Add PromQL query support for dashboard visualizations (ticket 013)

Hand-rolls a minimal PromQL parser (src/promql.rs) for metric-name +
label-matcher selection, optional [range] selectors, and top-level
sum()/avg()/rate() wrapping, rather than pulling in a full PromQL parser
crate — the required subset is small and a hand-rolled parser stays fully
engine-independent (mirrors filter_parser.rs) with no unused-AST overhead.

Adds EngineQuery::Promql/EngineResponse::Promql (engine parses + evaluates
in place against the index, no copying) and GET /api/query, returning
Vec<PromqlSeriesDto> (labels + (timestamp_ms, f64) points) for charting,
with malformed queries surfaced as 400 + ErrorDto.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XFUNZwCvz3kcod3352ZR2o
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Hugh Kaznowski
2026-09-05 13:10:41 +01:00
co-authored by Claude Sonnet 5
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//! Hand-rolled parser for a small PromQL subset (ticket 013).
//!
//! Design decision: a crates.io PromQL parser (e.g. `promql-parser`) was considered
//! but rejected — the required subset here is tiny (metric name + label matchers,
//! plus an optional `[5m]` range and a single top-level `sum()`/`avg()`/`rate()`
//! wrapper), while a full PromQL parser brings a large, largely-unused AST plus an
//! extra maintenance dependency. Mirroring `filter_parser.rs`'s approach (a small,
//! engine-independent parser module) is simpler and easier to control/extend, and
//! keeps parsing fully decoupled from the engine's index — this module knows nothing
//! about `IndexKey`/`DataValue`, only `PromqlQuery`'s own types below.
//!
//! ## Supported grammar
//!
//! ```text
//! query := aggregation | vector_selector
//! aggregation := agg_op "(" vector_selector ")"
//! agg_op := "sum" | "avg" | "rate"
//! vector_selector := metric_name label_matchers? range_selector?
//! metric_name := [a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*
//! label_matchers := "{" label_matcher ("," label_matcher)* "}"
//! label_matcher := label_name "=" quoted_string
//! label_name := [a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*
//! quoted_string := '"' (any char except '"' or '\')* '"'
//! range_selector := "[" digits duration_unit "]"
//! duration_unit := "s" | "m" | "h" | "d"
//! ```
//!
//! Only exact-match label matchers (`=`) are supported — PromQL's `!=`, `=~`, `!~`
//! are out of scope for this ticket's required subset. `rate()` requires its inner
//! vector selector to carry a range selector (matching real PromQL), and is rejected
//! at parse time otherwise.
use std::time::Duration;
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub enum AggOp {
Sum,
Avg,
Rate,
}
#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub struct LabelMatcher {
pub name: String,
pub value: String,
}
#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
pub struct PromqlQuery {
pub agg: Option<AggOp>,
pub metric_name: String,
pub matchers: Vec<LabelMatcher>,
pub range: Option<Duration>,
}
/// Parses a PromQL query string per the grammar documented above. Returns a
/// human-readable error message (suitable for surfacing directly to an API caller)
/// on any malformed input.
pub fn parse_query(input: &str) -> Result<PromqlQuery, String> {
let mut parser = Parser::new(input);
let query = parser.parse_query()?;
parser.skip_whitespace();
if !parser.is_at_end() {
return Err(format!("unexpected trailing input: '{}'", parser.remaining()));
}
if query.agg == Some(AggOp::Rate) && query.range.is_none() {
return Err("rate() requires a range selector, e.g. rate(my_metric[5m])".to_string());
}
Ok(query)
}
struct Parser<'a> {
input: &'a str,
pos: usize,
}
impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
fn new(input: &'a str) -> Self {
Parser { input, pos: 0 }
}
fn remaining(&self) -> &'a str {
&self.input[self.pos..]
