# prometheus-json-encoder
Implements a `JsonEncoder` object for [prometheus 0.13.0](https://docs.rs/prometheus/0.13.0/prometheus/index.html).
## Basic example
```
use opentelemetry::{global, KeyValue, sdk::Resource};
use opentelemetry_prometheus::PrometheusExporter;
use prometheus_json_encoder::JsonEncoder;
fn init_meter() -> PrometheusExporter {
opentelemetry_prometheus::exporter()
.with_resource(Resource::new(vec![KeyValue::new("R", "V")]))
.init()
}
fn main(){
let exporter = init_meter();
let meter = global::meter("my-app");
// Use two instruments
let counter = meter
.u64_counter("a.counter")
.with_description("Counts things")
.init();
let recorder = meter
.i64_value_recorder("a.value_recorder")
.with_description("Records values")
.init();
counter.add(100, &[KeyValue::new("key", "value1")]);
counter.add(100, &[KeyValue::new("key", "value2")]);
counter.add(100, &[KeyValue::new("key2", "value")]);
recorder.record(100, &[KeyValue::new("key", "value")]);
// Encode data as text or protobuf
let encoder = JsonEncoder::new();
let metric_families = exporter.registry().gather();
let mut result = Vec::new();
encoder.encode(&metric_families, &mut result);
println!("format :\n{}", encoder.format_type());
println!("{:?}", result);
let test = std::str::from_utf8(&result).unwrap();
println!("{}", test)
}
```