Method: NewRelic::Agent::Transaction::ExternalRequestSegment#get_request_metadata

Defined in:
lib/new_relic/agent/transaction/external_request_segment.rb

#get_request_metadata ⇒ String

Obtain an obfuscated String suitable for delivery across public networks that identifies this application and transaction to another application which is also running a New Relic agent. This String can be processed by process_request_metadata on the receiving application.

Returns:

  • (String) —

    obfuscated request metadata to send



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# File 'lib/new_relic/agent/transaction/external_request_segment.rb', line 127

def get_request_metadata
  NewRelic::Agent.record_api_supportability_metric(:get_request_metadata)
  return unless CrossAppTracing.cross_app_enabled?

  if transaction

    # build hash of CAT metadata
    #
    rmd = {
      NewRelicID: NewRelic::Agent.config[:cross_process_id],
      NewRelicTransaction: [
        transaction.guid,
        false,
        transaction.distributed_tracer.cat_trip_id,
        transaction.distributed_tracer.cat_path_hash
      ]
    }

    # flag cross app in the state so transaction knows to add bits to payload
    #
    transaction.distributed_tracer.is_cross_app_caller = true

    # add Synthetics header if we have it
    #
    rmd[:NewRelicSynthetics] = transaction.raw_synthetics_header if transaction.raw_synthetics_header

    # obfuscate the generated request metadata JSON
    #
    obfuscator.obfuscate(::JSON.dump(rmd))

  end
rescue => e
  NewRelic::Agent.logger.error('error during get_request_metadata', e)
end