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// Copyright 2016 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 promhttp provides tooling around HTTP servers and clients.
//
// First, the package allows the creation of http.Handler instances to expose
// Prometheus metrics via HTTP. promhttp.Handler acts on the
// prometheus.DefaultGatherer. With HandlerFor, you can create a handler for a
// custom registry or anything that implements the Gatherer interface. It also
// allows the creation of handlers that act differently on errors or allow to
// log errors.
//
// Second, the package provides tooling to instrument instances of http.Handler
// via middleware. Middleware wrappers follow the naming scheme
// InstrumentHandlerX, where X describes the intended use of the middleware.
// See each function's doc comment for specific details.
//
// Finally, the package allows for an http.RoundTripper to be instrumented via
// middleware. Middleware wrappers follow the naming scheme
// InstrumentRoundTripperX, where X describes the intended use of the
// middleware. See each function's doc comment for specific details.
package promhttp
import (
"compress/gzip"
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"strings"
"sync"
"time"
"github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt"
"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
)
const (
contentTypeHeader = "Content-Type"
contentEncodingHeader = "Content-Encoding"
acceptEncodingHeader = "Accept-Encoding"
)
var gzipPool = sync.Pool{
New: func() interface{} {
return gzip.NewWriter(nil)
},
}
// Handler returns an http.Handler for the prometheus.DefaultGatherer, using
// default HandlerOpts, i.e. it reports the first error as an HTTP error, it has
// no error logging, and it applies compression if requested by the client.
//
// The returned http.Handler is already instrumented using the
// InstrumentMetricHandler function and the prometheus.DefaultRegisterer. If you
// create multiple http.Handlers by separate calls of the Handler function, the
// metrics used for instrumentation will be shared between them, providing
// global scrape counts.
//
// This function is meant to cover the bulk of basic use cases. If you are doing
// anything that requires more customization (including using a non-default
// Gatherer, different instrumentation, and non-default HandlerOpts), use the
// HandlerFor function. See there for details.
func Handler() http.Handler {
return InstrumentMetricHandler(
prometheus.DefaultRegisterer, HandlerFor(prometheus.DefaultGatherer, HandlerOpts{}),
)
}
// HandlerFor returns an uninstrumented http.Handler for the provided
// Gatherer. The behavior of the Handler is defined by the provided
// HandlerOpts. Thus, HandlerFor is useful to create http.Handlers for custom
// Gatherers, with non-default HandlerOpts, and/or with custom (or no)
// instrumentation. Use the InstrumentMetricHandler function to apply the same
// kind of instrumentation as it is used by the Handler function.
func HandlerFor(reg prometheus.Gatherer, opts HandlerOpts) http.Handler {
var (
inFlightSem chan struct{}
errCnt = prometheus.NewCounterVec(
prometheus.CounterOpts{
Name: "promhttp_metric_handler_errors_total",
Help: "Total number of internal errors encountered by the promhttp metric handler.",
},
[]string{"cause"},
)
)
if opts.MaxRequestsInFlight > 0 {
inFlightSem = make(chan struct{}, opts.MaxRequestsInFlight)
}
if opts.Registry != nil {
// Initialize all possibilities that can occur below.
errCnt.WithLabelValues("gathering")
errCnt.WithLabelValues("encoding")
if err := opts.Registry.Register(errCnt); err != nil {
if are, ok := err.(prometheus.AlreadyRegisteredError); ok {
errCnt = are.ExistingCollector.(*prometheus.CounterVec)
} else {
panic(err)
}
}
}
h := http.HandlerFunc(func(rsp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
if inFlightSem != nil {
select {
case inFlightSem <- struct{}{}: // All good, carry on.
defer func() { <-inFlightSem }()
default:
http.Error(rsp, fmt.Sprintf(
"Limit of concurrent requests reached (%d), try again later.", opts.MaxRequestsInFlight,
), http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
return
}
}
mfs, err := reg.Gather()
if err != nil {
if opts.ErrorLog != nil {
opts.ErrorLog.Println("error gathering metrics:", err)
}
errCnt.WithLabelValues("gathering").Inc()
switch opts.ErrorHandling {
case PanicOnError:
panic(err)
case ContinueOnError:
if len(mfs) == 0 {
// Still report the error if no metrics have been gathered.
