// 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_test import ( "net/http" "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus" ) var ( // apiRequestDuration tracks the duration separate for each HTTP status // class (1xx, 2xx, ...). This creates a fair amount of time series on // the Prometheus server. Usually, you would track the duration of // serving HTTP request without partitioning by outcome. Do something // like this only if needed. Also note how only status classes are // tracked, not every single status code. The latter would create an // even larger amount of time series. Request counters partitioned by // status code are usually OK as each counter only creates one time // series. Histograms are way more expensive, so partition with care and // only where you really need separate latency tracking. Partitioning by // status class is only an example. In concrete cases, other partitions // might make more sense. apiRequestDuration = prometheus.NewHistogramVec( prometheus.HistogramOpts{ Name: "api_request_duration_seconds", Help: "Histogram for the request duration of the public API, partitioned by status class.", Buckets: prometheus.ExponentialBuckets(0.1, 1.5, 5), }, []string{"status_class"}, ) ) func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { status := http.StatusOK // The ObserverFunc gets called by the deferred ObserveDuration and // decides wich Histogram's Observe method is called. timer := prometheus.NewTimer(prometheus.ObserverFunc(func(v float64) { switch { case status >= 500: // Server error. apiRequestDuration.WithLabelValues("5xx").Observe(v) case status >= 400: // Client error. apiRequestDuration.WithLabelValues("4xx").Observe(v) case status >= 300: // Redirection. apiRequestDuration.WithLabelValues("3xx").Observe(v) case status >= 200: // Success. apiRequestDuration.WithLabelValues("2xx").Observe(v) default: // Informational. apiRequestDuration.WithLabelValues("1xx").Observe(v) } })) defer timer.ObserveDuration() // Handle the request. Set status accordingly. // ... } func ExampleTimer_complex() { http.HandleFunc("/api", handler) }