newrelic_agent_manual_init_with_background_task_monitoring.py

1import newrelic.agent
2
3# Initialize the agent with a configuration file or environment variables
4# This must be called as early as possible in your script, before other imports
5newrelic.agent.initialize('newrelic.ini')
6
7@newrelic.agent.background_task()
8def main():
9    # Your application code goes here
10    print("Hello, New Relic! Monitoring started.")
11    
12    # Optional: Record a custom attribute
13    newrelic.agent.add_custom_parameter('user_status', 'active')
14
15if __name__ == "__main__":
16    main()