JSON
The JSON data format parses a JSON object or an array of objects into
metric fields.
NOTE: All JSON numbers are converted to float fields. JSON String are
ignored unless specified in the tag_key
or json_string_fields
options.
Configuration
[[inputs.file]]
files = ["example"]
## Data format to consume.
## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
## more about them here:
## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
data_format = "json"
## Query is a GJSON path that specifies a specific chunk of JSON to be
## parsed, if not specified the whole document will be parsed.
##
## GJSON query paths are described here:
## https://github.com/tidwall/gjson#path-syntax
json_query = ""
## Tag keys is an array of keys that should be added as tags.
tag_keys = [
"my_tag_1",
"my_tag_2"
]
## String fields is an array of keys that should be added as string fields.
json_string_fields = []
## Name key is the key to use as the measurement name.
json_name_key = ""
## Time key is the key containing the time that should be used to create the
## metric.
json_time_key = ""
## Time format is the time layout that should be used to interprete the json_time_key.
## The time must be `unix`, `unix_ms`, `unix_us`, `unix_ns`, or a time in the
## "reference time". To define a different format, arrange the values from
## the "reference time" in the example to match the format you will be
## using. For more information on the "reference time", visit
## https://golang.org/pkg/time/#Time.Format
## ex: json_time_format = "Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 -0700 MST 2006"
## json_time_format = "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00"
## json_time_format = "unix"
## json_time_format = "unix_ms"
json_time_format = ""
json_query
The json_query
is a GJSON path that can be used to limit the
portion of the overall JSON document that should be parsed. The result of the
query should contain a JSON object or an array of objects.
Consult the GJSON path syntax for details and examples.
By default the current time will be used for all created metrics, to set the
time using the JSON document you can use the json_time_key
and
json_time_format
options together to set the time to a value in the parsed
document.
The json_time_key
option specifies the key containing the time value and
json_time_format
must be set to unix
, unix_ms
, unix_us
, unix_ns
, or
the Go "reference time" which is defined to be the specific time:
Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 MST 2006
.
Consult the Go time package for details and additional examples
on how to set the time format.
Examples
Basic Parsing
Config:
[[inputs.file]]
files = ["example"]
name_override = "myjsonmetric"
data_format = "json"
Input:
{
"a": 5,
"b": {
"c": 6
},
"ignored": "I'm a string"
}
Output:
myjsonmetric a=5,b_c=6
Config:
[[inputs.file]]
files = ["example"]
json_name_key = "name"
tag_keys = ["my_tag_1"]
json_string_fields = ["b_my_field"]
data_format = "json"
Input:
{
"a": 5,
"b": {
"c": 6,
"my_field": "description"
},
"my_tag_1": "foo",
"name": "my_json"
}
Output:
my_json,my_tag_1=foo a=5,b_c=6,b_my_field="description"
Arrays
If the JSON data is an array, then each object within the array is parsed with
the configured settings.
Config:
[[inputs.file]]
files = ["example"]
data_format = "json"
json_time_key = "b_time"
json_time_format = "02 Jan 06 15:04 MST"
Input:
[
{
"a": 5,
"b": {
"c": 6,
"time":"04 Jan 06 15:04 MST"
}
},
{
"a": 7,
"b": {
"c": 8,
"time":"11 Jan 07 15:04 MST"
}
}
]
Output:
file a=5,b_c=6 1136387040000000000
file a=7,b_c=8 1168527840000000000
Query
The json_query
option can be used to parse a subset of the document.
Config:
[[inputs.file]]
files = ["example"]
data_format = "json"
tag_keys = ["first"]
json_string_fields = ["last"]
json_query = "obj.friends"
Input:
{
"obj": {
"name": {"first": "Tom", "last": "Anderson"},
"age":37,
"children": ["Sara","Alex","Jack"],
"fav.movie": "Deer Hunter",
"friends": [
{"first": "Dale", "last": "Murphy", "age": 44},
{"first": "Roger", "last": "Craig", "age": 68},
{"first": "Jane", "last": "Murphy", "age": 47}
]
}
}
Output:
file,first=Dale last="Murphy",age=44
file,first=Roger last="Craig",age=68
file,first=Jane last="Murphy",age=47