ATSD Node.js API client

The ATSD API Client for Node.js enables developers to easily interact with the Axibase Time Series Database through its Data and Meta API.

Installation

This client can be installed using npm:

$ sudo npm install atsd-api

Usage

ATSD Client

The base class is ATSDClient, an instance which can be created using ATSDClient(options) where options is an object:

Key | Description | Required -------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------- url | full ATSD url with port | yes user | username | yes password | password | yes strictSSL | requires SSL certificate validation | no, true by default

The purpose of ATSDClient is to make general requests to ATSD. It has an asynchronous method request, as well as separate methods for each type of request:

ATSDClient.request(method, path, params, payload, callback)

ATSDClient.getRequest(path, params, payload, callback)
ATSDClient.postRequest(path, params, payload, callback)
ATSDClient.putRequest(path, params, payload, callback)
ATSDClient.patchRequest(path, params, payload, callback)
ATSDClient.deleteRequest(path, params, payload, callback)

The arguments are as follows:

Argument | Type | Description ------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- method | string | Request method: GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, or DELETE. path | string | Path to be added to base ATSD url, i.e. metrics turns into atsd_server/api/v1/metrics. params | object | url query string parameters. payload | object | json request paylod. callback | function(error, response, body) | Callback function.

API Methods

Entities, Metrics, Properties, Alerts, and Series are all subclasses of ATSDClient and use the same constructor. They hold the implementations of ATSD API methods:

Data API

API method | Client function --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------- Series | Series(options) Series: Query | Series.query(payload, callback) Series: Insert | Series.insert(payload, callback) Alerts | Alerts(options) Alerts: Query | Alerts.query(payload, callback) Alerts: Update | Alerts.update(payload, callback) Alerts: History Query | Alerts.historyQuery(payload, callback) Alerts: Delete | Alerts.delete(payload, callback) Properties | Properties(options) Properties: Query | Properties.query(payload, callback) Properties: Type Query | Properties.typeQuery(payload, callback) Properties: Insert | Properties.insert(payload, callback) Properties: Delete | Properties.delete(payload, callback) Messages | Messages(options) Messages: Query | Messages.query(payload, callback) Messages: Insert | Messages.insert(payload, callback)

Meta API

API method | Client function -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------- Entities | Entities(options) Entities: List | Entities.list(params, callback) Entity: Get | Entities.get(entity, params, callback) Entity: Create or Replace| Entities.create(entity, payload, callback) Entity: Update | Entities.update(entity, payload, callback) Entity: Delete | Entities.delete(entity, callback) Metrics | Metrics(options) Metrics: List | Metrics.list(params, callback) Metrics: Get | Metrics.get(entity, params, callback) Metric: Create or Replace| Metrics.create(metric, payload, callback) Metric: Update | Metrics.update(metric, payload, callback) Metric: Delete | Metrics.delete(metric, callback) Entity Groups | EntityGroups(options) Entity Groups: List | EntityGroups.list(params, callback) Entity Groups: Get | EntityGroups.get(entity, params, callback) Entity Groups: Create or Replace| EntityGroups.create(entity-group, payload, callback) Entity Groups: Update | EntityGroups.update(entity-group, payload, callback) Entity Groups: Delete | EntityGroups.delete(entity-group, callback) Entity Groups: GetEntities | EntityGroups.getEntities(entity, params, callback) Entity Groups: AddEntities| EntityGroups.addEntities(entity-group, payload, callback) Entity Groups: ReplaceEntities | EntityGroups.setEntities(entity-group, payload, callback) Entity Groups: DeleteEntities | EntityGroups.deleteEntities(entity-group, payload, callback)

There is also a number of convenience functions dedicated to making some requests easier to execute. Unlike the functions listed above, they don't replicate the signatures of ATSD API methods.

Client function | Equivalent to | Note ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Series.query(args, callback) | Series.get(payload, callback) with payload being {'queries': [args]} | timeFormat for response is set to iso; instead of {'series': [...]} returns [...]. Series.queryDetail(metric, entity, tags, startTime, endTime, callback) | Series.query(args, callback) with args being an object consisting of metric, entity etc. | startTime and endTime can be a timestamp in milliseconds, a string (ATSD API's startDate and endDate), or a Date object. Series.queryStatistic(metric, entity, tags, startTime, endTime, statistic, period, callback) | Same as above. | Same as above. Series.insertData(metric, entity, tags, data, callback) | Series.insert(payload, callback) with payload being [inserts] where inserts is an object consisting of metric, entity etc. |

For statistics and units used to aggregate the data through series queries, there exist corresponding "enumerations" in class Series: Series.statistic and Series.unit.

