Guild Wars 2 Prometheus Exporter

Exports data scraped from the Guild Wars 2 API, for ingestion by Prometheus.

Configuration

Configuration is optional, however you will get more value out of the app by providing some values below. Place a .env file in the repository directory containing your configured variables in key=value format.

port=8080 # The port that the internal webserver should use (optional, defaults to 8080)
gw2_api_key=YOUR-API-KEY # Your GW2 API key (optional)
tradingpost_ids=19976 # Comma-seperated list of item IDs to scrape trading post data for (optional)
gem_exchange_count=400 # The number of gems to be considered for the coin to gem exchange rate (default 400, optional)

Accessing exported metrics

Once deployed using your preferred method below, metrics are accessed on the host machine's port 8080 via /metrics subpath. E.g: http://localhost:8080/metrics

Example output with tradingpost_ids environment variable set to 19976,24502:

# HELP gw2_coin_to_gem_value The amount of copper coins required to purchase a single gem.
# Type gw2_coin_to_gem_value gauge
gw2_coin_to_gem_value 2832
# HELP gw2_exchange_rate The current exchange rate in gold coins for 400 gems.
# Type gw2_exchange_rate gauge
gw2_exchange_rate 113
gw2_trading_post_buy_price{name="Mystic Coin"} 1.69e+0
gw2_trading_post_sell_price{name="Mystic Coin"} 1.76e+0
gw2_trading_post_buy_quantity{name="Mystic Coin"} 2.879272e+6
gw2_trading_post_sell_quantity{name="Mystic Coin"} 5.6064e+4
gw2_trading_post_buy_price{name="Silver Doubloon"} 8.3e-1
gw2_trading_post_sell_price{name="Silver Doubloon"} 8.9e-1
gw2_trading_post_buy_quantity{name="Silver Doubloon"} 8.887e+3
gw2_trading_post_sell_quantity{name="Silver Doubloon"} 1.1349e+4

Build and run with NodeJS

# Install dependencies
$ npm install

# Run the development server
$ npm run start

# Run the deployment server
$ npm run deploy

Building the Docker image

$ docker build . -t gw2-prometheus-export

Running the Docker image

Environment variable configuration is provided via -e flags in docker create command.

docker create \
 --name=gw2Exporter \
 -e port=8080 `# The port that the internal webserver should use (optional, defaults to 8080)` \
 -e gw2_api_key=YOUR-API-KEY `# Your GW2 API key (optional)` \
 -e tradingpost_ids=19976 `# Comma-seperated list of item IDs to scrape trading post data for (optional)` \
 -e gem_exchange_count=400 `# The number of gems to be considered for the coin to gem exchange rate (default 400, optional)` \
 -p 8080:8080/tcp `# Http` \
 --restart unless-stopped \
 gw2-prometheus-export

Docker compose

Environment variable configuration provided yaml environment list.

---
version: '2'
services:
  gw2Exporter:
    image: gw2-prometheus-export
    container_name: gw2Exporter
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - port # The port that the internal webserver should use (optional, defaults to 8080)
      - gw2_api_key=YOUR-API-KEY # Your GW2 API key (optional)
      - tradingpost_ids=19976 # Comma-seperated list of item IDs to scrape trading post data for (optional)
      - gem_exchange_count=400 # The number of gems to be considered for the coin to gem exchange rate (default 400, optional)
    ports:
      - 8080:8080/tcp # WebUI