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.

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

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>25.3.0</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:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
  <artifactId>google-cloud-monitoring</artifactId>
  <version>3.3.0</version>
</dependency>

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

implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:25.4.0')

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

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

libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-monitoring" % "3.3.0"

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

Setting up authentication

To run the client library, you must first set up authentication. One way to do that is to create a service account and set an environment variable, as shown in the following steps. For other ways to authenticate, see Authenticating as a service account.

Console

Create a service account:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Create service account page.

   Go to Create service account
2. Select your project.

3. In the Service account name field, enter a name. The Google Cloud console fills in the Service account ID field based on this name.

   In the Service account description field, enter a description. For example, Service account for quickstart.

4. Click Create and continue.

5. To provide access to your project, grant the following role(s) to your service account: Project > Owner.

   In the Select a role list, select a role.

   For additional roles, click Add another role and add each additional role.

   Note: The Role field affects which resources your service account can access in your project. You can revoke these roles or grant additional roles later. In production environments, do not grant the Owner, Editor, or Viewer roles. Instead, grant a predefined role or custom role that meets your needs.
6. Click Continue.

7. Click Done to finish creating the service account.

   Do not close your browser window. You will use it in the next step.

Create a service account key:

1. In the Google Cloud console, click the email address for the service account that you created.
2. Click Keys.
3. Click Add key, and then click Create new key.
4. Click Create. A JSON key file is downloaded to your computer.
5. Click Close.

gcloud

Set up authentication:

1. Create the service account:

   gcloud iam service-accounts create NAME

   Replace NAME with a name for the service account.

2. Grant roles to the service account. Run the following command once for each of the following IAM roles: roles/owner:

   gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding PROJECT_ID --member="serviceAccount:SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME@PROJECT_ID.iam.gserviceaccount.com" --role=ROLE

   Replace the following:

   • SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME: the name of the service account
   • PROJECT_ID: the project ID where you created the service account
   • ROLE: the role to grant
   Note: The --role flag affects which resources your service account can access in your project. You can revoke these roles or grant additional roles later. In production environments, do not grant the Owner, Editor, or Viewer roles. Instead, grant a predefined role or custom role that meets your needs.

3. Generate the key file:

   gcloud iam service-accounts keys create FILE_NAME.json --iam-account=SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME@PROJECT_ID.iam.gserviceaccount.com

   Replace the following:

   • FILE_NAME: a name for the key file
   • SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME: the name of the service account
   • PROJECT_ID: the project ID where you created the service account

Provide authentication credentials to your application code by setting the environment variable GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS. This variable applies only to your current shell session. If you want the variable to apply to future shell sessions, set the variable in your shell startup file, for example in the ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile file.

Linux or macOS

export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="KEY_PATH"

Replace KEY_PATH with the path of the JSON file that contains your service account key.

For example:

export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="/home/user/Downloads/service-account-file.json"

Windows

For PowerShell:

$env:GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="KEY_PATH"

Replace KEY_PATH with the path of the JSON file that contains your service account key.

For example:

$env:GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="C:\Users\username\Downloads\service-account-file.json"

For command prompt:

set GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=KEY_PATH

Replace KEY_PATH with the path of the JSON file that contains your service account key.

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;
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"
	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: 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<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");
    }
  }
}

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}"

series = monitoring_v3.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"
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.")

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