[PATCH] Feature: $msec and $start_msec http variables, useful for setting in proxy headers before sending request to backend servers so processing and queue times can be measured.

[Ruslan Ermilov]

On Sat, Dec 01, 2012 at 10:33:48PM +1100, Lawrence Pit wrote:
[...]
> After I finished this patch I checked the 1.3 branch, and noticed it 
> already has an $msec http variable defined. But it's output is with a 
> dot character before the milliseconds part. Why is that?

The idea is to make all "log only" variables the normal ones.

> New Relic has decribed something similar:
> https://newrelic.com/docs/features/tracking-front-end-time
> 
> Aside: note that New Relic requires the time in microseconds. The only 
> way I could find to do this (with my patch) was a workaround using the 
> set command. With the 1.3 branch version of $msec there's no way I think 
> (or is there?).

http {
    map $msec $s {
	~(?<x>.*)\. $x;
    }

    map $msec $ms {
	~\.(?<x>.*) $x;
    }

    server {
	return 200 "msec=$msec usec=${s}${ms}000\n";
    }
}

$ curl http://localhost:8000/
msec=1354471012.591 usec=1354471012591000