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Graphite-API

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Graphite-web, without the interface. Just the rendering HTTP API.

This is a minimalistic API server that replicates the behavior of Graphite-web. I removed everything I could and simplified as much code as possible while keeping the basic functionality.

Implemented API calls:

  • /metrics/find
  • /metrics/expand
  • /render

No-ops:

  • /dashboard/find
  • /dashboard/load/<name>
  • /events/get_data

Additional API calls:

  • /index (POST or PUT only): rebuilds the search index by recursively querying the storage backends for available paths. Replaces graphite-web's build-index command-line script.

Difference from graphite-web

  • Stateless. No need for a database.
  • No Pickle rendering.
  • No remote rendering.
  • JSON data in request bodies is supported, additionally to form data and querystring parameters.
  • Ceres integration will be as an external backend.
  • Compatibility with python 2 and 3.
  • Easy to install and configure.

Goals

  • Solid codebase. Strict flake8 compatibility, good test coverage.
  • Ease of installation/use/configuration.
  • Compatibility with the original Graphite-web API and 3rd-party dashboards.

Non-goals

  • Support for very old Python versions (Python 2.6 is still supported but maybe not for long).
  • Built-in support for every metric storage system in the world. Whisper is included by default, other storages are added via 3rd-party backends.

Documentation

On readthedocs.org or in the docs/ directory.

Hacking

Tox is used to run the tests for all supported environments. To get started from a fresh clone of the repository:

pip install tox
tox