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PMWEBAPI(3)             Library Functions Manual             PMWEBAPI(3)

NAME         top

       PMWEBAPI - introduction to the Performance Metrics Web
       Application Programming Interface

HTTP SYNOPSIS         top

       GET /metrics
       GET /series/...
       GET /search/...
       GET /pmapi/...

C SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <pcp/pmwebapi.h>

        ... assorted routines ...

       cc ... -lpcp_web -lpcp

DESCRIPTION         top

       The PMWEBAPI is a collection of interfaces providing Performance
       Co-Pilot services for web applications.  It consists of APIs for
       web applications querying and analysing both live and historical
       performance data, as well as APIs used by web servers.

       The usual HTTP URL-encoded optional parameter rules apply and
       PMWEBAPI REST requests always follow the convention:

       /api/endpoint?parameter1=value1&parameter2=value2

       Examples in all following sections use the curl(1) command line
       utility with a local pmproxy(1) server listening on port 44322
       (default port).  The pmjson(1) utility is used to neatly format
       any JSON output, as opposed to the compact (minimal whitespace)
       form provided by default.  The examples in the scalable time
       series section use historical data recorded by the pmlogger(1)
       service, in conjunction with a local redis-server(1).

OPEN METRICS         top

       Exporting of live performance metrics in an Open Metrics
       compatible format (as described at https://openmetrics.io  and
       popularized by the https://prometheus.io  project) is available.

       All requests are performed on the web server host by default,
       unless a hostspec parameter is provided.

   GET /metrics
       ┌────────────┬─────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Parameters │  Type   │                  Explanation                   │
       ├────────────┼─────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ names      │ string  │ Comma-separated list of metric names           │
       │ times      │ boolean │ Append sample times (milliseconds since epoch) │
       ├────────────┼─────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ hostspec   │ string  │ Host specification as described in PCPIntro(1) │
       └────────────┴─────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

       Fetches current values and metadata for all metrics, or only
       metrics indicated by a comma-separated list of names.

       For all numeric metrics with the given NAME prefixes, create an
       Open Metrics (Prometheus) text export format giving their current
       value and related metadata.

       The response has plain text type rather than JSON commonly used
       elsewhere in the REST API.  This format can be ingested by many
       open source monitoring tools, including Prometheus and
       pmdaopenmetrics(1).

       The native PCP metric metadata (metric name, type, indom,
       semantics and units) is first output for each metric with # PCP
       prefix.  The metadata reported is of the form described on
       pmTypeStr(3), pmInDomStr(3), pmSemStr(3) and pmUnitsStr(3)
       respectively.  If the pmUnitsStr(3) units string is empty, then
       none is output.  The units metadata string may contain spaces and
       extends to the end of the line.

       PCP metric names are mapped so that the . separators are
       exchanged with _ (':' in back-compatibility mode, where "# PCP"
       is the identifying line suffix).  Both metric labels and
       instances are represented as Prometheus labels, with external
       instance names being quoted and the flattened PCP metric
       hierarchy being presented with each value.

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/metrics?names=proc.nprocs,kernel.pernode.cpu.intr,filesys.blocksize

         # PCP5 proc.nprocs 3.8.99 u32 PM_INDOM_NULL instant none
         # HELP proc_nprocs instantaneous number of processes
         # TYPE proc_nprocs gauge
         proc_nprocs {hostname="app1"} 7

         # PCP5 kernel.pernode.cpu.intr 60.0.66 u64 60.19 counter millisec
         # HELP kernel_pernode_cpu_intr total interrupt CPU [...]
         # TYPE kernel_pernode_cpu_intr counter
         kernel_pernode_cpu_intr{hostname="app1",instname="node0"} 25603

         # PCP5 filesys.blocksize 60.5.9 u32 60.5 instant byte
         # HELP filesys_blocksize Size of each block on mounted file[...]
         # TYPE filesys_blocksize gauge
         filesys_blocksize{hostname="app1",instname="/dev/sda1"} 4096
         filesys_blocksize{hostname="app1",instname="/dev/sda2"} 4096

SCALABLE TIME SERIES         top

       The fast, scalable time series query capabilities provided by the
       pmseries(1) command are also available through a REST API.  These
       queries provide access to performance data (metric metadata and
       values) from multiple hosts simultaneously, and in a fashion
       suited to efficient retrieval by any number of web applications.

       All requests in this group can be accompanied by an optional
       client parameter.  The value passed in the request will be sent
       back in the response - all responses will be in JSON object form
       in this case, with top level "client" and "result" fields.

