Method collect

prometheus_client/metrics.py:89–93

(self)

        return [self._get_metric()]

    def collect(self) -> Iterable[Metric]:
        metric = self._get_metric()
        for suffix, labels, value, timestamp, exemplar, native_histogram_value in self._samples():
            metric.add_sample(self._name + suffix, labels, value, timestamp, exemplar, native_histogram_value)
        return [metric]

    def __str__(self) -> str:
        return f"{self._type}:{self._name}"