How to Integrate OpenAI with New Relic

Prerequisites

• Ensure you have an active OpenAI account and API key.

 

• Have a New Relic account set up with proper credentials.

 

• Basic knowledge of API integration and experience with programming languages like Python, Node.js, or another language supported by OpenAI.

Setting Up OpenAI

• Generate an API key from the OpenAI Dashboard under the "API" section.

 

• Ensure to keep your API key secure and do not share it publicly.

Setting Up New Relic

• Log into your New Relic account.

 

• Navigate to the New Relic One dashboard and access "APM" for application monitoring.

 

• Create a new application for monitoring OpenAI API interactions if needed.

Creating a Monitoring Script

• Choose your preferred programming language (e.g., Python or Node.js) and install the required packages:

pip install openai newrelic

• Begin by importing necessary libraries and initializing New Relic and OpenAI settings:

import openai
import newrelic.agent

newrelic.agent.initialize('newrelic.ini')  # Ensure you have a proper New Relic configuration file

openai.api_key = 'your-openai-api-key'

• Start with a basic function to call OpenAI's API:

def call_openai():
    response = openai.Completion.create(
        engine="text-davinci-003",
        prompt="Translate the following English text to French: 'Hello, how are you?'",
        max_tokens=50
    )
    return response

Integrating with New Relic

• Decorate your function to include New Relic monitoring with transaction decorators:

@newrelic.agent.background_task()
def monitored_openai_call():
    response = call_openai()
    return response

• Ensure your application script initializes the New Relic agent properly when it starts:

if __name__ == "__main__":
    monitored_openai_call()

Deploying and Monitoring

• Run your integration script on your server or local machine. Ensure that it communicates with OpenAI correctly and that New Relic captures the transaction data.

 

• Check the New Relic dashboard to verify that the transactions are being logged and monitored. Look for relevant metrics such as response times and any potential errors.

 

• Fine-tune your New Relic monitoring settings if necessary to better visualize specific data points that are critical to your use case.

Troubleshooting and Optimization

• If data does not appear in New Relic, review your New Relic logs and configuration settings to ensure the agent is correctly initialized.

 

• Double-check API call consistency to OpenAI by validating responses and logging any anomalies that New Relic may flag.

 

• Implement error handling in your script to manage failed API calls and log them for New Relic to interpret.