       REST API clients can optionally submit an URL-encoded query
       string in the body of the HTTP request unless otherwise noted.
       In this case the POST method must be used instead of the GET
       method.

   GET /series/query - pmSeriesQuery(3)
       ┌────────────┬────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Parameters │  Type  │                Explanation                 │
       ├────────────┼────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ expr       │ string │ Query string in pmseries(1) format         │
       │ client     │ string │ Request identifier sent back with response │
       └────────────┴────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────┘

       Performs a time series query for either matching identifiers, or
       matching identifiers with series of time-stamped values.

       The query is in the format described in pmseries(1) and is passed
       to the server via either the expr parameter (HTTP GET) or via the
       message body (HTTP POST).

       When querying for time series matches only, no time window op‐
       tions are specified and matching series identifiers are returned
       in a JSON array.

         $ curl -s 'http://localhost:44322/series/query?expr=disk.dev.read*' | pmjson
         [
           "9d8c7fb51ce160eb82e3669aac74ba675dfa8900",
           "ddff1bfe286a3b18cebcbadc1678a68a964fbe9d",
           "605fc77742cd0317597291329561ac4e50c0dd12"
         ]

       When querying for time series values as well, a time window must
       be specified as part of the query string.  The simplest form is
       to just request the most recent sample.

         $ curl -s 'http://localhost:44322/series/query?expr=disk.dev.read*[samples:1]' | pmjson
         [
           {
             "series": "9d8c7fb51ce160eb82e3669aac74ba675dfa8900",
             "instance": "c3795d8b757506a2901c6b08b489ba56cae7f0d4",
             "timestamp": 1547483646.2147431,
             "value": "12499"
           }, {
             "series": "ddff1bfe286a3b18cebcbadc1678a68a964fbe9d",
             "instance": "6b08b489ba56cae7f0d4c3795d8b757506a2901c",
             "timestamp": 1547485701.7431218,
             "value": "1118623"
           }, {
             "series": "605fc77742cd0317597291329561ac4e50c0dd12",
             "instance": "c3795d8b757506a2901c6b08b489ba56cae7f0d4",
             "timestamp": 1547483646.2147431,
             "value": "71661"
           }
         ]

   GET /series/values - pmSeriesValues(3)
       ┌────────────┬────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Parameters │  Type  │                Explanation                 │
       ├────────────┼────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ series     │ string │ Comma-separated list of series identifiers │
       │ client     │ string │ Request identifier sent back with response │
       ├────────────┼────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ samples    │ number │ Count of samples to return                 │
       │ interval   │ string │ Time between successive samples            │
       │ start      │ string │ Sample window start time                   │
       │ finish     │ string │ Sample window end time                     │
       │ offset     │ string │ Sample window offset                       │
       │ align      │ string │ Sample time alignment                      │
       │ zone       │ string │ Time window timezone                       │
       └────────────┴────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────┘

       Performs values retrievals for one or more time series identi‐
       fiers.  The JSON response contains the same information as the
       pmseries -q/--query option using any of the time window parame‐
       ters described on pmseries(1).  If no time window parameters are
       specified, the single most recent value observed is retrieved.

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/series/values?series=605fc77742cd0317597291329561ac4e50c0dd12 | pmjson
         [
           {
             "series": "605fc77742cd0317597291329561ac4e50c0dd12",
             "timestamp": 1317633022959.959241041,
             "value": "71660"
           }
         ]

   GET /series/descs - pmSeriesDescs(3)
       ┌────────────┬────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Parameters │  Type  │                Explanation                 │
       ├────────────┼────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ series     │ string │ Comma-separated list of series identifiers │
       │ client     │ string │ Request identifier sent back with response │
       └────────────┴────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────┘

       Performs a descriptor lookup for one or more time series identi‐
       fiers.  The JSON response contains the same information as the
       pmseries -d/--desc option.

