PROMETHEUS YOUTUBE EXPORTER

A Prometheus exporter to scrape metrics from the YouTube API.

I currently use this exporter solely to monitor the status of my 24/7 live stream @thearcticskies, so it is the only feature available at the moment. If you need additional features, feel free to open a feature request or submit a pull request with your contribution.

Install

Currently you can only grab one of the binaries provided in the releases page, or run it using docker. Check each use case examples for more details.

Exported Metrics

Metric	Meaning	Labels	type
youtube_channel_is_live	If Youtube channel live stream is broadcasting	channel_name	gauge

Usage

• Create an API key. For instructions, see Google API Support.
• Start the the exporter providing at least the API Key and a list of channels to monitor

Prometheus Youtube Exporter

Usage:
  youtube-exporter [flags]

Flags:
      --address string        The address to access the exporter used for oauth redirect uri (default "localhost")
      --api.key string        Youtube API Key (default "localhost")
      --channel.ids strings   The ids of youttube channels to monitor
  -h, --help                  help for youtube-exporter
      --listen.port string    Port to listen at (default "9101")
      --log.format string     Exporter log format, text or json (default "text")
      --log.level string      Exporter log level (default "info")
      --metrics.path string   Path to expose metrics at (default "/metrics")

You can also use environment variables. The most accurate list for them is available here.

Example

Using flags:

./youtube-exporter --api.key <ApiKey> --channel.ids "foo,bar"

Using Environment Variables:

YT_CHANNEL_IDS="foo bar" YT_API_KEY="APIKEY" ./youtube-exporter

With docker, using flags:

docker run -d -p 10020:10020 \
        coolapso/youtube-exporter \
        --api.key=apiKey \
        --channel.ids="chan1,chan2,chan3"

With Docker, using environment variables:

docker run -d -p 10020:10020 \
        -e YT_API_KEY=<ApiKey> \
        -e YT_CHANNEL_IDS="chan1 chan2 chan3" \
        coolapso/youtube-exporter

Troubleshooting

Exporter reports broadcast is offline even when it is actively broacasting

Make sure you have the option: "Unlist live replay once stream ends" Turned off when you start the live stream, Youtube API returns different values than expected when this setting is turnned on. More details on issue #19

Contributions

Improvements and suggestions are always welcome. Feel free to check for any open issues, or open a new issue or pull request.

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