Block confirmation times in API

api.php

@@ -67,6 +67,51 @@
     $peers = (array) $rpcPeers->{'peers'};
     $data->numPeers = count($peers);
 
+    // -- Get confirmation info from nano_node. Average time, blocks used, time span  and percentiles
+    // -- over last X min (set by CONFIRMATION_TIME_LIMIT) or max 2048 blocks which is a node limitation
+    //$timeStampBefore = microtime(true); // measure execution time
+    $rpcConfHistory = getConfirmationHistory($ch);
+    $confirmations = $rpcConfHistory->{'confirmations'}; // a list of last X confirmations {hash,duration,time,tally}
+    //$confAverage = $rpcConfHistory->{'confirmation_stats'}->{'average'}; // average time [ms] of all confirmations
+    //$confCount = $rpcConfHistory->{'confirmation_stats'}->{'count'}; // number of confirmations retrieved from the node
+
+    // remove data older than $timeLimit
+    usort($confirmations, 'cmpByTime'); // sort array by time value [ms unix time]
+    $confCompact = []; // new filtered array
+    $durationTotal = 0; // for average calc
+    $confAverage = 0; // average confirmation duration
+    $timeSpan = 0; // full time span of the data [ms]
+    foreach ($confirmations as $confirmation) {
+        // only keep data which is later than X ms from latest (highest) value
+        if ($confirmation->{'time'} >= $confirmations[0]->{'time'} - CONFIRMATION_TIME_LIMIT) {
+            array_push($confCompact, $confirmation); // add new data
+            $durationTotal += $confirmation->{'duration'};
+        } else {
+            break; // stop iterating once we pass that limit to save time
+        }
+    }
+    $confCount = count($confCompact);
+
+    // calculate duration average and time span, avoid dividing by zero
+    if ($confCount > 0) {
+        $confAverage = round($durationTotal / $confCount);
+        $timeSpan = $confCompact[0]->{'time'} - $confCompact[$confCount - 1]->{'time'}; // first minus last
+    }
+
+    // get percentiles directly from the filtered array
+    usort($confCompact, 'cmpByDuration'); // sort array by duration value
+    $percentile50 = getConfirmationsDurationPercentile(50, $confCompact); // 50 percentile also called median
+    $percentile75 = getConfirmationsDurationPercentile(75, $confCompact);
+    $percentile90 = getConfirmationsDurationPercentile(90, $confCompact);
+    $percentile95 = getConfirmationsDurationPercentile(95, $confCompact);
+    $percentile99 = getConfirmationsDurationPercentile(99, $confCompact);
+
+    // combine an array with all confirmation info
+    $confSummary = ['count' => $confCount, 'timeSpan' => $timeSpan, 'average' => $confAverage, 'percentile50' => $percentile50,
+    'percentile75'          => $percentile75, 'percentile90' => $percentile90, 'percentile95' => $percentile95, 'percentile99' => $percentile99, ];
+    $data->confirmationInfo = $confSummary;
+    //$data->apiProcTimeConf = round((microtime(true) - $timeStampBefore) * 1000);
+
     // -- Get node account balance from nano_node
     $rpcNodeAccountBalance = getAccountBalance($ch, $nanoNodeAccount);
     $data->accBalanceMnano = rawToCurrency($rpcNodeAccountBalance->{'balance'}, $currency);
@@ -122,6 +167,9 @@
     // close curl handle
     curl_close($ch);
 
+    // calculate total script execution time
+    $data->apiProcTime = round((microtime(true) - $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT']) * 1000);
+
     return $data;
 });
 

modules/constants.php

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 // the project version
-define('PROJECT_VERSION', '1.4.14');
+define('PROJECT_VERSION', '1.5.0');
 
 // project URL
 define('PROJECT_URL', 'https://github.com/NanoTools/nanoNodeMonitor');
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@
 
 // curl timeout in seconds to connect to ninja (max delay is NINJA_TIMEOUT + NINJA_CONECTTIMEOUT)
 define ('NINJA_CONECTTIMEOUT', 2);
+
+// maximum allowed age of data to be part of the block confirmation time percentiles calculation (milliseconds)
+define ('CONFIRMATION_TIME_LIMIT', 600000);

modules/functions.php

@@ -510,3 +510,29 @@ function currencySymbol($currency)
   }
 
 }
+
+// sort array by 'duration' sub value
+function cmpByDuration($a, $b) {
+  return $a->{'duration'} - $b->{'duration'};
+}
+
+// sort array by 'time' sub value (largest first)
+function cmpByTime($a, $b) {
+  return $b->{'time'} - $a->{'time'};
+}
+
+// get a percentile from a sorted json structure which contains sub element values with the name 'duration'
+// ex: get_percentile(75, $arr) to get the 75th percentile
+function getConfirmationsDurationPercentile($percentile, $array) {
+    if (empty($array)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    $index = ($percentile/100) * count($array);
+    if (floor($index) == $index) {
+         $result = ($array[$index-1]->{'duration'} + $array[$index]->{'duration'})/2;
+    }
+    else {
+        $result = $array[floor($index)]->{'duration'};
+    }
+    return $result;
+}

modules/functions_rpc.php

@@ -102,3 +102,13 @@ function getStats($ch, $type = "counters")
   // post curl
   return postCurl($ch, $data);
 }
+
+// get confirmation history from nano_node
+function getConfirmationHistory($ch)
+{
+  // get confirmation history of latest 2048 elections
+  $data = array("action" => "confirmation_history");
+
+  // post curl
+  return postCurl($ch, $data);
+}