diff --git a/draft.go b/draft.go
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+package grpc_prometheus
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/stats"
+)
+
+const (
+	namespace    = "grpc"
+	labelService = "grpc_service"
+	labelMethod  = "grpc_method"
+	//labelType      = "grpc_type"
+	//labelCode      = "grpc_code"
+	//labelUserAgent = "grpc_user_agent"
+	labelFailFast = "grpc_fail_fast"
+)
+
+type ctxKey int
+
+var (
+	tagRPCKey ctxKey = 1
+	//tagConnKey ctxKey = 2
+)
+
+type Subsystem int
+
+var (
+	Server Subsystem = 1
+	Client Subsystem = 2
+)
+
+func (s Subsystem) String() string {
+	switch s {
+	case Server:
+		return "server"
+	case Client:
+		return "client"
+	default:
+		return "unknown"
+	}
+}
+
+// NewRequestsTotalGaugeVecV1 exists for backward compatibility.
+func NewRequestsTotalCounterVecV1(sub Subsystem) *prometheus.CounterVec {
+	name := "started_total"
+	help := fmt.Sprintf("Total number of RPCs started on the %s.", sub.String())
+	switch sub {
+	case Server:
+		return newRequestsTotalCounterVec(sub.String(), name, help)
+	case Client:
+		return newRequestsTotalCounterVec(sub.String(), name, help)
+	default:
+		// TODO: panic?
+		panic("unknown subsystem")
+	}
+}
+
+func NewRequestsTotalCounterVec(sub Subsystem) *prometheus.CounterVec {
+	switch sub {
+	case Server:
+		return newRequestsTotalCounterVec(sub.String(), "received_requests_total", "A total number of RPC requests received by the server.")
+	case Client:
+		return newRequestsTotalCounterVec(sub.String(), "sent_requests_total", "A total number of RPC requests sent by the client.")
+	default:
+		// TODO: panic?
+		panic("unknown subsystem")
+	}
+}
+
+func newRequestsTotalCounterVec(sub, name, help string) *prometheus.CounterVec {
+	return prometheus.NewCounterVec(
+		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Namespace: namespace,
+			Subsystem: sub,
+			Name:      name,
+			Help:      help,
+		},
+		[]string{labelFailFast, labelService, labelMethod},
+		//[]string{labelType, labelService, labelMethod}, TODO: IsServerStream and IsClientStream not available outside interceptors. Type label cannot be used.
+	)
+}
+
+type StatsHandlerCollector interface {
+	// Init reallocates possible dimensions for given metric.
+	Init(map[string]grpc.ServiceInfo) error
+
+	stats.Handler
+	prometheus.Collector
+}
+
+type StatsHandler struct {
+	handlers []StatsHandlerCollector
+}
+
+var _ StatsHandlerCollector = &StatsHandler{}
+
+// NewStatsHandler allows to pass various number of handlers.
+func NewStatsHandler(handlers ...StatsHandlerCollector) *StatsHandler {
+	return &StatsHandler{
+		handlers: handlers,
+	}
+}
+
+// Init implements StatsHandlerCollector interface.
+// TODO: implement
+func (h *StatsHandler) Init(info map[string]grpc.ServiceInfo) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (h *StatsHandler) TagRPC(ctx context.Context, inf *stats.RPCTagInfo) context.Context {
+	service, method := split(inf.FullMethodName)
+
+	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, tagRPCKey, prometheus.Labels{
+		labelFailFast: strconv.FormatBool(inf.FailFast),
+		labelService:  service,
+		labelMethod:   method,
+	})
+
+	for _, c := range h.handlers {
+		ctx = c.TagRPC(ctx, inf)
+	}
+	return ctx
+}
+
+// HandleRPC processes the RPC stats.
+func (h *StatsHandler) HandleRPC(ctx context.Context, sts stats.RPCStats) {
+	for _, c := range h.handlers {
+		c.HandleRPC(ctx, sts)
+	}
+}
+
+func (h *StatsHandler) TagConn(ctx context.Context, inf *stats.ConnTagInfo) context.Context {
+	for _, c := range h.handlers {
+		ctx = c.TagConn(ctx, inf)
+	}
+	return ctx
+}
+
+// HandleConn processes the Conn stats.
+func (h *StatsHandler) HandleConn(ctx context.Context, sts stats.ConnStats) {
+	for _, c := range h.handlers {
+		c.HandleConn(ctx, sts)
+	}
+}
+
+// Describe implements prometheus Collector interface.
+func (h *StatsHandler) Describe(in chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
+	for _, c := range h.handlers {
+		c.Describe(in)
+	}
+}
+
+// Collect implements prometheus Collector interface.