httpError(rsp, err)
return
}
case HTTPErrorOnError:
httpError(rsp, err)
return
}
}
var contentType expfmt.Format
if opts.EnableOpenMetrics {
contentType = expfmt.NegotiateIncludingOpenMetrics(req.Header)
} else {
contentType = expfmt.Negotiate(req.Header)
}
header := rsp.Header()
header.Set(contentTypeHeader, string(contentType))
w := io.Writer(rsp)
if !opts.DisableCompression && gzipAccepted(req.Header) {
header.Set(contentEncodingHeader, "gzip")
gz := gzipPool.Get().(*gzip.Writer)
defer gzipPool.Put(gz)
gz.Reset(w)
defer gz.Close()
w = gz
}
enc := expfmt.NewEncoder(w, contentType)
// handleError handles the error according to opts.ErrorHandling
// and returns true if we have to abort after the handling.
handleError := func(err error) bool {
if err == nil {
return false
}
if opts.ErrorLog != nil {
opts.ErrorLog.Println("error encoding and sending metric family:", err)
}
errCnt.WithLabelValues("encoding").Inc()
switch opts.ErrorHandling {
case PanicOnError:
panic(err)
case HTTPErrorOnError:
// We cannot really send an HTTP error at this
// point because we most likely have written
// something to rsp already. But at least we can
// stop sending.
return true
}
// Do nothing in all other cases, including ContinueOnError.
return false
}
for _, mf := range mfs {
if handleError(enc.Encode(mf)) {
return
}
}
if closer, ok := enc.(expfmt.Closer); ok {
// This in particular takes care of the final "# EOF\n" line for OpenMetrics.
if handleError(closer.Close()) {
return
}
}
})
if opts.Timeout <= 0 {
return h
}
return http.TimeoutHandler(h, opts.Timeout, fmt.Sprintf(
"Exceeded configured timeout of %v.\n",
opts.Timeout,
))
}
// InstrumentMetricHandler is usually used with an http.Handler returned by the
// HandlerFor function. It instruments the provided http.Handler with two
// metrics: A counter vector "promhttp_metric_handler_requests_total" to count
// scrapes partitioned by HTTP status code, and a gauge
// "promhttp_metric_handler_requests_in_flight" to track the number of
// simultaneous scrapes. This function idempotently registers collectors for
// both metrics with the provided Registerer. It panics if the registration
// fails. The provided metrics are useful to see how many scrapes hit the
// monitored target (which could be from different Prometheus servers or other
// scrapers), and how often they overlap (which would result in more than one
// scrape in flight at the same time). Note that the scrapes-in-flight gauge
// will contain the scrape by which it is exposed, while the scrape counter will
// only get incremented after the scrape is complete (as only then the status
// code is known). For tracking scrape durations, use the
// "scrape_duration_seconds" gauge created by the Prometheus server upon each
// scrape.
func InstrumentMetricHandler(reg prometheus.Registerer, handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
cnt := prometheus.NewCounterVec(
prometheus.CounterOpts{
Name: "promhttp_metric_handler_requests_total",
Help: "Total number of scrapes by HTTP status code.",
},
[]string{"code"},
)
// Initialize the most likely HTTP status codes.
cnt.WithLabelValues("200")
cnt.WithLabelValues("500")
cnt.WithLabelValues("503")
if err := reg.Register(cnt); err != nil {
if are, ok := err.(prometheus.AlreadyRegisteredError); ok {
cnt = are.ExistingCollector.(*prometheus.CounterVec)
} else {
panic(err)
}
}
gge := prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
Name: "promhttp_metric_handler_requests_in_flight",
Help: "Current number of scrapes being served.",
})
if err := reg.Register(gge); err != nil {
if are, ok := err.(prometheus.AlreadyRegisteredError); ok {
gge = are.ExistingCollector.(prometheus.Gauge)
} else {
panic(err)
}
}
return InstrumentHandlerCounter(cnt, InstrumentHandlerInFlight(gge, handler))
}
// HandlerErrorHandling defines how a Handler serving metrics will handle
// errors.
type HandlerErrorHandling int
// These constants cause handlers serving metrics to behave as described if
// errors are encountered.
const (
// Serve an HTTP status code 500 upon the first error
// encountered. Report the error message in the body. Note that HTTP
// errors cannot be served anymore once the beginning of a regular
// payload has been sent. Thus, in the (unlikely) case that encoding the
// payload into the negotiated wire format fails, serving the response
// will simply be aborted. Set an ErrorLog in HandlerOpts to detect
// those errors.
