Increase an OpenTelemetry counter — counter_add • otel

Increase an OpenTelemetry counter

counter_add(name, value = 1L, attributes = NULL, context = NULL, meter = NULL)

Arguments

name: Name of the counter.
value: Value to add to the counter, defaults to 1.
attributes: Additional attributes to add.
context: Span context. If missing the active context is used, if any.
meter: Meter object (otel_meter). Otherwise it is passed to get_meter() to get a meter.

Value

The counter object (otel_counter), invisibly.

See also

Other OpenTelemetry metrics instruments: gauge_record(), histogram_record(), up_down_counter_add()

Other OpenTelemetry metrics API: gauge_record(), histogram_record(), is_measuring_enabled(), up_down_counter_add()

Examples

otel::counter_add("total-session-count", 1)