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/series/descs?series=605fc77742cd0317597291329561ac4e50c0dd12 | pmjson
         [
           {
             "series": "605fc77742cd0317597291329561ac4e50c0dd12",
             "source": "f5ca7481da8c038325d15612bb1c6473ce1ef16f",
             "pmid": "60.0.4",
             "indom": "60.1",
             "semantics": "counter",
             "type": "u32",
             "units": "count",
           }
         ]

   GET /series/labels - pmSeriesLabels(3), pmSeriesLabelValues(3)
       ┌────────────┬────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Parameters │  Type  │                Explanation                 │
       ├────────────┼────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ series     │ string │ Comma-separated list of series identifiers │
       │ match      │ string │ Glob pattern string to match on all labels │
       │ name       │ string │ Find all known label values for given name │
       │ names      │ string │ Comma-separated list of label names        │
       │ client     │ string │ Request identifier sent back with response │
       └────────────┴────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────┘

       This command operates in one of three modes.  It can perform a
       label set lookup for one or more time series identifiers, when
       given the series parameter).  It can produce a list of all known
       label names, in the absence of name, names or series parameters.
       The JSON responses for these modes contains the same information
       as the pmseries -l/--labels option.

       Alternatively, it can produce a list of all known label values
       for a given label name or names.  The JSON response for this mode
       contains the same information as the pmseries -v/--values option.

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/series/labels?series=605fc77742cd0317597291329561ac4e50c0dd12 | pmjson
         [
           {
             "series": "605fc77742cd0317597291329561ac4e50c0dd12",
             "labels": {
               "agent": "linux",
               "domainname": "acme.com",
               "groupid": 1000,
               "hostname": "www.acme.com",
               "latitude": -25.28496,
               "longitude": 152.87886,
               "machineid": "295b16e3b6074cc8bdbda8bf96f6930a",
               "platform": "dev",
               "userid": 1000
             }
           }
         ]

       Alternatively, with no name, names or series parameters, return
       the list of all known label names.

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/series/labels | pmjson
         [
             "agent",
             "appversion",
             "domainname",
             "groupid",
             "hostname",
             "jobid",
             "latitude",
             "longitude",
             "machineid",
             "platform",
             "userid"
         ]

       Use the name or names parameters to find all possible label val‐
       ues for the given name(s).

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/series/labels?names=hostname,domainname | pmjson
         {
             "hostname": [ "app", "nas" ],
             "domainname": [ "acme.com" ]
         }

   GET /series/metrics - pmSeriesMetrics(3)
       ┌────────────┬────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Parameters │  Type  │                Explanation                 │
       ├────────────┼────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ series     │ string │ Comma-separated list of series identifiers │
       │ match      │ string │ Glob pattern string to match on all names  │
       │ client     │ string │ Request identifier sent back with response │
       └────────────┴────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────┘

       Performs a metric name lookup for one or more time series identi‐
       fiers.  The JSON response contains the same information as the
       pmseries -m/--metrics option.

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/series/metrics?series=605fc77742cd0317597291329561ac4e50c0dd12 | pmjson
         [
           {
             "series": "605fc77742cd0317597291329561ac4e50c0dd12",
             "name": "disk.dev.read_bytes"
           }
         ]

       Alternatively, with no series argument, this request will return
       the list of all known metric names.

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/series/metrics | pmjson
         [
             "disk.dev.read",
             "disk.dev.read_bytes",
             "disk.dev.read_merge",
             "kernel.all.load",
             "kernel.all.pswitch",
             ...
         ]

   GET /series/sources - pmSeriesSources(3)
       ┌────────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Parameters │  Type  │                 Explanation                 │
       ├────────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ series     │ string │ Comma-separated list of source identifiers  │
       │ match      │ string │ Glob pattern string to match on all sources │
       │ client     │ string │ Request identifier sent back with response  │
       └────────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

       Performs a lookup for one or more time series sources, returning
       an array of all PMAPI context names used to access the time se‐
       ries from that source.  The JSON response contains the same in‐
       formation as the pmseries -S/--source option.

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/series/sources?source=2cd6a38f9339f2dd1f0b4775bda89a9e7244def6 | pmjson
         [
           {
             "source": "2cd6a38f9339f2dd1f0b4775bda89a9e7244def6",
             "context": [
               "/var/log/pcp/pmlogger/acme",
               "www.acme.com"
             ]
           }
         ]

   GET /series/instances - pmSeriesInstances(3)
       ┌────────────┬────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Parameters │  Type  │                  Explanation                  │
       ├────────────┼────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ series     │ string │ Comma-separated list of series identifiers    │
       │ match      │ string │ Glob pattern string to match on all instances │
       │ client     │ string │ Request identifier sent back with response    │
       └────────────┴────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────┘

       Provide instance identifiers and names for one or more time se‐
       ries identifiers.  The JSON response contains the same informa‐
       tion as the pmseries -i/--instance option.

