Stackdriver Monitoring API: Manages your Stackdriver Monitoring data andconfigurations. Most projects must be associated with a Stackdriver account,with a few exceptions as noted on the individual method pages.

• Client Library Documentation

• Product Documentation

Quick Start

In order to use this library, you first need to go through the following steps:

1. Select or create a Cloud Platform project.

2. Enable billing for your project.

3. Enable the Stackdriver Monitoring API.

4. Setup Authentication.

Installation

Install this library in avirtualenv using pip.virtualenv is a tool tocreate isolated Python environments. The basic problem it addresses is one ofdependencies and versions, and indirectly permissions.

Withvirtualenv, it’s possible to install this library without needing systeminstall permissions, and without clashing with the installed systemdependencies.

Supported Python Versions

Python >= 3.5

Deprecated Python Versions

Python == 2.7. Python 2.7 support will be removed on January 1, 2020.

Mac/Linux

pip install virtualenvvirtualenv <your-env>source <your-env>/bin/activate<your-env>/bin/pip install google-cloud-monitoring

Windows

pip install virtualenvvirtualenv <your-env><your-env>\Scripts\activate<your-env>\Scripts\pip.exe install google-cloud-monitoring

Preview

MetricServiceClient

from google.cloud importmonitoring_v3client =monitoring_v3.MetricServiceClient()name = client.project_path('[PROJECT]')# Iterate over all resultsfor element in client.list_monitored_resource_descriptors(name):    # process element    pass# Or iterate over results one page at a timefor page in client.list_monitored_resource_descriptors(name).pages:    for element in page:        # process element        pass

Next Steps

• Read theClient Library Documentation for Stackdriver Monitoring APIto see other available methods on the client.

• Read theProduct documentation to learn more about the product and seeHow-to Guides.