gistfile1.txt

from datadog import initialize, api

options = {
    'api_key': 'api_key',
    'app_key': 'app_key',
    'thresholds': {'critical': 100, 'warning': 80}
}
initialize(**options)

resp = api.Monitor.create(
    type="metric alert",
    query="avg(last_1h):sum:system.net.bytes_rcvd{*} > 100",
    name="Bytes received on host1",
    message="We may need to add web hosts if this is consistently high.",
    tags=['test'],
    options=options
)
print resp