This example demonstrates how to wrap server code in startWebTransaction to record custom web transactions. This wraps socket.io events in web transactions and records custom segments for the work. It also contains a socket.io client that interacts with the web socket server.
- Clone or fork this repository.
- Navigate to this example's sub directory
cd newrelic-node-examples/custom-instrumentation/start-web-transaction - Install dependencies and run application.
npm install cp env.sample .env # Fill out `NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY` in .env and save # Start the application npm start npm run client
After running both the server and client, navigate to your application in APM & Services. Locate the 'Example Start Web Transaction App' service and then select Transactions on the left-side of the screen. You should see your requests in a few minutes in a similar fashion to below.
To see a breakdown of a transaction, navigate to Distributed Tracing. Open a trace group for /websocket/new-message. You should see the custom segment as well as a full breakdown of the trace.