Setup

var atsd_api = require('atsd-api');

var options = {
  url: '...',
  user: '...',
  password: '...'
};

var entities   = new atsd_api.Entities(options);
var metrics    = new atsd_api.Metrics(options);
var series     = new atsd_api.Series(options);
var properties = new atsd_api.Properties(options);
var alerts     = new atsd_api.Alerts(options);

Examples

Series

// inserting series data without versions
series.insertData('temperature', 'sensor001', {}, [
    {'d': '2015-11-23T08:19:00.000Z', 'v': 51},
    {'d': '2015-11-23T08:20:00.000Z', 'v': 52}
  ], function(error_insert, response, _) {
    if (!error_insert) {
      console.log('Insert: ' + response.statusCode);
    }
  }
);

> Insert: 200

// inserting series data with versions
series.insertData('temperature', 'sensor001', {}, [
    {'d': '2015-11-23T08:21:00.000Z', 'v': 50, 'version': {'status': 'provisional', 'source': 'gateway-1'}}
  ], function(error_insert, response, _) {
    if (!error_insert) {
      console.log('Insert with versions: ' + response.statusCode);
    }
  }
);

> Insert with versions: 200

// retrieving data without versions
series.queryDetail(
  'temperature', 'sensor001', {},
  'current_day', 'next_day',
  function(error_detail, _, body) {
    if (!error_detail) {
      console.log('Detail: ' + JSON.stringify(body));
    }
  }
);

> Detail: [{"entity":"sensor001","metric":"temperature1","tags":{},"type":"HISTORY","aggregate":{"type":"DETAIL"},"data":[{"d":"2015-11-23T08:19:00.000Z","v":51},{"d":"2015-11-23T08:20:00.000Z","v":52},{"d":"2015-11-23T08:21:00.000Z","v":50}]}]

// retrieving data with versions
series.query({
    'metric': 'temperature',
    'entity': 'sensor001',
    'startDate': 'current_day',
    'endDate': 'next_day',
    'versioned': true
  }, function(error_detail, _, body) {
    if (!error_detail) {
      console.log('Detail with versions: ' + JSON.stringify(body));
    }
  }
);

> Detail with versions: [{"entity":"sensor001","metric":"temperature1","tags":{},"type":"HISTORY","aggregate":{"type":"DETAIL"},"data":[{"d":"2015-11-23T08:19:00.000Z","v":51},{"d":"2015-11-23T08:20:00.000Z","v":52},{"d":"2015-11-23T08:21:00.000Z","v":50,"version":{"source":"gateway-1","status":"provisional"}}]}]

// retrieving yesterday's data averaged by 6 hours
series.queryStatistic(
  'cpu_busy', 'nurswgvml007', {},
  'previous_day', 'current_day',
  Series.statistic.AVG, {'count': 6, 'unit': Series.unit.HOUR},
  function(error, _, body) {
    if (!error) {
      console.log('Average: ' + JSON.stringify(body));
    }
  }
);

> Average: [{"entity":"nurswgvml007","metric":"cpu_busy","tags":{},"type":"HISTORY","aggregate":{"type":"AVG","period":{"count":6,"unit":"HOUR"}},"data":[{"d":"2015-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","v":18.35364243323441},{"d":"2015-11-22T06:00:00.000Z","v":14.058392592592591},{"d":"2015-11-22T12:00:00.000Z","v":13.460140845070423},{"d":"2015-11-22T18:00:00.000Z","v":13.851594955489615}]}]

Alerts

// updating alerts 'evt-1' and 'evt-2'
alerts.update(
  [
    {
      'action': 'update',
      'fields': {
        'acknowledge': true
      },
      'alerts': [
        {'id': 'evt-1'},
        {'id': 'evt-2'}
      ]
    }
  ],
  function(error, response, _) {
    if (!error) {
      console.log('Update: ' + response.statusCode);
    }
  }
);

> Update: 200

Properties

// getting property types of entity 'atsd'
entities.getPropertyTypes('atsd', {}, function (error, _, body) {
  if (!error) {
    console.log('Property types: ' + JSON.stringify(body));
  }
});

> Property types: ["jfs","system","disk","cpu","java_method","configuration","network"]

// inserting a property
properties.insert(
  [
    {
      'type':'type-1',
      'entity':'entity-1',
      'key':{'server_name':'server','user_name':'system'},
      'tags':{'name-1': 'value-1'}
    }
  ],
  function(error_insert, response, _) {
    if (!error_insert) {
      console.log('Insert: ' + response.statusCode);

      // retrieving the same property
      properties.getByEntityAndType(
        'entity-1', 'type-1', {},
        function (error_get, _, body) {
          if (!error_get) {
            console.log('Properties by entity and type: ' + JSON.stringify(body));
          }
        }
      );
    }
  }
);

> Insert: 200
> Properties by entity and type: [{"type":"type-1","entity":"entity-1","key":{"server_name":"server","user_name":"system"},"tags":{"name-1":"value-1","name.1":"value-1"},"timestamp":1448122917843}]

Series Dump

entities.getAll({}, function (error_entities, _, body_entities) {
  if (!error_entities) {
    // choosing the first entity
    var entity = body_entities[0]['name'];

    console.log('First entity: ' + entity);

    // retrieving all metrics for that entity
    metrics.getByEntity(entity, {}, function (error_metrics, _, body_metrics) {
      if (!error_metrics) {
        // choosing the first metric
        var metric = body_metrics[0]['name'];

        console.log('First metric: ' + metric);

        // getting data for the chosen entity and metric
        series.queryDetail(
          metric, entity, {},
          'current_hour', 'current_hour + 10 * second',
          function (error_series, _, body_series) {
            if (!error_series) {
              var data = body_series[0]['data'];

              console.log('Data: ' + JSON.stringify(data));
            }
          }
        );
      }
    })
  }
});

> First entity: atsd
> First metric: actions_per_minute
> Data: [{"d":"2015-11-21T14:00:02.497Z","v":0}]