Custom events are useful to explore data for a single event you are interested in, including data from external sources, at a particular moment in time. To track arbitrary event data for apps monitored by your New Relic Go agent, add RecordCustomEvent to the apps. You can then query and visualize the event data.
RecordCustomEvent parameters
To add RecordCustomEvent to your Go app, use this format:
RecordCustomEvent(eventType string, params map[string]interface{})Parameter | Description |
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string | Required. The name of the event type to record.
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| Required. Specify key/value pairs of attributes to annotate the event.
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Example
Here is an example of a custom event for a Go app:
func customEvent(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { io.WriteString(w, "recording a custom event")
app.RecordCustomEvent("my_event_type", map[string]interface{}{ "myString": "hello", "myFloat": 0.603, "myInt": 123, "myBool": true, })}