+func (h *StatsHandler) Collect(in chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
+	for _, c := range h.handlers {
+		c.Collect(in)
+	}
+}
+
+type RequestsTotalStatsHandler struct {
+	sub Subsystem
+	vec *prometheus.CounterVec
+}
+
+// NewRequestsTotalStatsHandler ...
+// The GaugeVec must have zero, one, two, three or four non-const non-curried labels.
+// For those, the only allowed label names are "fail_fast", "handler", "service" and "user_agent".
+func NewRequestsTotalStatsHandler(sub Subsystem, vec *prometheus.CounterVec) *RequestsTotalStatsHandler {
+	return &RequestsTotalStatsHandler{
+		sub: sub,
+		vec: vec,
+	}
+}
+
+// Init implements StatsHandlerCollector interface.
+// TODO: implement
+func (h *RequestsTotalStatsHandler) Init(info map[string]grpc.ServiceInfo) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (h *RequestsTotalStatsHandler) TagRPC(ctx context.Context, _ *stats.RPCTagInfo) context.Context {
+	return ctx
+}
+
+// HandleRPC processes the RPC stats.
+func (h *RequestsTotalStatsHandler) HandleRPC(ctx context.Context, stat stats.RPCStats) {
+	lab, _ := ctx.Value(tagRPCKey).(prometheus.Labels)
+
+	if beg, ok := stat.(*stats.Begin); ok {
+		switch {
+		case beg.IsClient() && h.sub == Client:
+			h.vec.With(lab).Inc()
+		case !beg.IsClient() && h.sub == Server:
+			h.vec.With(lab).Inc()
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (h *RequestsTotalStatsHandler) TagConn(ctx context.Context, _ *stats.ConnTagInfo) context.Context {
+	return ctx
+}
+
+// HandleConn processes the Conn stats.
+func (h *RequestsTotalStatsHandler) HandleConn(ctx context.Context, stat stats.ConnStats) {
+}
+
+// Describe implements prometheus Collector interface.
+func (h *RequestsTotalStatsHandler) Describe(in chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
+	h.vec.Describe(in)
+}
+
+// Collect implements prometheus Collector interface.
+func (h *RequestsTotalStatsHandler) Collect(in chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
+	h.vec.Collect(in)
+}
+
+func split(name string) (string, string) {
+	if i := strings.LastIndex(name, "/"); i >= 0 {
+		return name[1:i], name[i+1:]
+	}
+	return "unknown", "unknown"
+}
diff --git a/draft_test.go b/draft_test.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/draft_test.go
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+package grpc_prometheus_test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+
+	"github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus"
+	pb "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus/examples/grpc-server-with-prometheus/protobuf"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
+)
+
+func ExampleStatsHandler() {
+	// Listen an actual port.
+	lis, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	assert(err)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	reg := prometheus.NewRegistry()
+	sts := grpc_prometheus.NewStatsHandler(
+		grpc_prometheus.NewRequestsTotalStatsHandler(
+			grpc_prometheus.Server,
+			grpc_prometheus.NewRequestsTotalCounterVec(grpc_prometheus.Server),
+		),
+		grpc_prometheus.NewRequestsTotalStatsHandler(
+			grpc_prometheus.Server,
+			grpc_prometheus.NewRequestsTotalCounterVecV1(grpc_prometheus.Server),
+		),
+	)
+	srv := grpc.NewServer(grpc.StatsHandler(sts))
+	imp := newDemoServer()
+
+	pb.RegisterDemoServiceServer(srv, imp)
+	reg.MustRegister(sts)
+
+	go func() {
+		if err := srv.Serve(lis); err != grpc.ErrServerStopped {
+			assert(err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	con, err := grpc.DialContext(ctx, lis.Addr().String(), grpc.WithInsecure(), grpc.WithBlock())
+	assert(err)
+
+	pb.NewDemoServiceClient(con).SayHello(ctx, &pb.HelloRequest{Name: "example"})
+
+	srv.GracefulStop()
+
+	mf, err := reg.Gather()
+	assert(err)
+
+	for _, m := range mf {
+		fmt.Println(m.GetName())
+	}
+
+	// Output:
+	// grpc_server_received_requests_total
+	// grpc_server_started_total
+}
+
+func assert(err error) {
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("ERR:", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+// demoServiceServer defines a Server.
+type demoServiceServer struct{}
+
+func newDemoServer() *demoServiceServer {
+	return &demoServiceServer{}
+}
+
+// SayHello implements a interface defined by protobuf.
+func (s *demoServiceServer) SayHello(ctx context.Context, request *pb.HelloRequest) (*pb.HelloResponse, error) {
+	return &pb.HelloResponse{Message: fmt.Sprintf("Hello %s", request.Name)}, nil
+}