This is an example of how to use the New Relic Data API (v2) to get your application's average error rate over a specific time period. This value appears as a percentage above the Error rate chart on your APM Summary page.
To use the API, you need:
- An API key.
- Your New Relic application ID (from the URL that your browser shows from the APM user interface, or from the API Explorer user interface)
Formula
The average percentage appears above the Error rate chart on your app's Summary page. New Relic uses this formula to calculate it:
Application Error Rate = 100 * Errors/all:error_count / (HttpDispatcher:call_count + OtherTransaction/all:call_count)
Here is an example of the Error rate chart that appears on your app's APM Summary page.
APM > (selected app) > Monitoring > Summary: You can use the New Relic REST API v2 to return the average error rate percentage that appears on your app's APM Summary page.
API commands
To obtain the metric timeslice values, use the following three commands. This example uses the same time period for each command, and they are all summarized.
To obtain the error count:
To get the HttpDispatcher call count (web application):
To get the OtherTransaction call count (non-web app):
For more help
If you need more help, check out these support and learning resources:
- Browse the Explorers Hub to get help from the community and join in discussions.
- Find answers on our sites and learn how to use our support portal.
- Run New Relic Diagnostics, our troubleshooting tool for Linux, Windows, and macOS.
- Review New Relic's and and documentation.