrics. These metrics are used to retrieve metric values from the Metric Data API (below). Each metric is returned with a list of fields that are valid for that metric.

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/agents/:agent_id/metrics.:format

Replace :format with the one of (json, xml, csv). :agent_id is either an application ID, server ID, host ID, or instance ID, from the APIs documented above.

Method: GET
Restrictions: This API should be called at most once per minute.

For partner admins, you can use a slightly different URL to get metric names for your customers (requires partner permissions).

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/agents/:agent_id/metrics.:format

Replace :account_id with the account ID of the customer, :agent_id with the application, server, host, or instance ID for the customer, and :format with one of (json, xml, csv).

Method: GET
Restrictions: This API should be called at most once per minute.

Request Parameters¶ ↑

re: A regular expression to filter the metric names by. This is Optional.
limit: The number of metrics to retrieve. This is Optional. By default the limit is 5000.

Data Returned¶ ↑

Note: Metric names will only be returned to Standard (and higher) customers.

Sample requests:

api.newrelic.com/api/v1/agents/:agent_id/metrics.xml?re=WebTransaction&limit=2

Sample data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<metrics type="array">
  <metric name="WebTransaction">
    <fields type="array">
      <field name="average_call_time"/>
      <field name="average_response_time"/>
      <field name="call_count"/>
      <field name="max_call_time"/>
      <field name="min_call_time"/>
      <field name="requests_per_minute"/>
      <field name="throughput"/>
      <field name="total_call_time"/>
    </fields>
  </metric>
  <metric name="WebTransaction/RPMCollector/AgentListener/connect">
    <fields type="array">
      <field name="average_call_time"/>
      <field name="average_response_time"/>
      <field name="call_count"/>
      <field name="max_call_time"/>
      <field name="min_call_time"/>
      <field name="requests_per_minute"/>
      <field name="throughput"/>
      <field name="total_call_time"/>
    </fields>
  </metric>
</metrics>

Fields¶ ↑

Several different values are recorded or computed for each metric. Each value is returned in a ‘field’ in the metric data API response. Each field contains a value having a specific meaning and unit of measurement.

Time values are measured in seconds (s):

average_call_time, average_response_time: Average time spent per invocation
max_call_time, max_response_time
min_call_time, min_response_time
total_call_time
average_exclusive_time: Average time spent per invocation, exclusive of any time instrumented by other metrics

Some fields imply their units, or have none:

call_count, throughput: Number of calls/requests in the given time period
requests_per_minute: Number of calls/requests per minute in the given time period
count
average_value
total_value
percent

For the error-rate metric (‘Errors/all’)

errors_per_minute

For memory metrics (e.g., ‘Memory/Physical’)

used: in Megabytes (MB)

For instance-counting metrics (e.g., ‘Instance/Busy’):

busy_percent: Percentage of total app server instances busy over the given time period
instance_count: Count of app server instances reporting in the given time period

Apdex metrics support a particular set of fields:

score: Apdex score (e.g., 0.95)
s: Percent of responses that are "Satisfied", or have response times <= the Apdex "T" value
t: Percent of responses that are "Tolerated", or have response times > T and <= 4T
f: Percent of responses that are "Frustrated", or have response times >4T (or are errors)

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)
Invalid parameters (422) - the response body will be in the requested format and will contain the error message(s).

Metric Data¶ ↑

Returns the data values for metrics collected by New Relic for your application. You can use this API to build your own view of almost any metric data tracked by New Relic.

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/metrics/data.:format

Replace :account_id and :format with your New Relic account ID (found in the URL when you access New Relic), and for format use one of (json, xml, csv).

Method: GET
Restrictions: This API is rate-limited per minute, and the limit is subject to change at any point.

For partner admins, you can use a slightly different URL to get metric data for your customers (requires partner permissions).

URL: https://api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/agents/:agent_id/data.:format

Replace :account_id with the account ID of the customer, :agent_id with the application, server, host, or instance ID for the customer, and :format with one of (json, xml, csv).

