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- tag2
- measurement2 has the following tags:
- tag3
### Sample Queries:
These are some useful queries (to generate dashboards or other) to run against data from this plugin:

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# HTTP JSON Plugin
# HTTP JSON Input Plugin
The httpjson plugin can collect data from remote URLs which respond with JSON. Then it flattens JSON and finds all numeric values, treating them as floats.
The httpjson plugin collects data from HTTP URLs which respond with JSON. It flattens the JSON and finds all numeric values, treating them as floats.
For example, if you have a service called _mycollector_, which has HTTP endpoint for gathering stats at http://my.service.com/_stats, you would configure the HTTP JSON plugin like this:
### Configuration:
```
```toml
[[inputs.httpjson]]
name = "mycollector"
## NOTE This plugin only reads numerical measurements, strings and booleans
## will be ignored.
## Name for the service being polled. Will be appended to the name of the
## measurement e.g. "httpjson_webserver_stats".
##
## Deprecated (1.3.0): Use name_override, name_suffix, name_prefix instead.
name = "webserver_stats"
## URL of each server in the service's cluster
servers = [
"http://my.service.com/_stats"
"http://localhost:9999/stats/",
"http://localhost:9998/stats/",
]
# HTTP method to use (case-sensitive)
method = "GET"
# Set response_timeout (default 5 seconds)
## Set response_timeout (default 5 seconds)
response_timeout = "5s"
```
`name` is used as a prefix for the measurements.
`method` specifies HTTP method to use for requests.
`response_timeout` specifies timeout to wait to get the response
You can also specify which keys from server response should be considered tags:
```
[[inputs.httpjson]]
...
tag_keys = [
"role",
"version"
]
```
If the JSON response is an array of objects, then each object will be parsed with the same configuration.
You can also specify additional request parameters for the service:
```
[[inputs.httpjson]]
...
[inputs.httpjson.parameters]
event_type = "cpu_spike"
threshold = "0.75"
```
You can also specify additional request header parameters for the service:
```
[[inputs.httpjson]]
...
[inputs.httpjson.headers]
X-Auth-Token = "my-xauth-token"
apiVersion = "v1"
```
# Example:
Let's say that we have a service named "mycollector" configured like this:
```
[[inputs.httpjson]]
name = "mycollector"
servers = [
"http://my.service.com/_stats"
]
# HTTP method to use (case-sensitive)
method = "GET"
tag_keys = ["service"]
```
which responds with the following JSON:
```json
{
"service": "service01",
"a": 0.5,
"b": {
"c": "some text",
"d": 0.1,
"e": 5
}
}
```
The collected metrics will be:
```
httpjson_mycollector_a,service='service01',server='http://my.service.com/_stats' value=0.5
httpjson_mycollector_b_d,service='service01',server='http://my.service.com/_stats' value=0.1
httpjson_mycollector_b_e,service='service01',server='http://my.service.com/_stats' value=5
```
# Example 2, Multiple Services:
There is also the option to collect JSON from multiple services, here is an example doing that.
```
[[inputs.httpjson]]
name = "mycollector1"
servers = [
"http://my.service1.com/_stats"
]
# HTTP method to use (case-sensitive)
## HTTP method to use: GET or POST (case-sensitive)
method = "GET"
[[inputs.httpjson]]
name = "mycollector2"
servers = [
"http://service.net/json/stats"
]
# HTTP method to use (case-sensitive)
method = "POST"
## Tags to extract from top-level of JSON server response.
# tag_keys = [
# "my_tag_1",
# "my_tag_2"
# ]
## HTTP Request Parameters (all values must be strings). For "GET" requests, data
## will be included in the query. For "POST" requests, data will be included
## in the request body as "x-www-form-urlencoded".
# [inputs.httpjson.parameters]
# event_type = "cpu_spike"
# threshold = "0.75"
## HTTP Request Headers (all values must be strings).
# [inputs.httpjson.headers]
# X-Auth-Token = "my-xauth-token"
# apiVersion = "v1"
## Optional SSL Config
# ssl_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
# ssl_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
# ssl_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
## Use SSL but skip chain & host verification
# insecure_skip_verify = false
```
The services respond with the following JSON:
### Measurements & Fields:
mycollector1:
- httpjson
- response_time (float): Response time in seconds
Additional fields are dependant on the response of the remote service being polled.
