Can we create Availability web test in application insights by using API Key in C#?

Question

If Yes, What is the procedure.

Am able to get the event details by using the Application insights API key and API Id, but not able to create the web test.

Ref URL: https://dev.applicationinsights.io/documentation/Using-the-API/Events

Answer 1

Hi @Rajkumar Yergamoni ,

If I'm understanding you correctly, you would like to use an C# application to create an Availability test. If correct, I would suggest using the Azure Management SDK to create the test. It's not straight forward, but you should be able to use ApplicationInsightsComponent class to create the resource similar to https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-net/blob/master/sdk/applicationinsights/Microsoft.Azure.Management.ApplicationInsights/tests/ScenarioTests/ComponentsTests.cs.

ApplicationInsightsComponent bodyParameter = new ApplicationInsightsComponent(  
                name: nameof(CreateGetListUpdateDeleteAPIKeys),  
                location: "South Central US",  
                kind: "web",  
                applicationType: "web",  
                applicationId: nameof(CreateGetListUpdateDeleteAPIKeys),  
                flowType: "Bluefield",  
                requestSource: "rest");  
  
var insightsClient = new ApplicationInsightsManagementClient(...);  
  
//"create new component";  
var createdComponentResponse = insightsClient  
                                    .Components  
                                    .CreateOrUpdateWithHttpMessagesAsync(  
                                        ResourceGroupName,  
                                        nameof(CreateGetListUpdateDeleteComponents),  
                                        insightProperties: bodyParameter)  
                                    .GetAwaiter()  
                                    .GetResult();  

This quick start guide will be helpful in initializing your client.

EDIT: You can't use the Application Insights API to create tests. That's not what it was designed for, see https://dev.applicationinsights.io/reference. There are only 2 endpoints designated for POST'ing and those methods are for data retrieval. If you were to review the network traffic (your browser developer tools), you would see that when you create the test, requests to the https://management.azure.com. The SDK I provided above is an easier way to make those rest calls to Azure REST API.

Regards,
Ryan