datadog-events

Send events to DataDog without DogStatsD or StatsD, using the standard DataDog API. Supports Node 6+.

Getting Started

Install

npm install datadog-events --save

Use

By default, a function is exported that will create a new instance of DataDogEvents for you. You may either use the default or create your own instance of the class:

Default Exports

const ddEvents = require('datadog-events')({ /* options */ });
 
async function doSomething() {
    // ...
    
    if(err) {
        await ddEvents.error('Some error!', 'These are some details');
    }
}

Create Instance

const DataDogEvents = require('datadog-events').DataDogEvents;
const ddEvents = new DataDogEvents({ /* options */ });

API Documentation

Options

Global DataDogEvents Options

The following options are available when creating a new instance of DataDogEvents or when calling the default export function.

Option	Type	Required?	Description	Default
apiKey	String	Yes	Your DataDog API key. This may be populated using environment variable DATADOG_API_KEY.	process.env.DATADOG_API_KEY
domain	String	No	DataDog domain to use for the API. Useful for switching to the EU version (ex. datadoghq.eu).	"datadoghq.com"
titlePrefix	String	No	Optional text to prefix all event titles with.	null
bodyPrefix	String	No	Optional text to prefix all event bodies with.	null
bodyPostfix	String	No	Optional test to postfix all event bodies with.	null
priority	String	No	Priority for all events. Can be either normal or low.	"normal"
host	String	No	Optional host name to attach to all events.	null
tags	Array[String]	No	Optional tags to attach to all events.	[]
aggregationKey	String	No	Optional key that will allow DataDog to aggregate all events under.	null
sourceType	String	No	Optional source type name. See here.	null
markdown	Boolean	No	Format all event bodies as markdown.	true

Event Options

The following options may be provided when sending events with any of the methods documented below. Most of these options will override the global options listed above and are all optional.

Option	Type	Description
date	Date	Date object of the event. By default, it will be the current date/time.
priority	String	Priority for the event. Can be either normal or low.
host	String	Optional host name to attach to the event.
tags	Array[String]	Tags to append to the event. Tags provided will be appended to the global options.tags.
aggregationKey	String	Optional key that will allow DataDog to aggregate all events under.
sourceType	String	Optional source type name. See here.
markdown	Boolean	Format the body as markdown.

DataDogEvents Class

The main class for datadog-events.

constructor([options={}])

The constructor for DataDogEvents.

Argument	Type	Required?	Description
options	?Object	No	Global options for the class.

Example

// Shortcut
const ddEvents = require('datadog-events')({ /* options */ });
 
// Create your own instance
const DataDogEvents = require('datadog-events').DataDogEvents;
const ddEvents = new DataDogEvents({ /* options */ });

Returns - DataDogEvents

Returns instance of DataDogEvents.

Methods

ddEvents.<error|warning|info|success>(title, body[, options={}])

Shortcut methods for ddEvents.sendEvent(). Will send an event with the given type of the method.

Argument	Type	Required?	Description
title	String	Yes	Title for the event.
body	String	Object	Error
options	?Object	No	Optional event options.

Example

ddEvents.error('There was an error!', error)
    .then(response => console.log(response));
 
await ddEvents.success('Completed a process!', '**The process was completed!**');

Returns - Promise[Object]

Promise resolves with object returned from the DataDog API containing status and event keys. Rejects with error if failed to send.

ddEvents.sendEvent(type, title, body[, options={}])

Sends an event to DataDog.

Argument	Type	Required?	Description
type	String	Yes	Alert type of the event. Can be error, warning, info or success.
title	String	Yes	Title for the event.
body	String	Object	Error
options	?Object	No	Optional event options.

Example

ddEvents.sendEvent('warning', 'Something happened', '**Warning:** Something crazy happened')
    .then(resp => console.log(resp));
 
await ddEvents.sendEvent('info', 'Results from my process', resultsObject);

Returns - Promise[Object]

Promise resolves with object returned from the DataDog API containing status and event keys. Rejects with error if failed to send.

Properties

ddEvents.options - Object

The global options for the current instance of DataDogEvents. You may change any of the options at any time.

Environment Variables

Environment Variable	Type	Option	Description
DATADOG_API_KEY	String	options.apiKey	Sets the API Key for DataDog automatically.
DATADOG_DOMAIN	String	options.domain	Sets the domain for the DataDog API.

Tests

Tests run automatically in Travis, although you may run them on your own machine. If you do, you must have your own DataDog account and API key. Make sure you add the DATADOG_API_KEY environment variable before running the tests.

DATADOG_API_KEY=MY_API_KEY npm run test

License

MIT License. See License in the repository.