// 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 ( "math/rand" "time" "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus" ) var ( requestDuration = prometheus.NewHistogram(prometheus.HistogramOpts{ Name: "example_request_duration_seconds", Help: "Histogram for the runtime of a simple example function.", Buckets: prometheus.LinearBuckets(0.01, 0.01, 10), }) ) func ExampleTimer() { // timer times this example function. It uses a Histogram, but a Summary // would also work, as both implement Observer. Check out // https://prometheus.io/docs/practices/histograms/ for differences. timer := prometheus.NewTimer(requestDuration) defer timer.ObserveDuration() // Do something here that takes time. time.Sleep(time.Duration(rand.NormFloat64()*10000+50000) * time.Microsecond) }