Increase or decrease an OpenTelemetry up-down counter — up_down_counter_add • otel

Increase or decrease an OpenTelemetry up-down counter

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

Arguments

name: Name of the up-down counter.
value: Value to add to or subtract from 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 up-down counter object (otel_up_down_counter), invisibly.

See also

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

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

Examples

otel::up_down_counter_add("session-count", 1)