prometheus/prometheus

Promtool should support openmetrics

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#8,932 opened on Jun 13, 2021

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Description

Promtool should support openmetrics, next to the text format.

Maybe via --format=openmetrics

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Research direction
Examine how promtool currently outputs text format metrics, then add a format flag to support openmetrics output mirroring the text format logic.
Tech stack
go
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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Go
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70