Add Summary Metric Type
Similar to a histogram, a summary samples observations (usually things like request durations and response sizes). While it also provides a total count of observations and a sum of all observed values, it calculates configurable quantiles over a sliding time window.
A summary with a base metric name of
streaming φ-quantiles (0 ≤ φ ≤ 1) of observed events, exposed as
https://prometheus.io/docs/concepts/metric_types/#summary
Hi @LKaemmerling, is it a feature you'll be interested to include in this library ?
If yes, I would be glad to work on a PR inspired by the Java and Go implementations.
Hey @mp3000mp,
sure :) Feel free to work on a MR and i will look over it.