Statful Client for NodeJS

Statful client for NodeJS written in Javascript. This client is intended to gather metrics and send them to Statful.

Table of Contents

• Supported Versions of NodeJS
• Installation
• Quick Start
• Reference
  • Global Configuration
  • Methods
  • Plugins
• Examples
  • UDP Configuration
  • HTTP Configuration
  • Logger Configuration
  • Configuration of Defaults per Method
  • Preset Configuration
  • Send Metrics Configuration
• Authors
• License

Supported Versions of NodeJS

Statful Client version	Tested NodeJS versions
4.x.x	4.4.0, 5.12.0, 6.9.2, 7.10.1, 8.2.0
5.x.x	6.9.2, 7.10.1, 8.2.0, 10.9.0
6.x.x	8.2.0, 8.12.0, 10.12.0, 11.0.0

Installation

First, install Statful’s NodeJS Client into your System, in the same path as your JS file, by executing the below command:

$ npm install statful-client --save

Quick Start

After installing Statful’s NodeJS Client, you are ready to push your metric into Statful by adding the below code into your JS file:

var Statful = require('statful-client');

// Creates an object with the desired configuration and pass it to the client
var config = {
    app: 'AccountService',
    transport: 'api',
    api: {
        token: 'STATFUL_API_TOKEN'        
    },
    tags: { cluster: 'production' }
};
var statful = new Statful(config);

// Send a `counter` metric
statful.counter('transactions', 1);

IMPORTANT:
host / port: Default values are set for host and port, based on whether the 'transport' attribute is set to udp or api. (Refer the below table for the default values). However, it is possible to override the default values, by manually specifying the desired values within the Object (udp or api as applicable)
token: Your token value is available in the 'Api Tokens' page of your Statful account.

[More configurations are available in the Examples section].

Reference

The following section presents a detailed reference of the available options to take full advantage of Statful.

Global Configuration

Below you can find the information on the custom options to set up the configurations parameters.

Option	Description	Type	Default	Required
app	Defines the application's global name. When specified, it sets a global tag like app=setValue.	string	none	NO
default	Object for setting methods' options.	object	{}	NO
api	Object for setting API configurations: authentication and timeout.	object	none	NO
dryRun	Defines if metrics should be output to the logger instead of being sent to Statful (useful for testing/debugging purposes).	boolean	false	NO
flushInterval	Defines the periodicity of buffer flushes in milliseconds.	number	3000	NO
flushSize	Defines the maximum buffer size before performing a flush, in milliseconds.	number	1000	NO
namespace	Defines the global namespace. A prefix could be set if the user sends metrics through Statful.	string	application	NO
sampleRate	Defines the rate sampling. It should be a number between [1, 100].	number	100	NO
tags	Object for setting the global tags.	object	{}	NO
transport	Defines the transport layer to be used to send metrics. Valid Transports: udp, api	string	none	YES
host	Defines the hostname to where the metrics are sent. It can be set for api or udp based on the 'transport' value.	string	udp: 127.0.0.1 api: 'api.statful.com'	NO
path	Defines the API path to where the metrics are sent. It can only be set inside api.	string	/tel/v2.0/metric	NO
port	Defines the port where the metrics are sent. It can be set for api or udp based on the 'transport' value.	string	udp: 2013 api: 443	NO
token	Defines the token used to match incoming data to Statful. It can only be set inside api.	string	none	YES
timeout	Defines the timeout for the transport layers in milliseconds. It can only be set inside api.	number	2000	NO

Methods

// Non-Aggregated Metrics
- statful.counter('myCounter', 1, {agg: ['sum']});
- statful.gauge('myGauge', 10, { tags: { host: 'localhost' } });
- statful.timer('myCounter', 200, {namespace: 'sandbox'});
- statful.put('myCustomMetric', 200, {timestamp: '1471519331'});

// Aggregated Metrics
- statful.aggregatedCounter('myCounter', 1, 'avg', 60, { tags: { host: 'localhost' } });
- statful.aggregatedGauge('myGauge', 10, 'avg', 60, { tags: { host: 'localhost' } });
- statful.aggregatedTimer('myCounter', 200, 'avg', 60, {namespace: 'sandbox'});
- statful.aggregatedPut('myCustomMetric', 200, 'avg', 60, {timestamp: '1471519331'});

The methods for non-aggregated metrics receive a metric name and value as arguments and send a counter, a gauge, a timer or a custom metric.

The methods for aggregated metrics receive a metric name and value, an aggregation and an aggregation frequency (the one used beforehand to aggregate the metric) as arguments, and send a counter, a gauge, a timer or a custom metric. Whenever the options parameter is left out, the default values are used instead.

The latter methods are a valuable asset to address the need of ingestion of already aggregated metrics into Statful (for example, aggregated metrics from AWS CloudWatch). For more information about the default values, read the methods options' reference presented next.

IMPORTANT: You can only send aggregated metrics with an api transport type. Otherwise, the metrics are discarded, and they will not be sent.

