winston-loki/src/batcher.js

const got = require('got')
const url = require('url')
const exitHook = require('async-exit-hook')

const { logproto } = require('./proto')
const protoHelpers = require('./proto/helpers')
let snappy = false

/**
 * A batching transport layer for Grafana Loki
 *
 * @class Batcher
 */
class Batcher {
  loadSnappy () {
    return require('snappy')
  }
  /**
   * Creates an instance of Batcher.
   * Starts the batching loop if enabled.
   * @param {*} options
   * @memberof Batcher
   */
  constructor (options) {
    // Load given options to the object
    this.options = options

    // Construct Grafana Loki push API url
    this.url = new url.URL(this.options.host + '/api/prom/push').toString()

    // Define the batching intervals
    this.interval = this.options.interval
      ? Number(this.options.interval) * 1000
      : 5000
    this.circuitBreakerInterval = 60000

    // Initialize the log batch
    this.batch = {
      streams: []
    }

    // If snappy binaries have not been built, fallback to JSON transport
    if (!this.options.json) {
      try {
        snappy = this.loadSnappy()
      } catch (error) {
        this.options.json = true
      }
      if (!snappy) {
        this.options.json = true
      }
    }

    // Define the content type headers for the POST request based on the data type
    this.contentType = 'application/x-protobuf'
    if (this.options.json) {
      this.contentType = 'application/json'
    }

    // If batching is enabled, run the loop
    this.options.batching && this.run()

    exitHook(callback => {
      this.sendBatchToLoki()
        .then(() => callback())
        .catch(() => callback())
    })
  }

  /**
   * Returns a promise that resolves after the given duration.
   *
   * @param {*} duration
   * @returns {Promise}
   */
  wait (duration) {
    return new Promise(resolve => {
      setTimeout(resolve, duration)
    })
  }

  /**
   * Pushes logs into the batch.
   * If logEntry is given, pushes it straight to this.sendBatchToLoki()
   *
   * @param {*} logEntry
   */
  async pushLogEntry (logEntry) {
    // If user has decided to replace the given timestamps with a generated one, generate it
    if (this.options.replaceTimestamp) {
      logEntry.entries[0].ts = Date.now()
    }

    // If protobuf is the used data type, construct the timestamps
    if (!this.options.json) {
      logEntry = protoHelpers.createProtoTimestamps(logEntry)
    }

    // If batching is not enabled, push the log immediately to Loki API
    if (this.options.batching !== undefined && !this.options.batching) {
      console.log('Sending batch straight to loki')
      await this.sendBatchToLoki(logEntry)
    } else {
      const { streams } = this.batch

      // Find if there's already a log with identical labels in the batch
      const match = streams.findIndex(
        stream => stream.labels === logEntry.labels
      )

      if (match > -1) {
        // If there's a match, push the log under the same label
        logEntry.entries.forEach(entry => {
          streams[match].entries.push(entry)
        })
      } else {
        // Otherwise, create a new label under streams
        streams.push(logEntry)
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Clears the batch.
   */
  clearBatch () {
    this.batch.streams = []
  }

  /**
   * Sends a batch to Grafana Loki push endpoint.
   * If a single logEntry is given, creates a batch first around it.
   *
   * @param {*} logEntry
   * @returns {Promise}
   */
  sendBatchToLoki (logEntry) {
    // Flag of replacing timestamps on error
    const replace =
      this.interval === this.circuitBreakerInterval &&
      this.options.replaceOnError

    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      // If the batch is empty, do nothing
      if (this.batch.streams.length === 0 && !logEntry) {
        resolve()
      } else {
        let reqBody

        // If the data format is JSON, there's no need to construct a buffer
        if (this.options.json) {
          if (logEntry !== undefined) {
            // If a single logEntry is given, wrap it according to the batch format
            reqBody = JSON.stringify({ streams: [logEntry] })
          } else {
            // Sort the batch and ensure that there are no duplicate timestamps
            reqBody = protoHelpers.sortBatch(this.batch, replace)
            // Stringify the JSON ready for transport
            reqBody = JSON.stringify(reqBody)
          }
        } else {
          try {
            let batch
            if (logEntry !== undefined) {
              // If a single logEntry is given, wrap it according to the batch format
              batch = { streams: [logEntry] }
            } else {
              // Sort the batch and ensure that there are no duplicate timestamps
              batch = protoHelpers.sortBatch(this.batch, replace)
            }

            // Check if the batch can be encoded in Protobuf and is correct format
            const err = logproto.PushRequest.verify(batch)

            // Reject the promise if the batch is not of correct format
            if (err) reject(err)

            // Create the PushRequest object
            const message = logproto.PushRequest.create(batch)

            // Encode the PushRequest object and create the binary buffer
            const buffer = logproto.PushRequest.encode(message).finish()

            // Compress the buffer with snappy
            reqBody = snappy.compressSync(buffer)
          } catch (err) {
            reject(err)
          }
        }

        // Send the data to Grafana Loki
        got
          .post(this.url, {
            body: reqBody,
            headers: {
              'content-type': this.contentType
            }
          })
          .then(res => {
            // No need to clear the batch if batching is disabled
            logEntry === undefined && this.clearBatch()
            resolve()
          })
          .catch(err => {
            // Clear the batch on error if enabled
            this.options.clearOnError && this.clearBatch()
            reject(err)
          })
      }
    })
  }

  /**
   * Runs the batch push loop.
   *
   * Sends the batch to Loki and waits for
   * the amount of this.interval between requests.
   */
  async run () {
    while (true) {
      try {
        await this.sendBatchToLoki()
        if (this.interval === this.circuitBreakerInterval) {
          this.interval = Number(this.options.interval) * 1000
        }
      } catch (e) {
        this.interval = this.circuitBreakerInterval
      }
      await this.wait(this.interval)
    }
  }
}

module.exports = Batcher