Submission

To submit an event from a custom Agent Check use the event(<EVENT_DICT>) function:

self.event(
            {
              "timestamp": <TIMESTAMP_EPOCH>,
              "event_type": "<EVENT_NAME>",
              "msg_title": "<TITLE>",
              "msg_text": "<MESSAGE>",
              "aggregation_key": "<AGGREGATION_KEY>",
              "alert_type": "<ALERT_TYPE>",
              "source_type_name": "<SOURCE_TYPE>",
              "host": "<HOSTNAME>",
              "tags": ["<TAGS>"],
              "priority": "<PRIORITY>"
            }
)

The following keys and data types are available in the event dictionary:

Example

This is an example of using a custom Agent check to send one event periodically. See Writing a Custom Agent Check for more details.

1. Create a new directory event_example.d/ in the conf.d/ folder at the root of your Agent’s configuration directory.

2. In the event_example.d/ folder, create a configuration file named event_example.yaml with the following content:

   instances: [{}]
   

3. Up one level from the conf.d/ folder, go to the checks.d/ folder.

4. In this folder, create a custom check file named event_example.py with the following content:

   event_example.py

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       from datadog_checks.base import AgentCheck
   
       __version__ = "1.0.0"
   
       class MyClass(AgentCheck):
           def check(self, instance):
               self.event(
                   {
                       "timestamp": time.time(),
                       "event_type": "Error",
                       "msg_title": "Example Event",
                       "msg_text": "This is an example event coming from Datadog.",
                       "alert_type": "error",
                   }
               )
       

5. Restart the Agent.

6. For validation, run the Agent’s status command and look for event_example under the Checks section:

   =========
   Collector
   =========
   
     Running Checks
     ==============
   
       (...)
   
       event_example (1.0.0)
       ---------------------
         Instance ID: event_example:d884b5186b651429 [OK]
         Total Runs: 2
         Metric Samples: Last Run: 0, Total: 0
         Events: Last Run: 1, Total: 2
         Service Checks: Last Run: 0, Total: 0
         Average Execution Time : 0s
   
       (...)
   

Further reading

Additional helpful documentation, links, and articles:

Writing a Custom Agent CheckDOCUMENTATION