sanitize.go

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package prometheus

import (
	"github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter/pkg/mapper"
)

const labelKeySizeLimit = 100

// sanitize returns a string that is trunacated to 100 characters if it's too
// long, and replaces non-alphanumeric characters to underscores.
func sanitize(s string) string {
	if len(s) == 0 {
		return s
	}
	if len(s) > labelKeySizeLimit {
		s = s[:labelKeySizeLimit]
	}

	s = mapper.EscapeMetricName(s)
	if s[0] == '_' {
		s = "key" + s
	}
	return s
}