# Custom Events **URL:** \ **Category:** APM\ **Created:** [November 29, 2018, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-events/158712 "2018-11-29T08:48:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fim/32/90645_2.png) [@fim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fim)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-events/158712/1 "2018-11-29T08:48:27Z")
In APM is there a feature available for custom events similar how New Relic provide it? > Custom event collection is enabled by default in Java agent version 3.13.0 or higher. To send custom events, simply call the relevant API. For example: > > `Map eventAttributes = new HashMap(); NewRelic.getAgent().getInsights().recordCustomEvent("MyCustomEvent" eventAttributes);` What I mean is insert a code snippet where APM agent is listening and throw events directly to APM server. (not to a log file) ---
**Author:** ![Eyal\_Koren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eyal_koren/32/36830_2.png) [@Eyal\_Koren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eyal_Koren)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-events/158712/2 "2018-11-29T09:07:46Z")
Can [our public API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/java/current/public-api.html) be used for what you need? ---
**Author:** ![fim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fim/32/90645_2.png) [@fim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fim)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-events/158712/3 "2018-11-30T10:19:32Z")
Thanks for the API resource which was helpful. When building a Rest Service to be deployed on Wildfly 14.01 and 10.x, using APM agent 1.1.0 and 1.0.1 as follows: ``` public ControllerResult processEvent(String message) throws SQLException, IOException, ParseException { //Transaction transaction = ElasticApm.currentTransaction(); Transaction transaction = ElasticApm.startTransaction(); try { transaction.setName("MyController#myAction"); transaction.setType(Transaction.TYPE_REQUEST); transaction.setResult("Hallo Manuel"); } catch (Exception e) { transaction.captureException(e); throw e; } finally { transaction.end(); } return ControllerResult.of("Event processed successfully"); } ``` POM contains the following artifact: ``` co.elastic.apm apm-agent-api 1.1.0 ``` The subsequent error prompted by WildFly as follows: ``` 10:51:36,575 ERROR [default task-1] [] [request] UT005023: Exception handling request to /eventprocessor/receive: org.jboss.resteasy.spi.UnhandledException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: co/elastic/apm/api/ElasticApm at [org.jboss.resteasy.resteasy-jaxrs@3.6.1.Final//org.jboss.resteasy.core.ExceptionHandler.handleApplicationException(ExceptionHandler.java:78)](mailto:org.jboss.resteasy.resteasy-jaxrs@3.6.1.Final//org.jboss.resteasy.core.ExceptionHandler.handleApplicationException(ExceptionHandler.java:78)) at [io.undertow.servlet@2.0.13.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletHandler.handleRequest(ServletHandler.java:74)](mailto:io.undertow.servlet@2.0.13.Final//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletHandler.handleRequest(ServletHandler.java:74)) at [org.wildfly.extension.undertow@14.0.1.Final//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.security.SecurityContextAssociationHandler.handleRequest(SecurityContextAssociationHandler.java:78)](mailto:org.wildfly.extension.undertow@14.0.1.Final//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.security.SecurityContextAssociationHandler.handleRequest(SecurityContextAssociationHandler.java:78)) at [org.jboss.threads@2.3.2.Final//org.jboss.threads.ContextClassLoaderSavingRunnable.run(ContextClassLoaderSavingRunnable.java:35)](mailto:org.jboss.threads@2.3.2.Final//org.jboss.threads.ContextClassLoaderSavingRunnable.run(ContextClassLoaderSavingRunnable.java:35)) at deployment.eventprocessor.war//com.sagag.services.event.controller.EventController.processEvent(EventController.java:25) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at [org.jboss.weld.core@3.0.5.Final//org.jboss.weld.interceptor.reader.SimpleInterceptorInvocation$SimpleMethodInvocation.invoke(SimpleInterceptorInvocation.java:73)](mailto:org.jboss.weld.core@3.0.5.Final//org.jboss.weld.interceptor.reader.SimpleInterceptorInvocation$SimpleMethodInvocation.invoke(SimpleInterceptorInvocation.java:73)) at deployment.eventprocessor.war//com.sagag.services.api.ReceiveApi$Proxy$_$$_WeldSubclass.storeEvent(Unknown Source) ... 50 more Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: co.elastic.apm.api.ElasticApm at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:583) at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:178) at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:521) at org.jboss.modules.JDKSpecific.getSystemClass(JDKSpecific.java:183) at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:395) at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:116) ... 88 more ``` Appreciate any help. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![felixbarny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/felixbarny/32/27341_2.png) [@felixbarny](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/felixbarny)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-events/158712/4 "2018-11-30T12:19:42Z")
