Graphite-API

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