# Google Cloud Storage Input Plugin

This plugin will collect metrics from the given [Google Cloud Storage][gcs]
buckets in any of the supported [data formats][data_formats].

⭐ Telegraf v1.25.0
🏷️ cloud, datastore
💻 all

[gcs]: https://cloud.google.com/storage
[data_formats]: /docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md

## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->

Plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings for tasks
such as modifying metrics, tags, and fields, creating aliases, and configuring
plugin ordering. See [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.

[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md#plugins

## Configuration

```toml @sample.conf
# Gather metrics by iterating the files located on a Cloud Storage Bucket.
[[inputs.google_cloud_storage]]
  ## Required. Name of Cloud Storage bucket to ingest metrics from.
  bucket = "my-bucket"

  ## Optional. Prefix of Cloud Storage bucket keys to list metrics from.
  # key_prefix = "my-bucket"

  ## Key that will store the offsets in order to pick up where the ingestion was left.
  offset_key = "offset_key"

  ## Key that will store the offsets in order to pick up where the ingestion was left.
  objects_per_iteration = 10

  ## Required. Data format to consume.
  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options.
  ## Read more about them here:
  ## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
  data_format = "influx"

  ## Optional. Filepath for GCP credentials JSON file to authorize calls to
  ## Google Cloud Storage APIs. If not set explicitly, Telegraf will attempt to use
  ## Application Default Credentials, which is preferred.
  # credentials_file = "path/to/my/creds.json"
```

## Metrics

Measurements will reside on Google Cloud Storage with the format specified, for
example like

```json
{
  "metrics": [
    {
      "fields": {
        "cosine": 10,
        "sine": -1.0975806427415925e-12
      },
      "name": "cpu",
      "tags": {
        "datacenter": "us-east-1",
        "host": "localhost"
      },
      "timestamp": 1604148850990
    }
  ]
}
```

when the [data format][data_formats] is set to `json`.

## Example Output

```text
google_cloud_storage,datacenter=us-east-1,host=localhost cosine=10,sine=-1.0975806427415925e-12 1604148850990000000
```