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/series/instances?series=605fc77742cd0317597291329561ac4e50c0dd12 | pmjson
         [
           {
             "series": "605fc77742cd0317597291329561ac4e50c0dd12",
             "source": "97261ac7742cd4e50c0d03175913295d12605fc7",
             "instance": "c3795d8b757506a2901c6b08b489ba56cae7f0d4"
             "id": 1,
             "name": "sda",
           }, {
             "series": "605fc77742cd0317597291329561ac4e50c0dd12",
             "source": "97261ac7742cd4e50c0d03175913295d12605fc7",
             "instance": "57506a2901c6b08b489ba56cae7f0d4c3795d8b7"
             "id": 2,
             "name": "sdb",
           }
         ]

       Alternatively, with no series argument, this request will return
       the list of all known instance names.

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/series/instances | pmjson
         [
             "1 minute",
             "5 minute",
             "15 minute",
             "cpu0",
             "cpu1",
             "cpu2",
             "cpu3",
             "node0",
             "node1",
             "sda",
             "sdb",
             ...
         ]

   GET /series/load - pmSeriesLoad(3)
       ┌────────────┬────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Parameters │  Type  │                Explanation                 │
       ├────────────┼────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ expr       │ string │ Source load string in pmseries(1) format   │
       │ client     │ string │ Request identifier sent back with response │
       └────────────┴────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────┘

       Load time series performance data from the specified source into
       the redis-server cache.  This request is equivalent to the pm‐
       series -l/--load option.

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/series/load?expr={source.name:"/var/log/pcp/pmlogger/acme"}
         {
           "success": true
         }

FULL TEXT SEARCH         top

       The full text search capabilities provided by the pmsearch(1)
       command are also available through a REST API.  These queries
       provide access to an index over performance metric names, in‐
       stances, instance domains and help text, suitable for a metric
       search engine, and in a fashion suited to efficient querying by
       any number of web applications.

       In order to use this functionality, the optional RediSearch mod‐
       ule must be loaded in the redis-server at the time pmproxy is
       started, such that metrics, instances and help text it discovers
       can be automatically indexed.

   GET /search/text - pmSearchTextQuery(3)
       ┌────────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Parameters │  Type  │                 Explanation                 │
       ├────────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ query      │ string │ Query string in pmsearch(1) format          │
       │ highlight  │ fields │ Include matching markup in response fields  │
       │ offset     │ number │ Result offset cursor for pagination         │
       │ limit      │ number │ Maximum results to include in response      │
       │ field      │ fields │ Queried fields (defaults to all)            │
       │ return     │ fields │ Fields to actually return (defaults to all) │
       │ type       │ types  │ Entity types to filter (defaults to all)    │
       └────────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

       Performs a text search query across metrics and instance domains
       - all forms of names and help texts.

       The mandatory search string is further described in pmsearch(1)
       and is passed to the server via the query parameter (HTTP GET).

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/search/text?query=halt | pmjson
         {
           "total": 2,
           "offset": 0,
           "limit": 10,
           "elapsed": 0.000504,
           "results": [
             {
               "name": "kvm.halt_exits",
               "type": "metric",
               "indom": "95.0.4",
               "oneline": "Number of guest exits due to halt calls.",
               "helptext": "This type of exit is usually seen when a guest is idle."
             },
             {
               "name": "kvm.halt_wakeup",
               "type": "metric",
               "indom": "95.0.6",
               "oneline": "Number of wakeups from a halt.",
             }
           ]
         }

       The available search entity types are metric, indom and instance.
       Query parameters highlight and field take name, oneline and help‐
       text.

       Query parameter return takes name, type, oneline, helptext, in‐
       dom.  There is typically both a name and help text associated
       with metrics. Contents of these are then matched against query.
       An instance domain has help text and a numeric identifier, while
       instances have a name only (which can be searched).

   GET /search/suggest - pmSearchTextSuggest(3)
       ┌────────────┬────────┬────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Parameters │  Type  │            Explanation             │
       ├────────────┼────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ query      │ string │ Search query for search engine     │
       │ limit      │ number │ Max results to include in response │
       └────────────┴────────┴────────────────────────────────────┘

       Provides search query suggestions, that is, metric and instance
       names.

       The mandatory search string is further described in pmsearch(1)
       and is passed to the server via the query parameter (HTTP GET).

