AppenderDynatrace: Log to Dynatrace via HTTP

In s-fleck/lgr.app: Extra Appenders for 'lgr'

Log to Dynatrace via HTTP

Description

NOTE: Experimental; not yet fully documented and and details are subject to change.

Value

The ⁠$new()⁠ method returns an R6::R6 that inherits from lgr::Appender and can be uses as an appender by a lgr::Logger.

Super classes

lgr::Filterable -> lgr::Appender -> lgr::AppenderMemory -> AppenderDynatrace

Public fields

conn

a string url

conn

a string api_key. Also referred to as "Api Token"

Active bindings

conn

a string url

conn

a string api_key. Also referred to as "Api Token"

Methods

Public methods

• AppenderDynatrace$new()

• AppenderDynatrace$set_url()

• AppenderDynatrace$set_api_key()

• AppenderDynatrace$get_data()

• AppenderDynatrace$show()

• AppenderDynatrace$flush()

Inherited methods

• lgr::Filterable$add_filter()
• lgr::Filterable$filter()
• lgr::Filterable$remove_filter()
• lgr::Filterable$set_filters()
• lgr::Appender$set_layout()
• lgr::Appender$set_threshold()
• lgr::AppenderMemory$append()
• lgr::AppenderMemory$clear()
• lgr::AppenderMemory$format()
• lgr::AppenderMemory$set_buffer_size()
• lgr::AppenderMemory$set_flush_on_exit()
• lgr::AppenderMemory$set_flush_on_rotate()
• lgr::AppenderMemory$set_flush_threshold()
• lgr::AppenderMemory$set_should_flush()

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Method new()

Usage

AppenderDynatrace$new(
  url,
  api_key,
  threshold = NA_integer_,
  layout = LayoutDynatrace$new(),
  buffer_size = 0,
  flush_threshold = "error",
  flush_on_exit = TRUE,
  flush_on_rotate = TRUE,
  should_flush = NULL,
  filters = NULL
)

Arguments

url

see section Fields

threshold, flush_threshold, layout, buffer_size

see lgr::AppenderBuffer A data data.frame. content of log

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Method set_url()

Usage

AppenderDynatrace$set_url(url)

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Method set_api_key()

Usage

AppenderDynatrace$set_api_key(api_key)

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Method get_data()

Usage

AppenderDynatrace$get_data(n = 20L, threshold = NA, result_type = "data.frame")

Arguments

n

integer scalar. Retrieve only the last n log entries that match threshold

threshold

character or integer scalar. The minimum log level that should be displayed

result_type

character scalar. Any of:

• data.frame

• data.table (shortcut: dt)

• list (unprocessed list with Dynatrace metadata)

• json (raw Dynatrace JSON)

Returns

see result_type

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Method show()

Usage

AppenderDynatrace$show(threshold = NA_integer_, n = 20)

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Method flush()

Usage

AppenderDynatrace$flush()

See Also

https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/analyze-explore-automate/logs/lma-log-ingestion/lma-log-ingestion-via-api

Other Appenders: AppenderAWSCloudWatchLog, AppenderDbi, AppenderDt, AppenderElasticSearch, AppenderGmail, AppenderPool, AppenderPushbullet, AppenderSendmail, AppenderSyslog

s-fleck/lgr.app documentation built on July 4, 2025, 7:50 a.m.