customevent.py

# standard imports for this example                                                                                                                            
import os
import time
from datetime import datetime as dt
from datetime import timedelta as delta
import math

# import the simple dog client                                                                                                                                 
from dogapi import dog_http_api as dog

# give dog your credentials (we're using os.environ to let you experiment via environment variables)                                                           
# in this example we're only reporting data, so we only need an API key                                                                                        
# see: https://github.com/DataDog/dogapi/wiki/Authentication for more on API authentication                                                                    
dog.api_key = os.environ.get("DATADOG_API_KEY")

# send an event too                                                                                                                                            
dog.event("API Testing", """Testing done\n%%%\n*[FTW](https://github.com)*\n%%%""")