You're probably looking for the histogram data type. It allows you to calculate quantiles over time without having to collect every sample.
On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 20:01 b0nes <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering if the following is possible: > > - Have a Python or Bash script check duration of a certain API call > 5-10 times per second > - Scrape these stats once per second > - Calculate min, avg, 0.5, 0.9, 0.99 quantiles, max and graph them in > Grafana. > > I spent many hours today trying to figure this out, and along the way I > used the pushgateway and statsd exporter. > Pushgateway seems to override the last value until it gets scraped, which > isn't what I want - I want all values, not just the latest one. > statsd has a summary option, but doesn't provide a min and max value. > > Anyone know how to do what I want? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prometheus Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/2366deaa-7db7-4ee6-a73e-bb4d30c5d6ff%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/2366deaa-7db7-4ee6-a73e-bb4d30c5d6ff%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prometheus Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/CABbyFmqrL4-fZpbpjHq9npai6V3qjHTiqMLu%3Db5WyiUxGpTczw%40mail.gmail.com.
