feat: add prometheus metrics to UI

client/package.json

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     "dompurify": "^3.2.4",
     "dropzone": "^6.0.0-beta.2",
     "express": "^5.1.0",
+    "express-prom-bundle": "^8.0.0",
     "file-saver": "^2.0.5",
     "filesize": "^6.4.0",
     "graphql": "^16.8.1",
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@
     "mermaid": "^11.10.0",
     "morgan": "^1.10.1",
     "pica": "^9.0.1",
+    "prom-client": "^15.1.3",
     "query-string": "^6.14.1",
     "react": "^18.2.0",
     "react-autosuggest": "^10.1.0",

client/server.js

@@ -22,17 +22,22 @@ import morgan from "morgan";
 
 const BUILD_PATH = "./build/server/index.js";
 const DEVELOPMENT = process.env.NODE_ENV === "development";
-const PORT = Number.parseInt(process.env.PORT || "3000");
+const PORT = Number.parseInt(process.env.PORT || "3000", 10);
+const METRICS_ENABLED =
+  !!+process.env.METRICS_ENABLED ||
+  process.env.METRICS_ENABLED?.toLowerCase() === "true" ||
+  false;
+const METRICS_PORT = Number.parseInt(process.env.METRICS_PORT || "9090", 10);
+
+if (DEVELOPMENT) {
+  throw new Error("Can only run in production");
+}
 
 const app = express();
 
 app.use(compression());
 app.disable("x-powered-by");
 
-if (DEVELOPMENT) {
-  throw new Error("Can only run in production");
-}
-
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
 console.log("Starting production server");
 
@@ -107,6 +112,34 @@ if (process.env.CI !== "1") {
 // Client files
 app.use(express.static("build/client"));
 
+// Register metrics for application routes, we do not want to collect metrics for the routes above
+if (METRICS_ENABLED) {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+  console.log("Setting up metrics");
+
+  const metricsApp = express();
+  metricsApp.use(compression());
+  metricsApp.disable("x-powered-by");
+
+  await import(BUILD_PATH).then(
+    async (
+      /**
+       * @import * as ModuleType from './server/app'
+       * @type {ModuleType} */
+      mod
+    ) => {
+      await mod.metrics({ app, metricsApp });
+    }
+  );
+
+  metricsApp.listen(METRICS_PORT, () => {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log(
+      `Prometheus exporter is running at http://localhost:${METRICS_PORT}/metrics`
+    );
+  });
+}
+
 // Server-side rendering
 app.use(
   await import(BUILD_PATH).then(
@@ -121,5 +154,5 @@ app.use(
 
 app.listen(PORT, () => {
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-  console.log(`Server is running on http://localhost:${PORT}`);
+  console.log(`Server is running at http://localhost:${PORT}`);
 });

client/server/app.ts

@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ app.use(
 );
 
 export * as constants from "./constants";
+
+export { metrics } from "./metrics";

client/server/metrics.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*!
+ * Copyright 2025 - Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC)
+ * A partnership between École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and
+ * Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ).
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import type { Express } from "express";
+import type { PrometheusContentType, Registry } from "prom-client";
+
+interface MetricsArgs {
+  app: Express;
+  metricsApp: Express;
+}
+
+export async function metrics({
+  app,
+  metricsApp,
+}: MetricsArgs): Promise<Registry<PrometheusContentType>> {
+  // Initialize metrics
+  const promClient = await import("prom-client");
+  const promBundle = (await import("express-prom-bundle")).default;
+  const register = new promClient.Registry();
+
+  // Collect default metrics
+  promClient.collectDefaultMetrics({ register });
+
+  // Register the "prom-bundle" middleware
+  app.use(
+    promBundle({
+      autoregister: false,
+      includeMethod: true,
+      includeStatusCode: true,
+      metricsApp,
+      promRegistry: register,
+    })
+  );
+
+  // Collect HTTP requests total (App only)
+  const requestCounter = new promClient.Counter({
+    name: "http_requests_total",
+    help: "Total number of HTTP requests.",
+    labelNames: ["method", "status_code"],
+    registers: [register],
+  });
+  app.use(async (req, res, next) => {
+    res.on("close", () => {
+      requestCounter
+        .labels({
+          method: req.method,
+          status_code: res.statusCode,
+        })
+        .inc();
+    });
+    next();
+  });
+
+  return register;
+}