We currently have a bug which prevents the public API from working on WildFly. See [https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-java/issues/362](https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-java/issues/362). ---
**Author:** ![fim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fim/32/90645_2.png) [@fim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fim)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-events/158712/5 "2018-11-30T15:33:32Z")
Thanks Felix! Can we expect a fast fix or has this bug low priority on your table? We are very keen to get a fix soon, because we are evaluating the APM solution in order to replace the current environment. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![felixbarny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/felixbarny/32/27341_2.png) [@felixbarny](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/felixbarny)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-events/158712/6 "2018-11-30T15:45:56Z")
This bug has high priority for us. I'm on vacation next week but @Eyal_Koren will take over. ---
**Author:** ![Eyal\_Koren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eyal_koren/32/36830_2.png) [@Eyal\_Koren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eyal_Koren)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 12:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-events/158712/7 "2018-12-19T12:27:52Z")
Hi, [Release 1.2.0 is ready](https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:co.elastic.apm%20AND%20a:elastic-apm-agent) and should fix this issue. We will be happy to get any additional feedback. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![fim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fim/32/90645_2.png) [@fim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fim)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-events/158712/8 "2018-12-20T15:30:04Z")
Thanks Koren. We have been tested APM Java Client v1.2: Wildfly agent is configured in standalone.conf.bat like: > set "JAVA\_OPTS=%JAVA\_OPTS% -javaagent:C:/admin/development/wildfly-14.0.1.Final/bin/elastic-apm-agent-1.2.0.jar -Delastic.apm.server\_urls=[http://10.1.155.80:8080](http://10.1.155.80:8080) -Delastic.apm.application\_packages=com.sagag.services -Delastic.apm.service\_name=apm-agent-1\_2\_0 **-Delastic.apm.capture\_body=all**" The results are as follows: - Using GET requests: a lot of useful data is now being displayed (solved) - Using POST requests: the context.request.body field is [REDACTED] which is useless (still a bug?) > | Key | | Value | > | --- | --- | --- | > | ? context.request.body | | **[REDACTED]** | > | ? context.request.headers.Accept | | _/_ | > | ? context.request.headers.Connection | | keep-alive | > | ? context.request.headers.Content-Type | | text/plain | > | ? context.request.headers.Host | | localhost:8080 | > | ? context.request.headers.Postman-Token | | [**REDACTED]** | > | ? context.request.headers.User-Agent | | PostmanRuntime/7.4.0 | > | ? context.request.headers.accept-encoding | | gzip, deflate | > | ? context.request.headers.cache-control | | no-cache | > | ? context.request.headers.content-length | | 2 | > | t context.request.http\_version | | 1.1 | > | t context.request.method | | POST | > | ? context.request.socket.encrypted | | false | > | ? context.request.socket.remote\_address | | 127.0.0.1 | > | t context.request.url.full | | [http://localhost:8080/eventprocessor/event/receive](http://localhost:8080/eventprocessor/event/receive) | > | t context.request.url.hostname | | localhost | > | t context.request.url.pathname | | /eventprocessor/event/receive | > | t context.request.url.port | | 8080 | > | t context.request.url.protocol | | http | ---
**Author:** ![felixbarny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/felixbarny/32/27341_2.png) [@felixbarny](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/felixbarny)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 10:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-events/158712/9 "2018-12-21T10:38:52Z")
> [@fim](#): > > Using POST requests: the context.request.body field is [REDACTED] which is useless (still a bug?) Note that the [capture\_headers](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/java/current/config-http.html#config-capture-body) option currently only supports recording `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` data (form parameters). Recording JSON data, for example, is not currently supported. ---
**Author:** ![fim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fim/32/90645_2.png) [@fim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fim)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 12:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-events/158712/10 "2018-12-31T12:05:12Z")
Thanks Felix! Is there any intention to offer other headers in the near future? (e.g. text/plain). x-www-form-urlencoded is not really flexible... Wish you soon a Happy New Year! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 8:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-events/158712/11 "2019-01-21T08:11:06Z")
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