--- title: Send Logs, Set Up Alerts And Troubleshoot Slow... description: New Relic's observability platform can be configured through its API, letting applications, deployment tools or an AI assistant send data and configure alerts... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/send-logs-set-up-alerts-and-troubleshoot-slow-applications-with-new-relic-wxi0qni4m twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Send Logs, Set Up Alerts And Troubleshoot Slow Applications With New Relic | daily.dev og:description: New Relic's observability platform can be configured through its API, letting applications, deployment tools or an AI assistant send data and configure alerts... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/send-logs-set-up-alerts-and-troubleshoot-slow-applications-with-new-relic-wxi0qni4m og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WxI0Qni4M.png og:image:alt: Send Logs, Set Up Alerts And Troubleshoot Slow Applications With New Relic og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Send Logs, Set Up Alerts And Troubleshoot Slow Applications With New Relic **[API Evangelist](https://daily.dev/sources/apievangelist)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary New Relic's observability platform can be configured through its API, letting applications, deployment tools or an AI assistant send data and configure alerts without someone clicking through screens. Logs, metrics and traces go in through POST /log/v1, POST /metric/v1 and POST /trace/v1. Alert policies and notification channels are managed through endpoints like POST /alerts_channels.json and POST /alerts_conditions/policies/{policy_id}.json, though New Relic recommends its GraphQL API, NerdGraph, for new alert work. APIs.io catalogs 20 workflows for New Relic, such as Application Health Triage and Create NRQL Alert Policy, plus a phrasing overlay that maps plain-language questions to the right API call. New Relic is freemium with self-serve signup and runs as an open core product. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I send logs and metrics to New Relic using its API instead of an agent? Send log records with a POST to /log/v1, measurements such as counts or gauges with a POST to /metric/v1, and request traces with a POST to /trace/v1. Sending all three to one place lets a team read a single story during an outage instead of piecing together data from separate systems. _Teams wiring observability into their own deployment pipelines can track API-driven setups like this on daily.dev._ ### How do I create a New Relic alert policy with a condition using the API? Use the Alerts REST API by creating a policy and then attaching a condition to it, for example via POST /alerts_conditions/policies/{policy_id}.json, which fires when an application's metric crosses a threshold. New Relic recommends using its GraphQL API, NerdGraph, instead for new alert work going forward. _Engineers choosing between New Relic's REST and GraphQL alerting APIs can follow coverage like this on daily.dev._ ### What is NRQL in New Relic and when should I use it over the standard Alerts API? NRQL is New Relic's query language, used to write custom alert conditions through a dedicated workflow that creates an NRQL alert policy. New Relic steers new alert-related development toward its GraphQL API, NerdGraph, rather than the older REST Alerts API where NRQL conditions can also be defined. _Developers deciding how to structure New Relic alerts can keep up with API guidance like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [A Guide to Web Application Monitoring](https://daily.dev/posts/a-guide-to-web-application-monitoring-aowmrvcdn) · RUBYLAND · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [New Relic adds monitoring for ChatGPT apps](https://daily.dev/posts/new-relic-adds-monitoring-for-chatgpt-apps-yk2wncm5p) · SD Times · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Railway Highlights the Importance of Logs, Metrics, Traces, and Alerts for Diagnosing System Failure](https://daily.dev/posts/railway-highlights-the-importance-of-logs-metrics-traces-and-alerts-for-diagnosing-system-failure-1oqmdflhi) · InfoQ · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [New Relic launches new AI agent platform and OpenTelemetry tools](https://daily.dev/posts/new-relic-launches-new-ai-agent-platform-and-opentelemetry-tools-fwsa69inu) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - 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