[−][src]Crate metrics

A lightweight metrics facade.

The metrics crate provides a single metrics API that abstracts over the actual metrics implementation. Libraries can use the metrics API provided by this crate, and the consumer of those libraries can choose the metrics implementation that is most suitable for its use case.

If no metrics implementation is selected, the facade falls back to a "noop" implementation that ignores all metrics. The overhead in this case is very small - an atomic load and comparison.

Use

The basic use of the facade crate is through the three metrics macros: counter!, gauge!, and histogram!. These macros correspond to updating a counter, updating a gauge, and updating a histogram.

In libraries

Libraries should link only to the metrics crate, and use the provided macros to record whatever metrics will be useful to downstream consumers.

Examples

use metrics::{histogram, counter};

pub fn process(query: &str) -> u64 {
    let start = Instant::now();
    let row_count = run_query(query);
    let delta = Instant::now() - start;

    histogram!("process.query_time", delta);
    counter!("process.query_row_count", row_count);

    row_count
}

In executables

Executables should choose a metrics implementation and initialize it early in the runtime of the program. Metrics implementations will typically include a function to do this. Any metrics recordered before the implementation is initialized will be ignored.

The executable itself may use the metrics crate to record metrics well.

Warning

The metrics system may only be initialized once.

Available metrics implementations

Native recorder:
- metrics-exporter-tcp - outputs metrics to clients over TCP
- metrics-exporter-prometheus - serves a Prometheus scrape endpoint

Implementing a Recorder

Recorders implement the Recorder trait. Here's a basic example which writes the metrics in text form via the log crate.

use log::info;
use metrics::{Key, Recorder};

struct LogRecorder;

impl Recorder for LogRecorder {
    fn register_counter(&self, key: Key, _description: Option<&'static str>) {}

    fn register_gauge(&self, key: Key, _description: Option<&'static str>) {}

    fn register_histogram(&self, key: Key, _description: Option<&'static str>) {}

    fn increment_counter(&self, key: Key, value: u64) {
        info!("counter '{}' -> {}", key, value);
    }

    fn update_gauge(&self, key: Key, value: f64) {
        info!("gauge '{}' -> {}", key, value);
    }

    fn record_histogram(&self, key: Key, value: u64) {
        info!("histogram '{}' -> {}", key, value);
    }
}

Recorders are installed by calling the set_recorder function. Recorders should provide a function that wraps the creation and installation of the recorder:

use metrics::SetRecorderError;

static RECORDER: LogRecorder = LogRecorder;

pub fn init() -> Result<(), SetRecorderError> {
    metrics::set_recorder(&RECORDER)
}

Use with `std`

set_recorder requires you to provide a &'static Recorder, which can be hard to obtain if your recorder depends on some runtime configuration. The set_boxed_recorder function is available with the std Cargo feature. It is identical to set_recorder except that it takes a Box<Recorder> rather than a &'static Recorder:

use metrics::SetRecorderError;

pub fn init() -> Result<(), SetRecorderError> {
    metrics::set_boxed_recorder(Box::new(LogRecorder))
}

Macros

counter	Increments a counter.
gauge	Updates a gauge.
histogram	Records a histogram.
increment	Increments a counter.
register_counter	Registers a counter.
register_gauge	Registers a gauge.
register_histogram	Records a histogram.

Structs

KeyData	A metric key data.
Label	A key/value pair used to further describe a metric.
SetRecorderError	The type returned by `set_recorder` if `set_recorder` has already been called.

Enums

Key	Represents the identifier of a metric.

Traits

IntoLabels	A value that can be converted to `Label`s.
IntoU64	An object which can be converted into a `u64` representation.
Recorder	A value that records metrics behind the facade.

Functions

recorder	Returns a reference to the recorder.
set_boxed_recorder	Sets the global recorder to a `Box<Recorder>`.
set_recorder	Sets the global recorder to a `&'static Recorder`.
set_recorder_racy ^⚠	A thread-unsafe version of `set_recorder`.
try_recorder	Returns a reference to the recorder.

Type Definitions

OnceKeyData	A type to simplify management of the static `KeyData`.
ScopedString	An allocation-optimized string.