RABBIT_URL behavior

[lunaqdm]

The logic around the 'RABBIT_URL' flag assumes that all URLs will start with a prefix matching https?://. When I did not include this prefix (i.e., was doing internal routing and did not bother to set the protocol), the exporter silently set the URL to be the default http://localhost:15672. There are plenty of use cases like mine, where the protocol prefix is unnecessary; whether or not you want to keep this behavior, it would be nice to have some kind of error message generated and also some documentation.

Thanks!

[kbudde]

Hi,

I've added an error during startup and a note in the readme for the moment.

What url are you using for your usecase?
//rabbitserver:15672

I'll see if I can add it.

[lunaqdm]

The URL I'm using is of the form rabbitmq.<company-specific-stuff>.io, which is typical of how we set up internal routing. I was able to make it work by throwing an 'http://' on the front -- so it is nice to have the note in the readme, thanks.