Monitoring client libraries

This page shows how to get started with the Cloud Client Libraries for the Cloud Monitoring API. Read more about the client libraries for Cloud APIs, including the older Google API Client Libraries, in Client Libraries Explained.

The samples on this page use custom, or user-defined, metrics to illustrate the use of the client libraries. The system-defined metrics described in the Metrics list are collected for you. You don't need to write any code to collect them, although the agent metrics do require the installation of the Cloud Monitoring agent. For more information on agent metrics, see the Agent metrics list.

For information about the previous Monitoring API client libraries, see Monitoring API Client Libraries.

Install the client library

C#

For more information, see Setting Up a C# Development Environment.

In Visual Studio 2013/2015, open the Package Manager Console and run this command:

Install-Package Google.Cloud.Monitoring.V3 -Pre

Go

For more information, see Setting Up a Go Development Environment.

go get cloud.google.com/go/monitoring/apiv3

Java

For more information, see Setting Up a Java Development Environment.

If you are using Maven with a BOM, add the following to your pom.xml file:

<dependencyManagement>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
      <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
      <version>26.12.0</version>
      <type>pom</type>
      <scope>import</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
    <artifactId>google-cloud-monitoring</artifactId>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>

If you are using Maven without a BOM, add this to your dependencies:

<dependencyManagement>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
      <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
      <version>26.14.0</version>
      <type>pom</type>
      <scope>import</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
    <artifactId>google-cloud-monitoring</artifactId>
  </dependency>

If you are using Gradle, add the following to your dependencies:

implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-monitoring:3.19.0'

If you are using sbt, add the following to your dependencies:

libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-monitoring" % "3.19.0"

If you're using Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ, or Eclipse, you can add client libraries to your project using the following IDE plugins:

• Cloud Code for VS Code
• Cloud Code for IntelliJ
• Cloud Tools for Eclipse

The plugins provide additional functionality, such as key management for service accounts. Refer to each plugin's documentation for details.

Note: Cloud Java client libraries do not currently support Android.

Node.js

For more information, see Setting Up a Node.js Development Environment.

npm install --save @google-cloud/monitoring

PHP

For more information, see Using PHP on Google Cloud.

composer require google/cloud-monitoring

Note: The Monitoring API Client Library requires you install and enable the gRPC Extension for PHP.

Python

For more information, see Setting Up a Python Development Environment.

pip install --upgrade google-cloud-monitoring

Ruby

For more information, see Setting Up a Ruby Development Environment.

gem install google-cloud-monitoring

Set up authentication

When you use client libraries, you use Application Default Credentials (ADC) to authenticate. For information about setting up ADC, see Provide credentials for Application Default Credentials. For information about using ADC with client libraries, see Authenticate using client libraries.

Use the client library

The following example shows how to use the client library.

C#

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See README.md for instructions on using Visual Studio to build and run this sample C# code.

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Google.Cloud.Monitoring.V3;
using Google.Protobuf.WellKnownTypes;
using Google.Api;
using Google.Api.Gax.ResourceNames;

namespace GoogleCloudSamples
{
    public class QuickStart
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Your Google Cloud Platform project ID.
            string projectId = "YOUR-PROJECT-ID";

            // Create client.
            MetricServiceClient metricServiceClient = MetricServiceClient.Create();

            // Initialize request argument(s).
            ProjectName name = new ProjectName(projectId);

            // Prepare a data point.
            TypedValue salesTotal = new TypedValue
            {
                DoubleValue = 123.45
            };
            Point dataPoint = new Point
            {
                Value = salesTotal
            };
            // Sets data point's interval end time to current time.
            DateTime UnixEpoch = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
            Timestamp timeStamp = new Timestamp
            {
                Seconds = (long)(DateTime.UtcNow - UnixEpoch).TotalSeconds
            };
            TimeInterval interval = new TimeInterval
            {
                EndTime = timeStamp
            };
            dataPoint.Interval = interval;

            // Prepare custom metric.
            Metric metric = new Metric
            {
                Type = "custom.googleapis.com/my_metric"
            };
            metric.Labels.Add("store_id", "Pittsburgh");

            // Prepare monitored resource.
            MonitoredResource resource = new MonitoredResource
            {
                Type = "gce_instance"
            };
            
            resource.Labels.Add("project_id", projectId);
            resource.Labels.Add("instance_id", "1234567890123456789");
            resource.Labels.Add("zone", "us-central1-f");

            // Create a new time series using inputs.
            TimeSeries timeSeriesData = new TimeSeries
            {
                Metric = metric,
                Resource = resource
            };
            timeSeriesData.Points.Add(dataPoint);

            // Add newly created time series to list of time series to be written.
            IEnumerable<TimeSeries> timeSeries = new List<TimeSeries> { timeSeriesData };
            // Write time series data.
            metricServiceClient.CreateTimeSeries(name, timeSeries);
            Console.WriteLine("Done writing time series data.");
        }
    }
}