HTTPErrorOnError HandlerErrorHandling = iota
// Ignore errors and try to serve as many metrics as possible. However,
// if no metrics can be served, serve an HTTP status code 500 and the
// last error message in the body. Only use this in deliberate "best
// effort" metrics collection scenarios. In this case, it is highly
// recommended to provide other means of detecting errors: By setting an
// ErrorLog in HandlerOpts, the errors are logged. By providing a
// Registry in HandlerOpts, the exposed metrics include an error counter
// "promhttp_metric_handler_errors_total", which can be used for
// alerts.
ContinueOnError
// Panic upon the first error encountered (useful for "crash only" apps).
PanicOnError
)
// Logger is the minimal interface HandlerOpts needs for logging. Note that
// log.Logger from the standard library implements this interface, and it is
// easy to implement by custom loggers, if they don't do so already anyway.
type Logger interface {
Println(v ...interface{})
}
// HandlerOpts specifies options how to serve metrics via an http.Handler. The
// zero value of HandlerOpts is a reasonable default.
type HandlerOpts struct {
// ErrorLog specifies an optional Logger for errors collecting and
// serving metrics. If nil, errors are not logged at all. Note that the
// type of a reported error is often prometheus.MultiError, which
// formats into a multi-line error string. If you want to avoid the
// latter, create a Logger implementation that detects a
// prometheus.MultiError and formats the contained errors into one line.
ErrorLog Logger
// ErrorHandling defines how errors are handled. Note that errors are
// logged regardless of the configured ErrorHandling provided ErrorLog
// is not nil.
ErrorHandling HandlerErrorHandling
// If Registry is not nil, it is used to register a metric
// "promhttp_metric_handler_errors_total", partitioned by "cause". A
// failed registration causes a panic. Note that this error counter is
// different from the instrumentation you get from the various
// InstrumentHandler... helpers. It counts errors that don't necessarily
// result in a non-2xx HTTP status code. There are two typical cases:
// (1) Encoding errors that only happen after streaming of the HTTP body
// has already started (and the status code 200 has been sent). This
// should only happen with custom collectors. (2) Collection errors with
// no effect on the HTTP status code because ErrorHandling is set to
// ContinueOnError.
Registry prometheus.Registerer
// If DisableCompression is true, the handler will never compress the
// response, even if requested by the client.
DisableCompression bool
// The number of concurrent HTTP requests is limited to
// MaxRequestsInFlight. Additional requests are responded to with 503
// Service Unavailable and a suitable message in the body. If
// MaxRequestsInFlight is 0 or negative, no limit is applied.
MaxRequestsInFlight int
// If handling a request takes longer than Timeout, it is responded to
// with 503 ServiceUnavailable and a suitable Message. No timeout is
// applied if Timeout is 0 or negative. Note that with the current
// implementation, reaching the timeout simply ends the HTTP requests as
// described above (and even that only if sending of the body hasn't
// started yet), while the bulk work of gathering all the metrics keeps
// running in the background (with the eventual result to be thrown
// away). Until the implementation is improved, it is recommended to
// implement a separate timeout in potentially slow Collectors.
Timeout time.Duration
// If true, the experimental OpenMetrics encoding is added to the
// possible options during content negotiation. Note that Prometheus
// 2.5.0+ will negotiate OpenMetrics as first priority. OpenMetrics is
// the only way to transmit exemplars. However, the move to OpenMetrics
// is not completely transparent. Most notably, the values of "quantile"
// labels of Summaries and "le" labels of Histograms are formatted with
// a trailing ".0" if they would otherwise look like integer numbers
// (which changes the identity of the resulting series on the Prometheus
// server).
EnableOpenMetrics bool
}
// gzipAccepted returns whether the client will accept gzip-encoded content.
func gzipAccepted(header http.Header) bool {
a := header.Get(acceptEncodingHeader)
parts := strings.Split(a, ",")
for _, part := range parts {
part = strings.TrimSpace(part)
if part == "gzip" || strings.HasPrefix(part, "gzip;") {
return true
}
}
return false
}
// httpError removes any content-encoding header and then calls http.Error with
// the provided error and http.StatusInternalServerError. Error contents is
// supposed to be uncompressed plain text. Same as with a plain http.Error, this
// must not be called if the header or any payload has already been sent.
func httpError(rsp http.ResponseWriter, err error) {
rsp.Header().Del(contentEncodingHeader)
http.Error(
rsp,
"An error has occurred while serving metrics:\n\n"+err.Error(),
http.StatusInternalServerError,
)
}