to upload a single NR synthetic scripted browser type.

nr_script_create.py

##!usr/bin/env python

########################################################################################
# Author: Keagan Peet
# Purpose: To programatically create a scripted monitor within New Relic Synthetics.
# Note: Current Base64 encoding below only works with Python 2.7
########################################################################################


import json
import requests
import csv
import os.path
import base64

## Proxies (if required) ##
http_proxy = "INSERT YOUR PROXY HERE"
https_proxy = "INSERT YOUR PROXY HERE"

proxyDict = {
    "http" : http_proxy,
    "https": https_proxy
}

## Global vars ##
admin_key = 'your_admin_key'
monitor_name = 'Keagan-Test5'
monitor_type = 'SCRIPT_BROWSER'
freq = 1440
locationArray = ['AWS_US_WEST_1', 'AWS_US_EAST_1'] #check NR Docs for list of Location Identifiers
scriptFile = 'insert/path/to/script.js'
status = "ENABLED"
API_URL = 'https://synthetics.newrelic.com/synthetics/api/v3/monitors'

#Check if file path ok
if (os.path.exists(scriptFile)) == True:
    print("File exists!")
else:
    print("Check your file path and try again")
    quit()

#for first API call
header = {'X-Api-Key': admin_key, 'Content-Type':'application/json'}
payload = {
"name": monitor_name,
"type": monitor_type,
"frequency": freq,
"locations": locationArray,
"status": status,
"slaThreshold": '7.0'
}

print(json.dumps(payload, indent=4, sort_keys=True))

#Post monitor intially
synCreate = requests.post(API_URL, data=json.dumps(payload), headers=header)
print("\n" + "status code: " + str(synCreate.status_code))
MONITOR_URL = synCreate.headers['location'] + "/script" #get monitor URL from response that includes UUID
print(MONITOR_URL) #validate output

#Encode/Post script if initial monitor is created
if synCreate.status_code == 201:
    print("Monitor created! Uploading script...")
    data = open(scriptFile, "rb").read().encode()
    encodedData = base64.b64encode(data)
    header = {'X-Api-Key': admin_key, 'Content-Type':'application/json'}
    scriptPayload = {"scriptText": encodedData} #TODO: Implement a version for Python 3+
    print(scriptPayload)
    scriptUpload = requests.put(MONITOR_URL, data=json.dumps(scriptPayload), headers=header)
    print(scriptUpload.status_code)
else:
    print("Monitor creation failed")