This is not a use case for Prometheus. Prometheus is a metrics system, not an event system.
On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 20:46 b0nes <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've looked into it... I want to store the values though, and the > histogram just keeps a count of how many are faster than a certain > threshold. > It also calculates a quantile over the amount of values in these buckets, > which is just an approximation and not an actual quantile based on the > values. > In short, it doesn't seem that's what I need, as I also cannot figure out > an accurate minimum and a maximum value. > > > Op woensdag 3 juni 2020 20:10:59 UTC+2 schreef Ben Kochie: >> >> 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/a4b4bc75-09f9-4302-b435-cf988f092885%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/a4b4bc75-09f9-4302-b435-cf988f092885%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/CABbyFmoOOQtacGeYAGoox31GsW9Hp7RUeCz5cBuEE-tddKXiGw%40mail.gmail.com.