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/search/suggest?query=disk&limit=4 | pmjson
         [
             "disk.all.avactive",
             "disk.all.aveq",
             "disk.all.blkread",
             "disk.all.blktotal"
         ]

   GET /search/indom - pmSearchTextInDom(3)
       ┌────────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Parameters │  Type  │             Explanation             │
       ├────────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ query      │ string │ Target indom for search engine      │
       │ offset     │ number │ Result offset cursor for pagination │
       │ limit      │ number │ M results to include in response    │
       └────────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────────────┘

       Provides all entities (instances, metrics) related to indom, in‐
       cluding itself, that is passed to the server via the query para‐
       meter.

   GET /search/info - pmSearchInfo(3)
       Provides metrics relating to operation of the search engine, in
       particular showing document and text record counts.

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/search/info | pmjson
         {
             "docs": 1589,
             "terms": 3855,
             "records": 116831,
             "records_per_doc_avg": 73.52,
             "bytes_per_record_avg": 6.36,
             "inverted_sz_mb": 0.71,
             "inverted_cap_mb": 0.00,
             "inverted_cap_ovh": 0.00,
             "skip_index_size_mb": 0.00,
             "score_index_size_mb": 0.00,
             "offsets_per_term_avg": 9.41,
             "offset_bits_per_record_avg": 8.00
         }

PMAPI HOST SERVICES         top

       The live performance collection facilities available from pmcd(1)
       can also be accessed through a REST API.

       All requests are performed on the web server host by default, un‐
       less either a hostspec or context parameter is provided.  host‐
       name can be used in place of hostspec.

       Context identifiers are used as a persistent way to refer to
       PMAPI contexts across related web requests.  These contexts ex‐
       pire after a configurable period of disuse, and are either ex‐
       plicitly allocated using the /pmapi/context interface, or implic‐
       itly allocated using other interfaces.

       The timeout interval is configurable at context creation time,
       and as such the polltimeout parameter can be used anywhere the
       hostspec is specified.  It sets the context timeout in terms of
       length of inactive time.  The unit for the timeout value is sec‐
       onds and the default is 5.

       To specify a specific existing context in any PMAPI web request,
       the endpoints can be accessed with either the context parameter
       or embedded in the endpoint URL itself, such as /pmapi/[num‐
       ber]/fetch.

   GET /pmapi/context - pmNewContext(3)
       ┌─────────────┬────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Parameters  │  Type  │                  Explanation                   │
       ├─────────────┼────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ hostspec    │ string │ Host specification as described in PCPIntro(1) │
       │ polltimeout │ number │ Seconds of inactivity before closing context   │
       │ client      │ string │ Request identifier sent back with response     │
       └─────────────┴────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

       To create a context for live sampling, a web client can access
       any /pmapi URL (optionally using the hostspec or context parame‐
       ter).  If no context exists, a new one will be created for that
       web client, and its identifier returned for future accesses.

       However, /pmapi/context is provided as a dedicated URL for appli‐
       cations wishing to explicitly create the contexts they use.

       If successful, the server responds with a HTTP 200 (OK) code and
       JSON message body of the form:

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/pmapi/context?hostspec=www.acme.com&polltimeout=0.5 | pmjson
         {
           "context": 348734,
           "source": "05af7f3eb840277fd3cfa91f90ef0067199743c",
           "hostspec": "www.acme.com",
           "labels": {
             "domainname": "acme.com",
             "groupid": 1000,
             "hostname": "www.acme.com",
             "machineid": "295b7623b6074cc8bdbda8bf96f6930a"
             "platform": "dev",
             "userid": 1000
           }
         }

       The context (a 32-bit unsigned decimal number) can then be used
       with all later requests.

       In the case of a hostspec containing authentication information,
       such as a username, the server will follow the HTTP Basic Authen‐
       tication protocol to ascertain necessary authentication details
       from the user, providing the client web application an opportuni‐
       ty to request these from the user.

   GET /pmapi/metric - pmLookupDesc(3), pmLookupLabels(3),
       pmLookupName(3), pmLookupText(3)
       ┌─────────────┬────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Parameters  │  Type  │                  Explanation                   │
       ├─────────────┼────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ name        │ string │ An individual metric name                      │
       │ names       │ string │ Comma-separated list of metric names           │
       │ pmid        │ pmID   │ Numeric or pmIDStr(3) metric identifier        │
       │ pmids       │ string │ Comma-separated numeric or pmIDStr(3) pmIDs    │
       │ prefix      │ string │ Metric namespace component as in PMNS(5)       │
       ├─────────────┼────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ hostspec    │ string │ Host specification as described in PCPIntro(1) │
       │ context     │ number │ Web context number (optional like hostspec)    │
       │ polltimeout │ number │ Seconds of inactivity before context closed    │
       │ client      │ string │ Request identifier sent back with response     │
       └─────────────┴────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

       The metric endpoint provides detailed PMAPI metric metadata for
       one or more metrics.  If no parameters are supplied, the response
       will be for all metrics found when traversing the entire Perfor‐
       mance Metrics Name Space (PMNS).