### Tags:
- All measurements have the following tags:
- server: HTTP origin as defined in configuration as `servers`.
Any top level keys listed under `tag_keys` in the configuration are added as tags. Top level keys are defined as keys in the root level of the object in a single object response, or in the root level of each object within an array of objects.
### Examples Output:
This plugin understands responses containing a single JSON object, or a JSON Array of Objects.
**Object Output:**
Given the following response body:
```json
{
"a": 0.5,
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"c": "some text",
"d": 0.1,
"e": 5
}
},
"service": "service01"
}
```
The following metric is produced:
mycollector2:
```json
{
"load": 100,
"users": 1335
}
```
`httpjson,server=http://localhost:9999/stats/ b_d=0.1,a=0.5,b_e=5,response_time=0.001`
The collected metrics will be:
Note that only numerical values are extracted and the type is float.
```
httpjson_mycollector1_a,server='http://my.service.com/_stats' value=0.5
httpjson_mycollector1_b_d,server='http://my.service.com/_stats' value=0.1
httpjson_mycollector1_b_e,server='http://my.service.com/_stats' value=5
If `tag_keys` is included in the configuration:
httpjson_mycollector2_load,server='http://service.net/json/stats' value=100
httpjson_mycollector2_users,server='http://service.net/json/stats' value=1335
```
# Example 3, Multiple Metrics in Response:
The response JSON can be treated as an array of data points that are all parsed with the same configuration.
```
```toml
[[inputs.httpjson]]
name = "mycollector"
servers = [
"http://my.service.com/_stats"
]
# HTTP method to use (case-sensitive)
method = "GET"
tag_keys = ["service"]
```
which responds with the following JSON:
Then the `service` tag will also be added:
`httpjson,server=http://localhost:9999/stats/,service=service01 b_d=0.1,a=0.5,b_e=5,response_time=0.001`
**Array Output:**
If the service returns an array of objects, one metric is be created for each object:
```json
[
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]
```
The collected metrics will be:
```
httpjson_mycollector_a,service='service01',server='http://my.service.com/_stats' value=0.5
httpjson_mycollector_b_d,service='service01',server='http://my.service.com/_stats' value=0.1
httpjson_mycollector_b_e,service='service01',server='http://my.service.com/_stats' value=5
httpjson_mycollector_a,service='service02',server='http://my.service.com/_stats' value=0.6
httpjson_mycollector_b_d,service='service02',server='http://my.service.com/_stats' value=0.2
httpjson_mycollector_b_e,service='service02',server='http://my.service.com/_stats' value=6
```
`httpjson,server=http://localhost:9999/stats/,service=service01 a=0.5,b_d=0.1,b_e=5,response_time=0.003`
`httpjson,server=http://localhost:9999/stats/,service=service02 a=0.6,b_d=0.2,b_e=6,response_time=0.003`

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## NOTE This plugin only reads numerical measurements, strings and booleans
## will be ignored.
## a name for the service being polled
## Name for the service being polled. Will be appended to the name of the
## measurement e.g. httpjson_webserver_stats
##
## Deprecated (1.3.0): Use name_override, name_suffix, name_prefix instead.
name = "webserver_stats"
## URL of each server in the service's cluster
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# "my_tag_2"
# ]
## HTTP parameters (all values must be strings)
[inputs.httpjson.parameters]
event_type = "cpu_spike"
threshold = "0.75"
## HTTP parameters (all values must be strings). For "GET" requests, data
## will be included in the query. For "POST" requests, data will be included
## in the request body as "x-www-form-urlencoded".
# [inputs.httpjson.parameters]
# event_type = "cpu_spike"
# threshold = "0.75"
## HTTP Header parameters (all values must be strings)
## HTTP Headers (all values must be strings)
# [inputs.httpjson.headers]
# X-Auth-Token = "my-xauth-token"
# apiVersion = "v1"