Method: GET
Restrictions: This API is rate-limited per minute, and the limit is subject to change at any point.

Request Parameters¶ ↑

app or agent_id: Application name, or agent ID, respectively. The application name must be an exact match. You can pass in an array of apps to query by specifying +app[]=First&app=Second+. The agent_id is either an ID for an application, an instance, a server, or a host. You can look each of these up using our API; see the documentation above for "view applications", "view servers", "view hosts", "view instances". You can query multiple agents at the same time, but they must all be of the same type: application, instance, server, or host. Examples:
- agent_id[]=1234&agent_id=2345 (for applications);
- agent_id[]=1441_i7584&agent_id=1441_i7588 (for instances);
- agent_id[]=123_h3333&agent_id=123_h3388 (for host filtered application data);
- agent_id[]=555&agent_id=556 (for server data).
begin: Begin time, in XML UTC format. For example: 2011-04-20T15:47:00Z (note that the New Relic site graphs are NOT in UTC format, so when comparing results, be sure to convert.)
end: End time, in XML UTC format. For example: 2011-04-20T15:52:00Z
metrics: Included one or many times, this lists the metrics you are interested in. You can only specify a specific metric once. If you specify multiple metrics, the request parameter should look like metrics[]=foo&metrics[]=bar (append '[]' to the end of the name of the parameter). You can specify metrics[] even if there is a single metric.
field: Each metric supports different fields, such as 'average_response_time'. If the field is not valid for a given metric, you will get a blank value, and if there are no valid fields for the metrics you request, you will get an error.
summary: 1 or 0, defaults to 0. This determines whether you get back a single value aggregated over the entire time period, or a time series. Summary results do not include the begin and end times in the result. Time series results give you a separate row for each time segment.

Data Returned¶ ↑

Note: Metric data will only be returned to Standard (and higher) customers.

Sample time series request:

api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/metrics/data.xml?begin=2011-04-20T15:47:19Z&end=2011-04-20T15:52:19Z&metrics[]=ActiveRecord/all&field=average_response_time&app=My%20Application

Sample time series data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<metrics type="array">
  <metric app="My Application" agent_id="123456" begin="2011-04-20T15:47:00Z" end="2011-04-20T15:48:00Z" name="ActiveRecord/all">
    <field type="integer" name="average_response_time">0</field>
  </metric>
  <metric app="My Application" agent_id="123456" begin="2011-04-20T15:48:00Z" end="2011-04-20T15:49:00Z" name="ActiveRecord/all">
    <field type="integer" name="average_response_time">0</field>
  </metric>
  <metric app="My Application" agent_id="123456" begin="2011-04-20T15:49:00Z" end="2011-04-20T15:50:00Z" name="ActiveRecord/all">
    <field type="integer" name="average_response_time">0</field>
  </metric>
  <metric app="My Application" agent_id="123456" begin="2011-04-20T15:50:00Z" end="2011-04-20T15:51:00Z" name="ActiveRecord/all">
    <field type="integer" name="average_response_time">0</field>
  </metric>
  <metric app="My Application" agent_id="123456" begin="2011-04-20T15:51:00Z" end="2011-04-20T15:52:00Z" name="ActiveRecord/all">
    <field type="integer" name="average_response_time">0</field>
  </metric>
</metrics>

Sample summary request:

api.newrelic.com/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/metrics/data.xml?begin=2011-04-20T15:47:19Z&end=2011-04-20T15:52:19Z&metrics[]=ActiveRecord/all&field=average_response_time&app=My%20Application&summary=1

Sample summary data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<metrics type="array">
  <metric agent_id="123456" app="My Application" name="ActiveRecord/all">
    <field type="integer" name="average_response_time">0</field>
  </metric>
</metrics>

Possible Error Conditions¶ ↑

Invalid API Key (403)
Invalid parameters (422) - the response body will be in the requested format and will contain the error message(s).