Go

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// Sample monitoring-quickstart writes a data point to Stackdriver Monitoring.
package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"time"

	monitoring "cloud.google.com/go/monitoring/apiv3/v2"
	"cloud.google.com/go/monitoring/apiv3/v2/monitoringpb"
	googlepb "github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/timestamp"
	metricpb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api/metric"
	monitoredrespb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api/monitoredres"
)

func main() {
	ctx := context.Background()

	// Creates a client.
	client, err := monitoring.NewMetricClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to create client: %v", err)
	}

	// Sets your Google Cloud Platform project ID.
	projectID := "YOUR_PROJECT_ID"

	// Prepares an individual data point
	dataPoint := &monitoringpb.Point{
		Interval: &monitoringpb.TimeInterval{
			EndTime: &googlepb.Timestamp{
				Seconds: time.Now().Unix(),
			},
		},
		Value: &monitoringpb.TypedValue{
			Value: &monitoringpb.TypedValue_DoubleValue{
				DoubleValue: 123.45,
			},
		},
	}

	// Writes time series data.
	if err := client.CreateTimeSeries(ctx, &monitoringpb.CreateTimeSeriesRequest{
		Name: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s", projectID),
		TimeSeries: []*monitoringpb.TimeSeries{
			{
				Metric: &metricpb.Metric{
					Type: "custom.googleapis.com/stores/daily_sales",
					Labels: map[string]string{
						"store_id": "Pittsburg",
					},
				},
				Resource: &monitoredrespb.MonitoredResource{
					Type: "global",
					Labels: map[string]string{
						"project_id": projectID,
					},
				},
				Points: []*monitoringpb.Point{
					dataPoint,
				},
			},
		},
	}); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to write time series data: %v", err)
	}

	// Closes the client and flushes the data to Stackdriver.
	if err := client.Close(); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to close client: %v", err)
	}

	fmt.Printf("Done writing time series data.\n")
}

Java

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import com.google.api.Metric;
import com.google.api.MonitoredResource;
import com.google.cloud.monitoring.v3.MetricServiceClient;
import com.google.monitoring.v3.CreateTimeSeriesRequest;
import com.google.monitoring.v3.Point;
import com.google.monitoring.v3.ProjectName;
import com.google.monitoring.v3.TimeInterval;
import com.google.monitoring.v3.TimeSeries;
import com.google.monitoring.v3.TypedValue;
import com.google.protobuf.util.Timestamps;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

public class QuickstartSample {

  public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    quickstart(projectId);
  }

  public static void quickstart(String projectId) throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
    try (MetricServiceClient metricServiceClient = MetricServiceClient.create()) {

      // Prepares an individual data point
      TimeInterval interval =
          TimeInterval.newBuilder()
              .setEndTime(Timestamps.fromMillis(System.currentTimeMillis()))
              .build();
      TypedValue value = TypedValue.newBuilder().setDoubleValue(123.45).build();
      Point point = Point.newBuilder().setInterval(interval).setValue(value).build();

      List<Point> pointList = new ArrayList<>();
      pointList.add(point);

      ProjectName name = ProjectName.of(projectId);

      // Prepares the metric descriptor
      Map<String, String> metricLabels = new HashMap<>();
      metricLabels.put("store_id", "Pittsburg");
      Metric metric =
          Metric.newBuilder()
              .setType("custom.googleapis.com/stores/daily_sales")
              .putAllLabels(metricLabels)
              .build();

      // Prepares the monitored resource descriptor
      Map<String, String> resourceLabels = new HashMap<>();
      resourceLabels.put("project_id", projectId);
      MonitoredResource resource =
          MonitoredResource.newBuilder().setType("global").putAllLabels(resourceLabels).build();

      // Prepares the time series request
      TimeSeries timeSeries =
          TimeSeries.newBuilder()
              .setMetric(metric)
              .setResource(resource)
              .addAllPoints(pointList)
              .build();
      List<TimeSeries> timeSeriesList = new ArrayList<>();
      timeSeriesList.add(timeSeries);

      CreateTimeSeriesRequest request =
          CreateTimeSeriesRequest.newBuilder()
              .setName(name.toString())
              .addAllTimeSeries(timeSeriesList)
              .build();

      // Writes time series data
      metricServiceClient.createTimeSeries(request);

      System.out.printf("Done writing time series data.%n");
    }
  }
}

Node.js

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// Imports the Google Cloud client library
const monitoring = require('@google-cloud/monitoring');

async function quickstart() {
  // Creates a client
  const client = new monitoring.MetricServiceClient();

  // TODO(developer): Uncomment and set the following variables
  // const projectId = "PROJECT_ID"

  // Prepares an individual data point
  const dataPoint = {
    interval: {
      endTime: {
        seconds: Date.now() / 1000,
      },
    },
    value: {
      // The amount of sales
      doubleValue: 123.45,
    },
  };

  // Prepares the time series request
  const request = {
    name: client.projectPath(projectId),
    timeSeries: [
      {
        // Ties the data point to a custom metric
        metric: {
          type: 'custom.googleapis.com/stores/daily_sales',
          labels: {
            store_id: 'Pittsburgh',
          },
        },
        resource: {
          type: 'global',
          labels: {
            project_id: projectId,
          },
        },
        points: [dataPoint],
      },
    ],
  };

  // Writes time series data
  const [result] = await client.createTimeSeries(request);
  console.log('Done writing time series data.', result);
}
quickstart();

PHP

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# Includes the autoloader for libraries installed with composer
require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

# Imports the Google Cloud client library
use Google\Api\Metric;
use Google\Api\MonitoredResource;
use Google\Cloud\Monitoring\V3\MetricServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Monitoring\V3\Point;
use Google\Cloud\Monitoring\V3\TimeInterval;
use Google\Cloud\Monitoring\V3\TimeSeries;
use Google\Cloud\Monitoring\V3\TypedValue;
use Google\Protobuf\Timestamp;

// These variables are set by the App Engine environment. To test locally,
// ensure these are set or manually change their values.
$projectId = getenv('GCLOUD_PROJECT') ?: 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID';
$instanceId = '1234567890123456789';
$zone = 'us-central1-f';

try {
    $client = new MetricServiceClient();
    $formattedProjectName = $client->projectName($projectId);
    $labels = [
        'instance_id' => $instanceId,
        'zone' => $zone,
    ];

    $m = new Metric();
    $m->setType('custom.googleapis.com/my_metric');

    $r = new MonitoredResource();
    $r->setType('gce_instance');
    $r->setLabels($labels);

    $value = new TypedValue();
    $value->setDoubleValue(3.14);

    $timestamp = new Timestamp();
    $timestamp->setSeconds(time());

    $interval = new TimeInterval();
    $interval->setStartTime($timestamp);
    $interval->setEndTime($timestamp);

    $point = new Point();
    $point->setValue($value);
    $point->setInterval($interval);
    $points = [$point];

    $timeSeries = new TimeSeries();
    $timeSeries->setMetric($m);
    $timeSeries->setResource($r);
    $timeSeries->setPoints($points);

    $client->createTimeSeries($formattedProjectName, [$timeSeries]);
    print('Successfully submitted a time series' . PHP_EOL);
} finally {
    $client->close();
}

Python

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from google.cloud import monitoring_v3

import time

client = monitoring_v3.MetricServiceClient()
# project = 'my-project'  # TODO: Update to your project ID.
project_name = f"projects/{project_id}"

series = monitoring_v3.TimeSeries()
series.metric.type = "custom.googleapis.com/my_metric"
series.metric.labels["store_id"] = "Pittsburgh"
series.resource.type = "gce_instance"
series.resource.labels["instance_id"] = "1234567890123456789"
series.resource.labels["zone"] = "us-central1-f"
now = time.time()
seconds = int(now)
nanos = int((now - seconds) * 10**9)
interval = monitoring_v3.TimeInterval(
    {"end_time": {"seconds": seconds, "nanos": nanos}}
)
point = monitoring_v3.Point({"interval": interval, "value": {"double_value": 3.14}})
series.points = [point]
client.create_time_series(request={"name": project_name, "time_series": [series]})
print("Successfully wrote time series.")
return True

Ruby

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# Your Google Cloud Platform project ID
# project_id = "YOUR_PROJECT_ID"

# Example metric label
# metric_label = "my-value"

# Instantiates a client
metric_service_client = Google::Cloud::Monitoring.metric_service
project_path = metric_service_client.project_path project: project_id

series = Google::Cloud::Monitoring::V3::TimeSeries.new
series.metric = Google::Api::Metric.new type:   "custom.googleapis.com/my_metric",
                                        labels: { "my_key" => metric_label }

resource = Google::Api::MonitoredResource.new type: "gce_instance"
resource.labels["project_id"] = project_id
resource.labels["instance_id"] = "1234567890123456789"
resource.labels["zone"] = "us-central1-f"
series.resource = resource

point = Google::Cloud::Monitoring::V3::Point.new
point.value = Google::Cloud::Monitoring::V3::TypedValue.new double_value: 3.14
now = Time.now
end_time = Google::Protobuf::Timestamp.new seconds: now.to_i, nanos: now.nsec
point.interval = Google::Cloud::Monitoring::V3::TimeInterval.new end_time: end_time
series.points << point

metric_service_client.create_time_series name: project_path, time_series: [series]

puts "Successfully wrote time series."

Additional resources

C#

• API Reference Documentation
• Source Code
• GitHub Issue Tracker
• Stack Overflow

Go

• API Reference Documentation
• Source Code
• GitHub Issue Tracker
• Stack Overflow

Java

• API Reference Documentation
• Source Code
• GitHub Issue Tracker
• Stack Overflow

Node.js

• API Reference Documentation
• Source Code
• GitHub Issue Tracker
• Stack Overflow

PHP

• API Reference Documentation
• Source Code
• GitHub Issue Tracker
• Stack Overflow

Python

• API Reference Documentation
• Source Code
• GitHub Issue Tracker
• Stack Overflow

Ruby

• API Reference Documentation
• Source Code
• GitHub Issue Tracker
• Stack Overflow