github

GitHub Input Plugin

Gather repository information from GitHub hosted repositories.

Note: Telegraf also contains the webhook input which can be used as an alternative method for collecting repository information.

Configuration

[[inputs.github]]
  ## List of repositories to monitor
  repositories = ["influxdata/telegraf"]

  ## Github API access token.  Unauthenticated requests are limited to 60 per hour.
  # access_token = ""

  ## Timeout for HTTP requests.
  # http_timeout = "5s"

Metrics

• github_repository
  • tags:
    • name - The repository name
    • owner - The owner of the repository
    • language - The primary language of the repository
    • license - The license set for the repository
  • fields:
    • stars (int)
    • forks (int)
    • open_issues (int)
    • size (int)

When the internal input is enabled:

• internal_github
  • tags:
    • access_token - An obfusticated reference to the configured access token or "Unauthenticated"
  • fields:
    • limit - How many requests you are limited to (per hour)
    • remaining - How many requests you have remaining (per hour)
    • blocks - How many requests have been blocked due to rate limit

Example Output

github,full_name=influxdata/telegraf,name=telegraf,owner=influxdata,language=Go,license=MIT\ License stars=6401i,forks=2421i,open_issues=722i,size=22611i 1552651811000000000
internal_github,access_token=Unauthenticated rate_limit_remaining=59i,rate_limit_limit=60i,rate_limit_blocks=0i 1552653551000000000