skywalking/docs/en/api/meter.md

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# Meter APIs
SkyWalking has a native metrics format, and supports widely used metric formats, such as Prometheus, OpenCensus, OpenTelemetry, and Zabbix.
```protobuf
syntax = "proto3";
package skywalking.v3;
option java_multiple_files = true;
option java_package = "org.apache.skywalking.apm.network.language.agent.v3";
option go_package = "skywalking.apache.org/repo/goapi/collect/language/agent/v3";
import "common/Command.proto";
service MeterReportService {
// Meter data is reported in a certain period. The agent/SDK should report all collected metrics in this period through one stream.
// The whole stream is an input data set, client should onComplete the stream per report period.
rpc collect (stream MeterData) returns (Commands) {
}
// Reporting meter data in bulk mode as MeterDataCollection.
// By using this, each one in the stream would be treated as a complete input for MAL engine,
// comparing to `collect (stream MeterData)`, which is using one stream as an input data set.
rpc collectBatch (stream MeterDataCollection) returns (Commands) {
}
}
// Label of the meter
message Label {
string name = 1;
string value = 2;
}
// The histogram element definition. It includes the bucket lower boundary and the count in the bucket.
message MeterBucketValue {
// The value represents the min value of the bucket,
// the upper boundary is determined by next MeterBucketValue$bucket,
// if it doesn't exist, the upper boundary is positive infinity.
double bucket = 1;
int64 count = 2;
// If is negative infinity, the value of the bucket is invalid
bool isNegativeInfinity = 3;
}
// Meter single value
message MeterSingleValue {
// Meter name
string name = 1;
// Labels
repeated Label labels = 2;
// Single value
double value = 3;
}
// Histogram
message MeterHistogram {
// Meter name
string name = 1;
// Labels
repeated Label labels = 2;
// Customize the buckets
repeated MeterBucketValue values = 3;
}
// Single meter data, if the same metrics have a different label, they will separate.
message MeterData {
// Meter data could be a single value or histogram.
oneof metric {
MeterSingleValue singleValue = 1;
MeterHistogram histogram = 2;
}
// Service name, be set value in the first element in the stream-call.
string service = 3;
// Service instance name, be set value in the first element in the stream-call.
string serviceInstance = 4;
// Meter data report time, be set value in the first element in the stream-call.
int64 timestamp = 5;
}
message MeterDataCollection {
repeated MeterData meterData = 1;
}
```
OpenTelemetry collector, Telegraf agents, Zabbix agents could use their native protocol(e.g. OTLP)
and OAP server would convert metrics into native format and forward them to [Meter Analysis Language](../concepts-and-designs/mal.md) engine.
To learn more about receiving 3rd party formats metrics, see
- [Meter receiver](../setup/backend/backend-meter.md)
- [OpenTelemetry receiver](../setup/backend/opentelemetry-receiver.md).
- [Zabbix receiver](../setup/backend/backend-zabbix.md)