# Poco::Prometheus

# class MetricsServer

Library: Prometheus
Package: HTTP
Header: Poco/Prometheus/MetricsServer.h

## Description

A basic HTTP server for handling Prometheus metrics scraping requests, based on Poco::Net::HTTPServer.

## Member Summary

Member Functions: defaultParams, start, stop

## Constructors

### MetricsServer

MetricsServer(
Poco::UInt16 port = DEFAULT_PORT,
const std::string & path = DEFAULT_PATH
);

Creates a HTTPServer for serving metrics using the default Registry, listening on the given port number and the given path.

### MetricsServer

MetricsServer(
const Registry & registry,
Poco::UInt16 port = DEFAULT_PORT,
const std::string & path = DEFAULT_PATH
);

Creates a HTTPServer for serving metrics using the given Registry, listening on the given port number and the given path.

### MetricsServer

MetricsServer(
const Registry & registry,
Poco::Net::ServerSocket & socket,
Poco::Net::HTTPServerParams::Ptr pServerParams = defaultParams (),
const std::string & path = DEFAULT_PATH
);

Creates a HTTPServer for serving metrics using the given Registry, listening on the server socket (which can be a properly configured Poco::Net::SecureServerSocket to enable HTTPS), and the given path.

## Destructor

### ~MetricsServer

~MetricsServer();

Destroys the HTTPServer.

## Member Functions

### start

void start();

Starts the underlying Poco::Net::HTTPServer.

### stop

void stop();

Stops the underlying Poco::Net::HTTPServer.

### defaultParams

static Poco::Net::HTTPServerParams::Ptr defaultParams();

## Variables

### DEFAULT_PATH

static const std::string DEFAULT_PATH;

"/metrics"

### DEFAULT_PORT

static const Poco::UInt16 DEFAULT_PORT;

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