Base¶

newrelic_api.base¶

class newrelic_api.base.Resource(api_key=None)¶

A base class for API resources

__init__(api_key=None)¶

Parameters:	api_key (str) – The API key. If no key is passed, the environment variable NEW_RELIC_API_KEY is used.
Raises:	If the api_key parameter is not present, and no environment variable is present, a newrelic_api.exceptions.ConfigurationException is raised.

URL = 'https://api.newrelic.com/v2/'¶

_delete(*args, **kwargs)¶

A wrapper for deleting things

Returns:	The response of your delete
Return type:	dict
Raises:	This will raise a NewRelicAPIServerException if there is an error from New Relic

_get(*args, **kwargs)¶

A wrapper for getting things

Returns:	The response of your get
Return type:	dict
Raises:	This will raise a NewRelicAPIServerException if there is an error from New Relic

_post(*args, **kwargs)¶

A wrapper for posting things. It will also json encode your ‘data’ parameter

Returns:	The response of your post
Return type:	dict
Raises:	This will raise a NewRelicAPIServerException if there is an error from New Relic

_put(*args, **kwargs)¶

A wrapper for putting things. It will also json encode your ‘data’ parameter

Returns:	The response of your put
Return type:	dict
Raises:	This will raise a NewRelicAPIServerException if there is an error from New Relic

build_param_string(params)¶

This is a simple helper method to build a parameter string. It joins all list elements that evaluate to True with an ampersand, ‘&’

>>> parameters = Resource().build_param_string(['filter[name]=dev', None, 'page=1'])
>>> print parameters
filter[name]=dev&page=1

Parameters:	params (list) – The parameters to build a string with
Return type:	str
Returns:	The compiled parameter string