NAME

Prometheus::Tiny - A tiny Prometheus client

SYNOPSIS

    use Prometheus::Tiny;

    my $prom = Prometheus::Tiny->new;
    $prom->set('some_metric', 5, { some_label => "aaa" });
    print $prom->format;

DESCRIPTION

Prometheus::Tiny is a minimal metrics client for the Prometheus time-series database.

It does the following things differently to Net::Prometheus:

• No setup. You don't need to pre-declare metrics to get something useful.

• Labels are passed in a hash. Positional parameters get awkward.

• No inbuilt collectors, PSGI apps, etc. Just the metrics.

• Doesn't know anything about different metric types. You get what you ask for.

These could all be pros or cons, depending on what you need. For me, I needed a compact base that I could back on a shared memory region. See Prometheus::Tiny::Shared for that!

CONSTRUCTOR

new

    my $prom = Prometheus::Tiny->new;
    my $prom = Promethus::Tiny->new(default_labels => { my_label => "frob" });

If you pass a default_labels key to the constructor, these labels will be included in every metric created on this object.

METHODS

set

    $prom->set($name, $value, { labels }, [timestamp])

Set the value for the named metric. The labels hashref is optional. The timestamp (milliseconds since epoch) is optional, but requires labels to be provided to use. An empty hashref will work in the case of no labels.

Trying to set a metric to a non-numeric value will emit a warning and the metric will be set to zero.

add

    $prom->add($name, $amount, { labels })

Add the given amount to the already-stored value (or 0 if it doesn't exist). The labels hashref is optional.

Trying to add a non-numeric value to a metric will emit a warning and 0 will be added instead (this will still create the metric if it didn't exist, and will update timestamps etc).

inc

    $prom->inc($name, { labels })

A shortcut for

    $prom->add($name, 1, { labels })

dec

    $prom->dec($name, { labels })

A shortcut for

    $prom->add($name, -1, { labels })

clear

    $prom->clear;

Remove all stored metric values. Metric metadata (set by declare) is preserved.

histogram_observe

    $prom->histogram_observe($name, $value, { labels })

Record a histogram observation. The labels hashref is optional.

You should declare your metric beforehand, using the buckets key to set the buckets you want to use. If you don't, the following buckets will be used.

    [ 0.005, 0.01, 0.025, 0.05, 0.075, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10 ]

enum_set

    $prom->enum_set($name, $value, { labels }, [timestamp])

Set an enum value for the named metric. The labels hashref is optiona. The timestamp is optional.

You should declare your metric beforehand, using the enum key to set the label to use for the enum value, and the enum_values key to list the possible values for the enum.

declare

    $prom->declare($name, help => $help, type => $type, buckets => [...])

"Declare" a metric by associating metadata with it. Valid keys are:

help

Text describing the metric. This will appear in the formatted output sent to Prometheus.

type

Type of the metric, typically gauge or counter.

buckets

For histogram metrics, an arrayref of the buckets to use. See histogram_observe.

enum

For enum metrics, the name of the label to use for the enum value. See enum_set.

enum_values

For enum metrics, the possible values the enum can take. See enum_set.

Declaring a already-declared metric will work, but only if the metadata keys and values match the previous call. If not, declare will throw an exception.

format

    my $metrics = $prom->format

Output the stored metrics, values, help text and types in the Prometheus exposition format.

psgi

    use Plack::Builder
    builder {
      mount "/metrics" => $prom->psgi;
    };

Returns a simple PSGI app that, when hooked up to a web server and called, will return formatted metrics for Prometheus. This is little more than a wrapper around format, namely:

    sub app {
      my $env = shift;
      return [ 200, [ 'Content-Type' => 'text/plain' ], [ $prom->format ] ];
    }

This is just a convenience; if you already have a web server or you want to ship metrics via some other means (eg the Node Exporter's textfile collector), just use format.

SUPPORT

Bugs / Feature Requests

Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at https://github.com/robn/Prometheus-Tiny/issues. You will be notified automatically of any progress on your issue.

Source Code

This is open source software. The code repository is available for public review and contribution under the terms of the license.

https://github.com/robn/Prometheus-Tiny

  git clone https://github.com/robn/Prometheus-Tiny.git

AUTHORS

• Rob N ★ <robn@robn.io>

CONTRIBUTORS

• ben hengst <ben.hengst@dreamhost.com>

• Danijel Tasov <data@consol.de>

• Michael McClimon <michael@mcclimon.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2017 by Rob N ★

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

cpanm Prometheus::Tiny

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Prometheus::Tiny