Class Metric (1.13.0)

Metric(name, filter_=None, client=None, description="")

Metrics represent named filters for log entries.

See https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest/v2/projects.metrics

Parameters
Name	Description
`name`	`str` the name of the metric
`filter_`	`str` the advanced logs filter expression defining the entries tracked by the metric. If not passed, the instance should already exist, to be refreshed via `reload`.
`client`	`Client` A client which holds credentials and project configuration for the metric (which requires a project).
`description`	`str` an optional description of the metric.

Properties

client

Clent bound to the logger.

full_name

Fully-qualified name used in metric APIs

path

URL path for the metric's APIs

project

Project bound to the logger.

Methods

create

create(client=None)

API call: create the metric via a PUT request

See https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest/v2/projects.metrics/create

Parameter
Name	Description
`client`	`Client or NoneType` the client to use. If not passed, falls back to the `client` stored on the current metric.

delete

delete(client=None)

API call: delete a metric via a DELETE request

See https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest/v2/projects.metrics/delete

Parameter
Name	Description
`client`	`Client or NoneType` the client to use. If not passed, falls back to the `client` stored on the current metric.

exists

exists(client=None)

API call: test for the existence of the metric via a GET request

See https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest/v2/projects.metrics/get

Parameter
Name	Description
`client`	`Client or NoneType` the client to use. If not passed, falls back to the `client` stored on the current metric.

Returns
Type	Description
`bool`	Boolean indicating existence of the metric.

from_api_repr

from_api_repr(resource, client)

Factory: construct a metric given its API representation

Parameters
Name	Description
`resource`	`dict` metric resource representation returned from the API
`client`	`Client` Client which holds credentials and project configuration for the metric.

Returns
Type	Description
`Metric`	Metric parsed from `resource`.

reload

reload(client=None)

API call: sync local metric configuration via a GET request