       The prefix parameter can be used to specify a subtree of the PMNS
       for traversal.  Alternatively, a specific metric or comma-sepa‐
       rated list of metrics can be specified using either name or names

       The server response is a JSON document that provides metric meta‐
       data as an array.

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/pmapi/metric?names=kernel.all.load,disk.all.read | pmjson
         {
           "context": 348734,
           "metrics": [
             {
               "name": "kernel.all.load",
               "pmid": "60.2.0",
               "indom": "60.2",
               "type": "FLOAT",
               "sem": "instant",
               "units": "none",
               "series": "d2b28c7f6dc0d69ffd21dba7ba955e78c37719b",
               "source": "05af7f3eb840277fd3cfa91f90ef0067199743c",
               "labels": {
                 "agent": "linux",
                 "domainname": "acme.com",
                 "groupid": 1000,
                 "hostname": "www.acme.com",
                 "platform": "dev",
                 "userid": 1000
               },
               "text-oneline": "1, 5 and 15 minute load average"
             },
             {
               "name": "disk.all.read",
               "pmid": "60.0.24",
               "type": "U64",
               "sem": "counter",
               "units": "count",
               "series": "d2b28c7f6dc0d69ffd21dba7ba955e78c37719b",
               "source": "05af7f3eb840277fd3cfa91f90ef0067199743c",
               "labels": {
                 "agent": "linux",
                 "domainname": "acme.com",
                 "groupid": 1000,
                 "hostname": "www.acme.com",
                 "platform": "dev",
                 "userid": 1000
               },
               "text-oneline": "total read operations, summed for all disks",
               "text-help": "Cumulative number of disk read operations [...]"
             }
           ]
         }
       Most of the fields are directly transcribed from the PMAPI calls
       for metric descriptors, labels and help text mentioned above and
       are exactly as would be observed using the pminfo(1) command with
       the -dlmstT options.

       The semantics, type and units fields are as returned by
       pmTypeStr(3), pmUnitsStr(3) and pmSemStr(3).

   GET /pmapi/fetch - pmFetch(3)
       ┌─────────────┬────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Parameters  │  Type  │                  Explanation                   │
       ├─────────────┼────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ delta       │ string │ Sampling interval in pmParseInterval(3) form   │
       │ name        │ string │ An individual metric name                      │
       │ names       │ string │ Comma-separated list of metric names           │
       │ pmid        │ pmID   │ Numeric or pmIDStr(3) metric identifier        │
       │ pmids       │ string │ Comma-separated numeric or pmIDStr(3) pmIDs    │
       ├─────────────┼────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ hostspec    │ string │ Host specification as described in PCPIntro(1) │
       │ context     │ number │ Web context number (optional like hostspec)    │
       │ polltimeout │ number │ Seconds of inactivity before context closed    │
       │ client      │ string │ Request identifier sent back with response     │
       └─────────────┴────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

       This request fetches (samples) current values for given metrics.

       If any of the names or pmids provided are valid, the response is
       a JSON document that provides the values for all instances of the
       metrics, unless a instance profile has been set for the web con‐
       text (see section on InDom profiles below).

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/pmapi/fetch?names=kernel.all.load,disk.all.read | pmjson
         {
           "context": 348734,
           "timestamp": 1547483646.2147431,
           "values": [
             {
               "pmid": "60.2.0",
               "name": "kernel.all.load",
               "instances:" [
                 { "instance": 1, "value": 0.1 },
                 { "instance": 5, "value": 0.17 },
                 { "instance": 15, "value": 0.22 }
               ]
             },
             {
               "pmid":"60.0.24",
               "name":"disk.all.read",
               "instances:" [
                 { "instance": null, "value": 639231 }
               ]
             }
           ]
         }
       The response fields map directly to fields from the underlying
       pmFetch(3) sampling interface.

       Numeric metric types are represented as JSON integer or floating-
       point values.  Strings are passed verbatim, except that non-ASCII
       values are replaced with a Unicode 0xFFFD replacement character
       code.

       In backward compatibility mode the timestamp is presented as a
       JSON map with second (sec) and microsecond (us) fields, instead
       of using the more compact floating point representation shown
       above.