Description	Default for Counter	Default for Gauge	Default for Timer	Default for Put	Available for Aggregated Methods
agg (array) - Defines the aggregations to execute. These aggregations are merged with the ones configured globally, including method defaults. Valid Aggregations: avg, count, sum, first, last, p90, p95, p99, min, max	['sum', 'count']	['last']	['avg', 'p90', 'count']	[]	NO
aggFreq (number) - Defines the aggregation frequency, in seconds. It overrides the global aggregation frequency configuration. Valid Aggregation Frequencies: 10, 30, 60, 120, 180, 300	10	10	10	10	NO
namespace (string) - Defines the namespace of the metric. It overrides the global namespace configuration.	application	application	application	application	YES
tags (object) - Defines the tags of the metric. These tags are merged with the ones configured globally, including method defaults.	{}	{}	{ unit: 'ms' }	{}	YES
timestamp (string) - Defines the timestamp of the metric. This timestamp is a UNIX Epoch time, represented in seconds.	current timestamp	current timestamp	current timestamp	current timestamp	YES

Plugins

System Stats Plugin

This plugin allows the client to send system-related metrics and to enrich the user's metrics with system tags.

It is possible to use this plugin with the client as follows:

    var SystemStatsPlugin = require('statful-client').systemStatsPlugin;
    var statful = new Statful(config, log);
    statful.use(new SystemStatsPlugin());

System Stats Plugin Configuration

The custom options available to set on config param are detailed below.

Option	Display name	Description	Type	Default	Required
bufferFlushLength	.buffler.flush_length	Length of the queue on flush events	number	none	NO
timerEventLoop	.timer.event_loop	Time spent to execute the callback in milliseconds	number	none	NO
processUptime	.process.uptime	Uptime of the process in milliseconds	number	none	NO
processMemoryUsage	process.memory.usage	Process memory usage in bytes	number	none	NO
processMemoryUsagePerc	process.memory.usage.perc	Process memory usage in percentage (compared to total OS memory)	number	none	NO
osUptime	.os.uptime	OS uptime in milliseconds	number	none	NO
osTotalMemory	.os.memory.total	OS total memory in bytes	number	none	NO
osFreeMemory	os.memory.free	OS free memory in bytes	number	none	NO
tagHostname	hostname	Hostname	string	none	NO
tagPlatform	platform	Platform	string	none	NO
tagArchitecture	architecture	Architecture	string	none	NO
tagNodeVersion	node_version	NodeJS Version	string	none	NO

Examples

Here you can find some useful usage examples of the Statful’s NodeJS Client. In the following examples, we assume that you have already installed and included the Statful Client in your project with success.

UDP Configuration

Create a simple UDP configuration for the client.

var Statful = require('statful-client');

var config = {
    app: 'AccountService',
    transport: 'udp',
    host: 'statful-relay.yourcompany.com',
    tags: { cluster: 'production' }
};

var statful = new Statful(config);

HTTP Configuration

Create a simple HTTP API configuration for the client.

var Statful = require('statful-client');

var config = {
    app: 'AccountService',
    transport: 'api',
    api: {
        token: 'STATFUL_API_TOKEN'
    },
    tags: { cluster: 'production' }
};

var statful = new Statful(config);

Logger configuration

Create a simple client configuration to add your favorite logger to the client such as Bunyan, Winston or others. The only requirement is to make sure that the chosen logger object supports: log, info, warn, debug and error methods.

var Statful = require('statful-client');
var logger = require('your-favourite-logging-lib');

var config = {
    app: 'AccountService',
    transport: 'api',
    api: {
        token: 'STATFUL_API_TOKEN'
    },
    tags: { cluster: 'production' }
};

var statful = new Statful(config, logger);

Configuration of Defaults per Method

Create a configuration for the client where you define custom default options per method.

var Statful = require('statful-client');

var config = {
    default: {
        counter: { agg: ['avg'], aggFreq: 180 },
        gauge: { agg: ['first'], aggFreq: 180 },
        timer: { tags: { cluster: 'qa' }, agg: ['count'], aggFreq: 180 }
    },
    tags: { cluster: 'production' },
    api: {
        token: 'STATFUL_API_TOKEN'
    },
    transport: 'api'
}

var statful = new Statful(config);

Preset Configuration

Create a configuration where you define a value for currently available options.

var Statful = require('statful-client');

var config = {
    default: {
        timer: { tags: { cluster: 'qa' }, agg: ['count'], aggFreq: 180 }
    },
    dryRun: true,
    flushInterval: 5000,
    flushSize: 50,
    transport: 'api',
    api: {
        timeout: 300,
        token: 'STATFUL_API_TOKEN'
    },
    namespace: 'application',
    tags: { cluster: 'production' }
}

var statful = new Statful(config);

Send Metrics Configuration

Create a simple client configuration to send a few metrics.

var Statful = require('statful-client');

var config = {
    app: 'AccountService',
    transport: 'udp',
    host: 'statful-relay.yourcompany.com',
    tags: { cluster: 'production' }
};

var statful = new Statful(config);

// Send three different metrics (gauge, timer and counter)
statful.gauge('testGauge', 10);
statful.timer('testTimer', 100);
statful.counter('testCounter', 1, { agg: ['first'], aggFreq: 60, namespace: 'sandbox' });

// Send a metric with custom tags
statful.counter('testCounter', 1, {tags: {host: 'localhost', status: 'SUCCESS'}});

Authors

Mindera - Software Craft

License

Statful NodeJS Client is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more information.