Graphite-API

Graphite-web, without the interface. Just the rendering HTTP API.

This is a minimalistic API server that replicates the behavior of Graphite-web. I removed everything I could and simplified as much code as possible while keeping the basic functionality.

Implemented API calls:

/metrics/find
/metrics/expand
/render

No-ops:

/dashboard/find
/dashboard/load/<name>
/events/get_data

Difference from graphite-web

Stateless. No need for a database.
No Pickle rendering.
No remote rendering.
JSON data in request bodies is supported, additionally to form data and querystring parameters.
Ceres integration will be as an external backend.
Compatibility with python 2 and 3.
Easy to install and configure.

Goals

Solid codebase. Strict flake8 compatibility, good test coverage.
Ease of installation/use/configuration.
Compatibility with the original Graphite-web API and 3rd-party dashboards.

Non-goals

Support for very old Python versions (Python 2.6 is still supported but maybe not for long).
Built-in support for every metric storage system in the world. Whisper is included by default, other storages are added via 3rd-party backends.

Documentation

On readthedocs.org or in the docs/ directory.

Hacking

Tox is used to run the tests for all supported environments. To get started from a fresh clone of the repository: