prometheus-flask-exporter 0.3.4

Prometheus metrics exporter for Flask

Prometheus Flask exporter

This library provides HTTP request metrics to export into Prometheus. It can also track method invocations using convenient functions.

Usage

from flask import Flask, request
from prometheus_flask_exporter import PrometheusMetrics

app = Flask(__name__)
metrics = PrometheusMetrics(app)

# static information as metric
metrics.info('app_info', 'Application info', version='1.0.3')

@app.route('/')
def main():
    pass  # requests tracked by default

@app.route('/skip')
@metrics.do_not_track()
def skip():
    pass  # default metrics are not collected

@app.route('/<item_type>')
@metrics.do_not_track()
@metrics.counter('invocation_by_type', 'Number of invocations by type',
         labels={'item_type': lambda: request.view_args['type']})
def by_type(item_type):
    pass  # only the counter is collected, not the default metrics

@app.route('/long-running')
@metrics.gauge('in_progress', 'Long running requests in progress')
def long_running():
    pass

@app.route('/status/<int:status>')
@metrics.do_not_track()
@metrics.summary('requests_by_status', 'Request latencies by status',
                 labels={'status': lambda r: r.status_code})
@metrics.histogram('requests_by_status_and_path', 'Request latencies by status and path',
                   labels={'status': lambda r: r.status_code, 'path': lambda: request.path})
def echo_status(status):
    return 'Status: %s' % status, status

Default metrics

The following metrics are exported by default (unless the export_defaults is set to False).

• flask_http_request_duration_seconds (Histogram) Labels: method, path and status. Flask HTTP request duration in seconds for all Flask requests.
• flask_http_request_total (Counter) Labels: method and status. Total number of HTTP requests for all Flask requests.
• flask_exporter_info (Gauge) Information about the Prometheus Flask exporter itself (e.g. version).

The prefix for the default metrics can be controlled by the defaults_prefix parameter.

Configuration

By default, the metrics are exposed on the same Flask application on the /metrics endpoint and using the core Prometheus registry. If this doesn't suit your needs, set the path argument to None and/or the export_defaults argument to False plus change the registry argument if needed. The group_by_endpoint constructor flag makes the default request duration metric tracked by endpoint (function) instead of URI path.

The register_endpoint allows exposing the metrics endpoint on a specific path. It also allows passing in a Flask application to register it on but defaults to the main one if not defined.

Similarly, the start_http_server allows exposing the endpoint on an independent Flask application on a selected HTTP port. It also supports overriding the endpoint's path and the HTTP listen address.

Labels

When defining labels for metrics on functions, the following values are supported in the dictionary:

• A simple static value
• A no-argument callable
• A single argument callable that will receive the Flask response as the argument

Label values are evaluated within the request context.

Application information

The PrometheusMetrics.info(..) method provides a way to expose information as a Gauge metric, the application version for example.

The metric is returned from the method to allow changing its value from the default 1:

metrics = PrometheusMetrics(app)
info = metrics.info('dynamic_info', 'Something dynamic')
...
info.set(42.1)

Examples

See some simple examples visualized on a Grafana dashboard by running the demo in the examples/sample-signals folder.

App Factory Pattern

This library also supports the flask app factory pattern. Use the init_app method to attach the library to one or more application objects. Note, that to use this mode, you'll need to pass in None for the app in the constructor.

metrics = PrometheusMetrics(app=None, ...)
# then later:
metrics.init_app(app)

Debug mode

Please note, that changes being live-reloaded, when running the Flask app with debug=True, are not going to be reflected in the metrics. See https://github.com/rycus86/prometheus_flask_exporter/issues/4 for more details.

WSGI

Getting accurate metrics for WSGI apps might require a bit more setup. See a working sample app in the examples folder, and also the prometheus_flask_exporter#5 issue.

License

MIT