// Copyright 2014 The Prometheus Authors // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. package prometheus // Gauge is a Metric that represents a single numerical value that can // arbitrarily go up and down. // // A Gauge is typically used for measured values like temperatures or current // memory usage, but also "counts" that can go up and down, like the number of // running goroutines. // // To create Gauge instances, use NewGauge. type Gauge interface { Metric Collector // Set sets the Gauge to an arbitrary value. Set(float64) // Inc increments the Gauge by 1. Use Add to increment it by arbitrary // values. Inc() // Dec decrements the Gauge by 1. Use Sub to decrement it by arbitrary // values. Dec() // Add adds the given value to the Gauge. (The value can be negative, // resulting in a decrease of the Gauge.) Add(float64) // Sub subtracts the given value from the Gauge. (The value can be // negative, resulting in an increase of the Gauge.) Sub(float64) // SetToCurrentTime sets the Gauge to the current Unix time in seconds. SetToCurrentTime() } // GaugeOpts is an alias for Opts. See there for doc comments. type GaugeOpts Opts // NewGauge creates a new Gauge based on the provided GaugeOpts. func NewGauge(opts GaugeOpts) Gauge { return newValue(NewDesc( BuildFQName(opts.Namespace, opts.Subsystem, opts.Name), opts.Help, nil, opts.ConstLabels, ), GaugeValue, 0) } // GaugeVec is a Collector that bundles a set of Gauges that all share the same // Desc, but have different values for their variable labels. This is used if // you want to count the same thing partitioned by various dimensions // (e.g. number of operations queued, partitioned by user and operation // type). Create instances with NewGaugeVec. type GaugeVec struct { *metricVec } // NewGaugeVec creates a new GaugeVec based on the provided GaugeOpts and // partitioned by the given label names. func NewGaugeVec(opts GaugeOpts, labelNames []string) *GaugeVec { desc := NewDesc( BuildFQName(opts.Namespace, opts.Subsystem, opts.Name), opts.Help, labelNames, opts.ConstLabels, ) return &GaugeVec{ metricVec: newMetricVec(desc, func(lvs ...string) Metric { return newValue(desc, GaugeValue, 0, lvs...) }), } } // GetMetricWithLabelValues returns the Gauge for the given slice of label // values (same order as the VariableLabels in Desc). If that combination of // label values is accessed for the first time, a new Gauge is created. // // It is possible to call this method without using the returned Gauge to only // create the new Gauge but leave it at its starting value 0. See also the // SummaryVec example. // // Keeping the Gauge for later use is possible (and should be considered if // performance is critical), but keep in mind that Reset, DeleteLabelValues and // Delete can be used to delete the Gauge from the GaugeVec. In that case, the // Gauge will still exist, but it will not be exported anymore, even if a // Gauge with the same label values is created later. See also the CounterVec // example. // // An error is returned if the number of label values is not the same as the // number of VariableLabels in Desc. // // Note that for more than one label value, this method is prone to mistakes // caused by an incorrect order of arguments. Consider GetMetricWith(Labels) as // an alternative to avoid that type of mistake. For higher label numbers, the // latter has a much more readable (albeit more verbose) syntax, but it comes // with a performance overhead (for creating and processing the Labels map). func (m *GaugeVec) GetMetricWithLabelValues(lvs ...string) (Gauge, error) { metric, err := m.metricVec.getMetricWithLabelValues(lvs...) if metric != nil { return metric.(Gauge), err } return nil, err } // GetMetricWith returns the Gauge for the given Labels map (the label names // must match those of the VariableLabels in Desc). If that label map is // accessed for the first time, a new Gauge is created. Implications of // creating a Gauge without using it and keeping the Gauge for later use are // the same as for GetMetricWithLabelValues. // // An error is returned if the number and names of the Labels are inconsistent // with those of the VariableLabels in Desc. // // This method is used for the same purpose as // GetMetricWithLabelValues(...string). See there for pros and cons of the two // methods. func (m *GaugeVec) GetMetricWith(labels Labels) (Gauge, error) { metric, err := m.metricVec.getMetricWith(labels) if metric != nil { return metric.(Gauge), err } return nil, err } // WithLabelValues works as GetMetricWithLabelValues, but panics where // GetMetricWithLabelValues would have returned an error. By not returning an // error, WithLabelValues allows shortcuts like // myVec.WithLabelValues("404", "GET").Add(42) func (m *GaugeVec) WithLabelValues(lvs ...string) Gauge { return m.metricVec.withLabelValues(lvs...).(Gauge) } // With works as GetMetricWith, but panics where GetMetricWithLabels would have // returned an error. By not returning an error, With allows shortcuts like // myVec.With(Labels{"code": "404", "method": "GET"}).Add(42) func (m *GaugeVec) With(labels Labels) Gauge { return m.metricVec.with(labels).(Gauge) } // GaugeFunc is a Gauge whose value is determined at collect time by calling a // provided function. // // To create GaugeFunc instances, use NewGaugeFunc. type GaugeFunc interface { Metric Collector } // NewGaugeFunc creates a new GaugeFunc based on the provided GaugeOpts. The // value reported is determined by calling the given function from within the // Write method. Take into account that metric collection may happen // concurrently. If that results in concurrent calls to Write, like in the case // where a GaugeFunc is directly registered with Prometheus, the provided // function must be concurrency-safe. func NewGaugeFunc(opts GaugeOpts, function func() float64) GaugeFunc { return newValueFunc(NewDesc( BuildFQName(opts.Namespace, opts.Subsystem, opts.Name), opts.Help, nil, opts.ConstLabels, ), GaugeValue, function) }