npm package: @loopback/extension-metrics
Description: An extension exposes metrics for Prometheus with LoopBack 4
Author: IBM Corp.
Latest version: 0.3.13

# @loopback/extension-metrics

This module contains a component that reports metrics of Node.js, LoopBack
framework, and your application to [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/).

## Stability: ⚠️Experimental⚠️

> Experimental packages provide early access to advanced or experimental
> functionality to get community feedback. Such modules are published to npm
> using `0.x.y` versions. Their APIs and functionality may be subject to
> breaking changes in future releases.

## Installation

```sh
npm install --save @loopback/extension-metrics
```

## Basic use

The component should be loaded in the constructor of your custom Application
class.

Start by importing the component class:

```ts
import {MetricsComponent} from '@loopback/extension-metrics';
```

In the constructor, add the component to your application:

```ts
this.component(MetricsComponent);
```

By default, Metrics route is mounted at `/metrics`. This path can be customized
via Metrics configuration as follows:

```ts
this.configure(MetricsBindings.COMPONENT).to({
  endpoint: {
    basePath: '/metrics',
  },
  defaultMetrics: {
    timeout: 5000,
  },
});
```

## Metrics Collected

There are three types of metrics being collected by this component:

1. Node.js metrics - built-in by https://github.com/siimon/prom-client
2. LoopBack method invocations - built-in by this module using an interceptor
3. Metrics by the application code or other modules - instrumentations are
   required

## Pull vs Push

Prometheus supports two modes to collect metrics:

- pull - scraping from metrics http endpoint exposed by the system being
  monitored
- push - pushing metrics from the system being monitored to a push gateway

See
https://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/faq/#why-do-you-pull-rather-than-push

## Try it out

```sh
git clone https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-next
npm install
npm run build
cd examples/metrics-prometheus
npm run demo
```

Open http://localhost:9090 to load Prometheus web UI.

### /metrics endpoint

http://localhost:3000/metrics returns metrics in plain text format. It includes
information for the Node.js process as well as LoopBack method invocations.

<details>
<summary markdown="span">Example of plain text data</summary>
<pre>
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# TYPE process_cpu_user_seconds_total counter
process_cpu_user_seconds_total 0.132181 1564508354524
# HELP process_cpu_system_seconds_total Total system CPU time spent in seconds.
# TYPE process_cpu_system_seconds_total counter
process_cpu_system_seconds_total 0.023608999999999998 1564508354524
# HELP process_cpu_seconds_total Total user and system CPU time spent in seconds.
# TYPE process_cpu_seconds_total counter
process_cpu_seconds_total 0.15578999999999998 1564508354524
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# HELP nodejs_external_memory_bytes Nodejs external memory size in bytes.
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nodejs_heap_space_size_used_bytes{space="code_large_object"} 3456 1564508354526
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# HELP nodejs_heap_space_size_available_bytes Process heap space size available from node.js in bytes.
# TYPE nodejs_heap_space_size_available_bytes gauge
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nodejs_heap_space_size_available_bytes{space="map"} 657072 1564508354526
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nodejs_heap_space_size_available_bytes{space="code_large_object"} 0 1564508354526
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# HELP nodejs_version_info Node.js version info.
# TYPE nodejs_version_info gauge
nodejs_version_info{version="v12.4.0",major="12",minor="4",patch="0"} 1
# HELP loopback_invocation_duration_seconds method invocation
# TYPE loopback_invocation_duration_seconds gauge
# HELP loopback_invocation_duration_histogram method invocation histogram
# TYPE loopback_invocation_duration_histogram histogram
# HELP loopback_invocation_total method invocation counts
# TYPE loopback_invocation_total counter
loopback_invocation_total 1
# HELP loopback_invocation_duration_summary method invocation summary
# TYPE loopback_invocation_duration_summary summary
</pre>

</details>

## Contributions

- [Guidelines](https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-next/blob/master/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md)
- [Join the team](https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-next/issues/110)

## Tests

Run `npm test` from the root folder.

## Contributors

See
[all contributors](https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-next/graphs/contributors).

## License

MIT