CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#azure.net-coreazure-application-insights
Matt W
Matt W

Reputation: 12423

Read ApplicationInsights trace events with Insights library

Writing trace events to Applications Insights is extremely easy on any platform. For example, in C# under dotnet core it is:

Client.InstrumentationKey = InstrumentationKey;
Client.TrackTrace("Test Trace from DotNet Console App.");

But reading that data back appears to have no such simple API, at least via NuGet.

I have seen the documentation for Kusto:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/kusto/api/netfx/about-kusto-ingest

But the closest I've come to simply and easily reading trace events is by reading the documentation for the API Explorer and converting that into dotnet core C#:

using (var client = new HttpClient(new HttpClientHandler {}))
{
    client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", ApiKey);

    var response = client.GetAsync(InsightsUrl).Result;

    var succ = response.IsSuccessStatusCode;

    var body = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;

    var path = $@"{AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory}..\..\..\Insights.json";
    File.WriteAllText(path, body);
}

What is a comparably easy method to use for reading Insights trace (etc) events without having to build a web client?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 391

Answers (1)

Ivan Glasenberg
Ivan Glasenberg

Reputation: 29940

Actually, no other simple ways like 1 or 2 line method for reading the trace(and other telemetry data) back.

As of now, the web api you used is the best way to achieve that.

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions