Monitoring Client Libraries

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

Beta

This product or feature is in a pre-release state and might change or have limited support. For more information, see the product launch stages.

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 Stackdriver agents. 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.

Installing 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

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

Java

For more information, see Setting Up a Java Development Environment. If you are using Maven, add the following to your pom.xml file:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
  <artifactId>google-cloud-monitoring</artifactId>
  <version>1.96.0</version>
</dependency>

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

compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-monitoring:1.96.0'

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

libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-monitoring" % "1.96.0"

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

• 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

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

Setting up authentication

To run the client library, you must first set up authentication by creating a service account and setting an environment variable. Complete the following steps to set up authentication. For more information, see the GCP authentication documentation .

GCP Console

1. In the GCP Console, go to the Create service account key page.

   Go to the Create Service Account Key page
2. From the Service account list, select New service account.
3. In the Service account name field, enter a name.

4. From the Role list, select Project > Owner.

   Note: The Role field authorizes your service account to access resources. You can view and change this field later by using the GCP Console. If you are developing a production app, specify more granular permissions than Project > Owner. For more information, see granting roles to service accounts.
5. Click Create. A JSON file that contains your key downloads to your computer.

Command line

You can run the following commands using the Cloud SDK on your local machine, or in Cloud Shell.

1. Create the service account. Replace [NAME] with a name for the service account.

   gcloud iam service-accounts create [NAME]

2. Grant permissions to the service account. Replace [PROJECT_ID] with your project ID.

   gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding [PROJECT_ID] --member "serviceAccount:[NAME]@[PROJECT_ID].iam.gserviceaccount.com" --role "roles/owner"

   Note: The Role field authorizes your service account to access resources. You can view and change this field later by using GCP Console. If you are developing a production app, specify more granular permissions than Project > Owner. For more information, see granting roles to service accounts.

3. Generate the key file. Replace [FILE_NAME] with a name for the key file.

   gcloud iam service-accounts keys create [FILE_NAME].json --iam-account [NAME]@[PROJECT_ID].iam.gserviceaccount.com

Provide authentication credentials to your application code by setting the environment variable GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS. Replace [PATH] with the file path of the JSON file that contains your service account key, and [FILE_NAME] with the filename. This variable only applies to your current shell session, so if you open a new session, set the variable again.

Linux or macOS

export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="[PATH]"

For example:

export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="/home/user/Downloads/[FILE_NAME].json"

Windows

With PowerShell:

$env:GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="[PATH]"

For example:

$env:GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="C:\Users\username\Downloads\[FILE_NAME].json"

With command prompt:

set GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=[PATH]

Using the client library

The following example shows how to use the client library.

C#

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;

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

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

            // Prepare monitored resource.
            MonitoredResource resource = new MonitoredResource();
            resource.Type = "global";
            resource.Labels.Add("project_id", projectId);

            // Create a new time series using inputs.
            TimeSeries timeSeriesData = new TimeSeries();
            timeSeriesData.Metric = metric;
            timeSeriesData.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"
	googlepb "github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/timestamp"
	metricpb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api/metric"
	monitoredrespb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api/monitoredres"
	monitoringpb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/monitoring/v3"
)

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: monitoring.MetricProjectPath(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.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

// Imports the Google Cloud client library

public class QuickstartSample {

  public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
    // Your Google Cloud Platform project ID
    String projectId = System.getProperty("projectId");

    if (projectId == null) {
      System.err.println("Usage: QuickstartSample -DprojectId=YOUR_PROJECT_ID");
      return;
    }

    // Instantiates a client
    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<String, String>();
    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<String, String>();
    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");

    metricServiceClient.close();
  }
}

Node.js

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

async function quickstart() {
  // Your Google Cloud Platform project ID
  const projectId = process.env.GCLOUD_PROJECT || 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID';

  // Creates a client
  const client = new monitoring.MetricServiceClient();

  // 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);
}

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 = client.project_path(project)

series = monitoring_v3.types.TimeSeries()
series.metric.type = 'custom.googleapis.com/my_metric'
series.resource.type = 'gce_instance'
series.resource.labels['instance_id'] = '1234567890123456789'
series.resource.labels['zone'] = 'us-central1-f'
point = series.points.add()
point.value.double_value = 3.14
now = time.time()
point.interval.end_time.seconds = int(now)
point.interval.end_time.nanos = int(
    (now - point.interval.end_time.seconds) * 10**9)
client.create_time_series(project_name, [series])
print('Successfully wrote time series.')

Ruby

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

# Instantiates a client
metric_service_client = Google::Cloud::Monitoring::Metric.new
project_path = Google::Cloud::Monitoring::V3::MetricServiceClient.project_path project_id

series = Google::Monitoring::V3::TimeSeries.new
series.metric = Google::Api::Metric.new type: "custom.googleapis.com/my_metric"

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

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

metric_service_client.create_time_series project_path, [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