Gonic data via API

[bensmith2697]

Is it possible to get information via an exposed api relating to stats in Gonic so that information can be used in a dashboard like homepage?

example response would be

[betapictoris]

We could solve this and #150 by adding /metrics and /metrics/json or /metrics?f=json.

[sentriz]

if the GONIC_EXPVAR or -expvar options are provided, this can be retrieved from /debug/vars

[sentriz]

We could solve this and #150 by adding /metrics and /metrics/json or /metrics?f=json.

i agree, but decided to go with Go's builtin expvar package

[bensmith2697]

@sentriz Nice thank you for add this option. when will this be available in the docker nightly version?

[sentriz]

i think it should be there already, it builds daily

[bensmith2697]

then I shall wait for the next update and let you know how it goes, thank you so much for implementing this so fast.

[bensmith2697]

Works perfectly:

[sentriz]

nice 👌

[playitforless]

@bensmith2697 did you modify the widget for homepage if so are you going to submit it to their GitHub?