#!/usr/bin/python3
import time

# time series in 5s steps
series = {
    'thing_count': {
        'type': 'counter',
        'help': 'how many things ran',
        'series': [0] * 6 + [1] * 6 + [2] * 6 + [7] * 12 + [8] * 12
    },
    'thing_failures': {
        'type': 'counter',
        'help': 'how many things failed',
        'series': [0] * 12 + [1] * 6 + [5] * 24
    },
}

num = len(series[list(series)[0]]['series'])
now = int(time.time() * 1000)
timestamps = [now - 5000 * (num - i) for i in range(num)]

for metric, data in series.items():
    assert len(data['series']) == num
    print(f'# TYPE {metric} {data["type"]}')
    print(f'# HELP {metric} {data["help"]}')
    for (time, datum) in zip(timestamps, data['series']):
        print(f'{metric} {datum} {time}')
    print()