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Metrics

Define Cloud Logging API Metrics.

class google.cloud.logging_v2.metric.Metric(name, *, filter_=None, client=None, description='')

Bases: object

Metrics represent named filters for log entries.

See https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest/v2/projects.metrics

Parameters

• name (str) – The name of the metric.

• filter (str) – the advanced logs filter expression defining the entries tracked by the metric. If not passed, the instance should already exist, to be refreshed via reload().

• client (Optional[Client]) – A client which holds credentials and project configuration for the sink (which requires a project).

• description (Optional[str]) – An optional description of the metric.

property client

Clent bound to the logger.

create(*, client=None)

Create the metric via a PUT request

See https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest/v2/projects.metrics/create

Parameters

client (Optional[Client]) – The client to use. If not passed, falls back to the client stored on the current sink.

delete(*, client=None)

API call: delete a metric via a DELETE request

See https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest/v2/projects.metrics/delete

Parameters

client (Optional[Client]) – The client to use. If not passed, falls back to the client stored on the current sink.

exists(*, client=None)

Test for the existence of the metric via a GET request

See https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest/v2/projects.metrics/get

Parameters

client (Optional[Client]) – The client to use. If not passed, falls back to the client stored on the current sink.

Returns

Boolean indicating existence of the metric.

Return type

bool

classmethod from_api_repr(resource, client)

Construct a metric given its API representation

Parameters

• resource (dict) – metric resource representation returned from the API

• client (Client) – Client which holds credentials and project configuration for the sink.

Returns

google.cloud.logging_v2.metric.Metric

property full_name

Fully-qualified name used in metric APIs

property path

URL path for the metric’s APIs

property project

Project bound to the logger.

reload(*, client=None)

API call: sync local metric configuration via a GET request

See https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest/v2/projects.metrics/get

Parameters

client (Optional[Client]) – The client to use. If not passed, falls back to the client stored on the current sink.

update(*, client=None)

API call: update metric configuration via a PUT request

See https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest/v2/projects.metrics/update

Parameters

client (Optional[Client]) – The client to use. If not passed, falls back to the client stored on the current sink.