   GET /pmapi/children - pmGetChildren(3), pmGetChildrenStatus(3)
       ┌─────────────┬────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Parameters  │  Type  │                  Explanation                   │
       ├─────────────┼────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ prefix      │ string │ Metric namespace component as in PMNS(5)       │
       ├─────────────┼────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ hostspec    │ string │ Host specification as described in PCPIntro(1) │
       │ context     │ number │ Web context number (optional like hostspec)    │
       │ polltimeout │ number │ Seconds of inactivity before context closed    │
       │ client      │ string │ Request identifier sent back with response     │
       └─────────────┴────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

       The children endpoint provides iterative namespace traversal for
       a context.  If no parameters are supplied, the response will de‐
       scribe the direct descendants of the Performance Metrics Name
       Space (PMNS) root.

       The prefix parameter can be used to specify a subtree of the PMNS
       for traversal.

       The server response is a JSON document that provides the set of
       leaf and non-leaf nodes below the given namespace node or root.

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/pmapi/children?prefix=mem | pmjson
         {
           "context": 348734,
           "name": "mem",
           "leaf": [
             "physmem",
             "freemem"
           ],
           "nonleaf": [
             "util",
             "numa",
             "vmstat",
             "buddyinfo",
             "slabinfo",
             "zoneinfo",
             "ksm"
           ]
         }

   GET /pmapi/indom - pmGetInDom(3), pmNameInDom(3), pmLookupInDom(3)
       ┌─────────────┬─────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Parameters  │  Type   │                  Explanation                   │
       ├─────────────┼─────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ iname       │ string  │ Comma-separated list of instance names         │
       │ indom       │ pmInDom │ Numeric or pmInDomStr(3) instance domain       │
       │ instance    │ number  │ Comma-separated list of instance numbers       │
       │ match       │ string  │ Pattern matching style (exact, glob or regex)  │
       │ name        │ string  │ An individual metric name                      │
       ├─────────────┼─────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ hostspec    │ string  │ Host specification as described in PCPIntro(1) │
       │ context     │ number  │ Web context number (optional like hostspec)    │
       │ polltimeout │ number  │ Seconds of inactivity before context closed    │
       │ client      │ string  │ Request identifier sent back with response     │
       └─────────────┴─────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

       This request lists the current instances of an instance domain.
       The instance domain is either specified directly (in numeric or
       string form) or indirectly, by association with the specified
       metric.

       The request can be further qualified with a comma-separated list
       of the instances to report on, either by name or number, using
       the instance and iname parameters.

       In the case of instance name qualifiers, these will be matched by
       exact string comparison by default.  Alternatively, the match pa‐
       rameter can be used to specify that regular expression or glob
       pattern matching should be used instead.

       The response is a JSON document that provides the instance domain
       metadata as an array.

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/pmapi/indom?name=kernel.all.load | pmjson
         {
           "context": 348734,
           "indom": "60.2",
           "labels": {
             "domainname": "acme.com",
             "groupid": 1000,
             "hostname": "www.acme.com",
             "machineid": "295b7623b6074cc8bdbda8bf96f6930a"
             "platform": "dev",
             "userid": 1000
           },
           "instances": [
             {
               "instance": 1,
               "name": "1 minute"
               "labels": { ... },
             },
             {
               "instance": 5,
               "name": "5 minute"
               "labels": { ... },
             },
             {
               "instance": 15,
               "name": "15 minute"
               "labels": { ...  },
             }
           ]
         }

   GET /pmapi/profile - pmAddProfile(3), pmDelProfile(3)
  ┌─────────────┬─────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
  │ Parameters  │  Type   │                  Explanation                   │
  ├─────────────┼─────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │ iname       │ string  │ Comma-separated list of instance names         │
  │ indom       │ pmInDom │ Numeric or pmInDomStr(3) instance domain       │
  │ instance    │ number  │ Comma-separated list of instance numbers       │
  │ expr        │ string  │ One of "add" or "del" (mandatory).             │
  │ match       │ string  │ Pattern matching style (exact, glob or regex)  │
  ├─────────────┼─────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │ hostspec    │ string  │ Host specification as described in PCPIntro(1) │
  │ context     │ number  │ Web context number (optional like hostspec)    │
  │ polltimeout │ number  │ Seconds of inactivity before context closed    │
  │ client      │ string  │ Request identifier sent back with response     │
  └─────────────┴─────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

       Some PMAPI operations can be performed with an active instance
       domain profile which restricts (filters) the set of resulting in‐
       stances returned, as described on pmAddProfile(3).

