// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
package client
import (
"bytes"
"context"
"errors"
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp"
colmetricpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/collector/metrics/v1"
metricpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/metrics/v1"
"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/hcp/telemetry"
)
const (
// defaultErrRespBodyLength refers to the max character length of the body on a failure to export metrics.
// anything beyond we will truncate.
defaultErrRespBodyLength = 100
// MetricsClientProvider provides the retryable HTTP client and headers to use for exporting metrics
// by the metrics client.
type MetricsClientProvider interface {
GetHTTPClient() *retryablehttp.Client
GetHeader() http.Header
}
// otlpClient is an implementation of MetricsClient with a retryable http client for retries and to honor throttle.
// It also holds default HTTP headers to add to export requests.
type otlpClient struct {
provider MetricsClientProvider
// NewMetricsClient returns a configured MetricsClient.
// The current implementation uses otlpClient to provide retry functionality.
func NewMetricsClient(ctx context.Context, provider MetricsClientProvider) telemetry.MetricsClient {
return &otlpClient{
provider: provider,
// ExportMetrics is the single method exposed by MetricsClient to export OTLP metrics to the desired HCP endpoint.
// The endpoint is configurable as the endpoint can change during periodic refresh of CCM telemetry config.
// By configuring the endpoint here, we can re-use the same client and override the endpoint when making a request.
func (o *otlpClient) ExportMetrics(ctx context.Context, protoMetrics *metricpb.ResourceMetrics, endpoint string) error {
client := o.provider.GetHTTPClient()
if client == nil {
return errors.New("http client not configured")
pbRequest := &colmetricpb.ExportMetricsServiceRequest{
ResourceMetrics: []*metricpb.ResourceMetrics{protoMetrics},
body, err := proto.Marshal(pbRequest)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal the request: %w", err)
req, err := retryablehttp.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, endpoint, bytes.NewBuffer(body))
return fmt.Errorf("failed to create request: %w", err)
req.Header = o.provider.GetHeader()
resp, err := client.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
return fmt.Errorf("failed to post metrics: %w", err)
defer resp.Body.Close()
var respData bytes.Buffer
if _, err := io.Copy(&respData, resp.Body); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("failed to read body: %w", err)
if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
truncatedBody := truncate(respData.String(), defaultErrRespBodyLength)
return fmt.Errorf("failed to export metrics: code %d: %s", resp.StatusCode, truncatedBody)
return nil
func truncate(text string, width uint) string {
if len(text) <= int(width) {
return text
r := []rune(text)
trunc := r[:width]
return string(trunc) + "..."