}
fn is_at_end(&self) -> bool {
self.pos >= self.input.len()
}
fn skip_whitespace(&mut self) {
while self.remaining().starts_with(|c: char| c.is_whitespace()) {
self.pos += 1;
}
}
fn peek(&self) -> Option<char> {
self.remaining().chars().next()
}
fn expect_char(&mut self, expected: char) -> Result<(), String> {
self.skip_whitespace();
match self.peek() {
Some(c) if c == expected => {
self.pos += c.len_utf8();
Ok(())
}
Some(c) => Err(format!("expected '{expected}', found '{c}'")),
None => Err(format!("expected '{expected}', found end of input")),
}
}
/// `[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*`, used for both metric names and label names.
fn parse_identifier(&mut self) -> Result<String, String> {
self.skip_whitespace();
let rest = self.remaining();
let mut chars = rest.char_indices();
match chars.next() {
Some((_, c)) if c.is_ascii_alphabetic() || c == '_' => {}
Some((_, c)) => return Err(format!("expected an identifier, found '{c}'")),
None => return Err("expected an identifier, found end of input".to_string()),
}
let end = chars
.find(|(_, c)| !(c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || *c == '_'))
.map(|(idx, _)| idx)
.unwrap_or(rest.len());
let ident = &rest[..end];
self.pos += end;
Ok(ident.to_string())
}
fn parse_quoted_string(&mut self) -> Result<String, String> {
self.expect_char('"')?;
let rest = self.remaining();
let end = rest.find('"').ok_or("unterminated string literal (missing closing '\"')")?;
let value = &rest[..end];
if value.contains('\\') {
return Err("escape sequences in label values are not supported".to_string());
}
self.pos += end;
self.expect_char('"')?;
Ok(value.to_string())
}
fn parse_label_matcher(&mut self) -> Result<LabelMatcher, String> {
let name = self.parse_identifier()?;
self.expect_char('=')?;
self.skip_whitespace();
if self.peek() == Some('~') {
return Err("regex label matchers ('=~') are not supported, only '='".to_string());
}
let value = self.parse_quoted_string()?;
Ok(LabelMatcher { name, value })
}
fn parse_label_matchers(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<LabelMatcher>, String> {
self.skip_whitespace();
if self.peek() != Some('{') {
return Ok(Vec::new());
}
self.expect_char('{')?;
let mut matchers = Vec::new();
self.skip_whitespace();
if self.peek() == Some('}') {
self.expect_char('}')?;
return Ok(matchers);
}
loop {
matchers.push(self.parse_label_matcher()?);
self.skip_whitespace();
match self.peek() {
Some(',') => {
self.pos += 1;
}
Some('}') => break,
Some(c) => return Err(format!("expected ',' or '}}', found '{c}'")),
None => return Err("unterminated label matcher list (missing '}')".to_string()),
}
}
self.expect_char('}')?;
Ok(matchers)
}
/// `[<digits><unit>]`, e.g. `[5m]`.
fn parse_range_selector(&mut self) -> Result<Option<Duration>, String> {
self.skip_whitespace();
if self.peek() != Some('[') {
return Ok(None);
}
self.expect_char('[')?;
let rest = self.remaining();
let digits_end = rest
.find(|c: char| !c.is_ascii_digit())
.ok_or("unterminated range selector (missing unit and ']')")?;
if digits_end == 0 {
return Err("range selector must start with a number, e.g. [5m]".to_string());
}
let digits: i64 = rest[..digits_end]
.parse()
.map_err(|_| "range selector duration is not a valid number".to_string())?;
self.pos += digits_end;
let unit = self.peek().ok_or("range selector is missing a duration unit")?;
let seconds_per_unit: i64 = match unit {
's' => 1,
'm' => 60,
'h' => 60 * 60,
'd' => 24 * 60 * 60,
other => {
return Err(format!(
"unknown duration unit '{other}' (expected one of s, m, h, d)"
));
}
};
self.pos += unit.len_utf8();
self.expect_char(']')?;
Ok(Some(Duration::from_secs((digits * seconds_per_unit).max(0) as u64)))
}
fn parse_vector_selector(&mut self) -> Result<PromqlQuery, String> {
let metric_name = self.parse_identifier()?;
let matchers = self.parse_label_matchers()?;
let range = self.parse_range_selector()?;
Ok(PromqlQuery { agg: None, metric_name, matchers, range })
}
fn parse_query(&mut self) -> Result<PromqlQuery, String> {
self.skip_whitespace();
let checkpoint = self.pos;
let ident = self.parse_identifier()?;
let agg = match ident.as_str() {
"sum" => Some(AggOp::Sum),
"avg" => Some(AggOp::Avg),
"rate" => Some(AggOp::Rate),
_ => None,
};
self.skip_whitespace();
if agg.is_some() && self.peek() == Some('(') {
self.expect_char('(')?;
let mut inner = self.parse_vector_selector()?;
self.expect_char(')')?;
inner.agg = agg;
Ok(inner)
} else {
// Not (or not followed by) an aggregation call — rewind and parse the
// whole thing as a plain vector selector (covers metric names that
// happen to collide with an agg_op keyword, e.g. a metric named `rate`
// used without a call).