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/pmapi/profile?expr=add,indom=60.2,iname=1%20minute
         { "context": 348734, "success": true }

   GET /pmapi/store - pmStore(3)
       ┌─────────────┬────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Parameters  │  Type  │                  Explanation                   │
       ├─────────────┼────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ iname       │ string │ Comma-separated list of instance names         │
       │ instance    │ number │ Comma-separated list of instance numbers       │
       │ name        │ string │ An individual metric name                      │
       │ value       │ (any)  │ New value for the given metric instance(s)     │
       ├─────────────┼────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ hostspec    │ string │ Host specification as described in PCPIntro(1) │
       │ context     │ number │ Web context number (optional like hostspec)    │
       │ polltimeout │ number │ Seconds of inactivity before context closed    │
       │ client      │ string │ Request identifier sent back with response     │
       └─────────────┴────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

       Some performance metrics allow their value to be modified, for
       example to re-initialize counters or to modify control variables.

       This operation takes a single metric name to modify, and option‐
       ally specific instances.  The mandatory value will be interpreted
       according to the type of the metric being modified.

       If successful, the response from these requests is a JSON docu‐
       ment of the form:

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/pmapi/store?name=pmcd.control.timeout&value=10
         {
           "context": 348734,
           "success": true
         }

   GET /pmapi/derive: pmAddDerived(3)
       ┌─────────────┬────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Parameters  │  Type  │                  Explanation                   │
       ├─────────────┼────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ expr        │ string │ Derived metric expression                      │
       │ name        │ string │ New derived metric name                        │
       ├─────────────┼────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ hostspec    │ string │ Host specification as described in PCPIntro(1) │
       │ context     │ number │ Web context number (optional like hostspec)    │
       │ polltimeout │ number │ Seconds of inactivity before context closed    │
       │ client      │ string │ Request identifier sent back with response     │
       └─────────────┴────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

       Create a new derived metric, as defined by the pmAddDerived(3)
       metric interface.  Derived metrics are associated with the named
       context, or a new context is created and returned in the result.

       This interface is one of the few that allows a POST to be used in
       place of a GET.  In this case the HTTP POST request body may be
       used to provide one or more derived metrics specifications (all
       at once, across multiple lines, as a convenience).

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/pmapi/derive?name=blkio.avgsz&expr=disk.all.blktotal/disk.all.total | pmjson
         {
           "context": 348734,
           "success": true
         }

         $ curl -s http://localhost:44322/pmapi/fetch?name=blkio.avgsz&samples=2 | pmjson
         {
           "context": 348734,
           "timestamp": 1547483648.2147428,
           "values": [
             {
               "pmid": "511.0.27",
               "name": "blkio.avgsz",
               "instances:" [
                 {
                   "instance": null,
                   "value": 9231
                 }
               ]
             }
           ]
         }

   GET /pmapi/metrics: pmLookupDesc(3),pmLookupLabels(3), pmFetch(3)
       ┌─────────────┬─────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Parameters  │  Type   │                  Explanation                   │
       ├─────────────┼─────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ names       │ string  │ Comma-separated list of metric names           │
       │ times       │ boolean │ Append sample times (milliseconds since epoch) │
       ├─────────────┼─────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ context     │ number  │ Web context number (optional like hostspec)    │
       │ hostspec    │ string  │ Host specification as described in PCPIntro(1) │
       │ polltimeout │ number  │ Seconds of inactivity before context closed    │
       │ client      │ string  │ Request identifier sent back with response     │
       └─────────────┴─────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

       This request is a subset of the style described in the ``OPEN
       METRICS'' section, allowing a web context identifier to be passed
       as a parameter.  It is otherwise very similar in terms of parame‐
       ters and response handling, please refer to the earlier section
       for details.

NOTES         top

       For the REST APIs, errors generally result in HTTP-level error
       responses.  Wherever possible, any PMAPI error string will also
       be provided in a message along with the response.

       All responses will be returned using HTTP 1.1 protocol and with
       chunked encoding being used to stream responses that are larger
       than a configured maximum size.  Compression will be used on re‐
       sponses whenever the client indicates appropriate support.

       An Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * header is added to all REST API
       responses.

SEE ALSO         top

       PCPIntro(1), curl(1), pmcd(1), pmdaopenmetrics(1), pminfo(1),
       pmjson(1), pmlogger(1), pmproxy(1), pmseries(1), redis-server(1),
       PCPIntro(3) and PMAPI(3)

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