package promlint

import "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/testutil/promlint"

Package promlint provides a linter for Prometheus metrics.

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Types

type Linter

type Linter struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

A Linter is a Prometheus metrics linter. It identifies issues with metric names, types, and metadata, and reports them to the caller.

func New

func New(r io.Reader) *Linter

New creates a new Linter that reads an input stream of Prometheus metrics in the Prometheus text exposition format.

func NewWithMetricFamilies

func NewWithMetricFamilies(mfs []*dto.MetricFamily) *Linter

NewWithMetricFamilies creates a new Linter that reads from a slice of MetricFamily protobuf messages.

func (*Linter) AddCustomValidations

func (l *Linter) AddCustomValidations(vs ...Validation)

AddCustomValidations adds custom validations to the linter.

func (*Linter) Lint

func (l *Linter) Lint() ([]Problem, error)

Lint performs a linting pass, returning a slice of Problems indicating any issues found in the metrics stream. The slice is sorted by metric name and issue description.

type Problem

type Problem struct {
	// The name of the metric indicated by this Problem.
	Metric string

	// A description of the issue for this Problem.
	Text string
}

A Problem is an issue detected by a linter.

type Validation

type Validation = func(mf *dto.MetricFamily) []error

Source Files

problem.go promlint.go validation.go

Directories

PathSynopsis
prometheus/testutil/promlint/validations
Version
v1.22.0 (latest)
Published
Apr 8, 2025
Platform
linux/amd64
Imports
6 packages
Last checked
12 hours ago

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