self.pos = checkpoint;
self.parse_vector_selector()
}
}
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
#[test]
fn parses_bare_metric_name() {
let query = parse_query("requests").unwrap();
assert_eq!(query.agg, None);
assert_eq!(query.metric_name, "requests");
assert!(query.matchers.is_empty());
assert_eq!(query.range, None);
}
#[test]
fn parses_metric_with_single_label_matcher() {
let query = parse_query(r#"requests{path="/a"}"#).unwrap();
assert_eq!(query.metric_name, "requests");
assert_eq!(
query.matchers,
vec![LabelMatcher { name: "path".to_string(), value: "/a".to_string() }]
);
}
#[test]
fn parses_metric_with_multiple_label_matchers() {
let query = parse_query(r#"requests{path="/a", method="GET"}"#).unwrap();
assert_eq!(query.matchers.len(), 2);
assert_eq!(query.matchers[0].name, "path");
assert_eq!(query.matchers[1].name, "method");
}
#[test]
fn parses_range_selector() {
let query = parse_query("requests[5m]").unwrap();
assert_eq!(query.range, Some(Duration::from_secs(300)));
}
#[test]
fn parses_label_matchers_and_range_together() {
let query = parse_query(r#"requests{path="/a"}[1h]"#).unwrap();
assert_eq!(query.matchers.len(), 1);
assert_eq!(query.range, Some(Duration::from_secs(3600)));
}
#[test]
fn parses_sum_aggregation() {
let query = parse_query(r#"sum(requests{path="/a"})"#).unwrap();
assert_eq!(query.agg, Some(AggOp::Sum));
assert_eq!(query.metric_name, "requests");
}
#[test]
fn parses_avg_aggregation() {
let query = parse_query("avg(requests)").unwrap();
assert_eq!(query.agg, Some(AggOp::Avg));
}
#[test]
fn parses_rate_with_range() {
let query = parse_query("rate(requests[5m])").unwrap();
assert_eq!(query.agg, Some(AggOp::Rate));
assert_eq!(query.range, Some(Duration::from_secs(300)));
}
#[test]
fn rejects_rate_without_range() {
let err = parse_query("rate(requests)").unwrap_err();
assert!(err.contains("range selector"));
}
#[test]
fn rejects_empty_input() {
assert!(parse_query("").is_err());
}
#[test]
fn rejects_unclosed_brace() {
assert!(parse_query(r#"requests{path="/a""#).is_err());
}
#[test]
fn rejects_unclosed_bracket() {
assert!(parse_query("requests[5m").is_err());
}
#[test]
fn rejects_unknown_aggregation() {
// `count` isn't a supported agg_op, so this parses as a bare metric named
// `count`, then trips on the unexpected trailing `(...)`.
let err = parse_query("count(requests)").unwrap_err();
assert!(err.contains("unexpected trailing input"));
}
#[test]
fn rejects_regex_label_matcher() {
let err = parse_query(r#"requests{path=~"/a"}"#).unwrap_err();
assert!(err.contains("regex label matchers"));
}
#[test]
fn rejects_missing_metric_name() {
assert!(parse_query(r#"{path="/a"}"#).is_err());
}
#[test]
fn rejects_unknown_duration_unit() {
let err = parse_query("requests[5x]").unwrap_err();
assert!(err.contains("duration unit"));
}
#[test]
fn rejects_trailing_garbage() {
let err = parse_query("requests extra").unwrap_err();
assert!(err.contains("unexpected trailing input"));
}
}