Prometheus Remote Write Exporter (1/7)

[shovnik]

Description

This is PR 1/7 of adding a Prometheus Remote Write Exporter in Python SDK and address Issue open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#1302

👉 Part 1/7

• Adds class skeleton
• Adds all function signatures

Part 2/7

• Adds validation of exporter constructor commands
• Add unit tests for validation

Part 3/7

• Adds conversion methods from OTel metric types to Prometheus TimeSeries
• Add unit tests for conversion

Part 4/7

• Adds methods to export metrics to Remote Write endpoint
• Add unit tests for exporting

Part 5/7

• Add support for optional request parameters (timeout, proxy)
• Add support for tls config

Part 6/7

• Add integration tests using sample app and instance of Cortex

Part 7/7

• Add README, Design Doc and other necessary documentation.

Type of change

• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)

How Has This Been Tested?

• Added class TestValidation in test_prometheus_remote_write_exporter.py

Does This PR Require a Core Repo Change?

• Yes. - Link to PR:
• No.

Checklist:

• Followed the style guidelines of this project
• Changelogs have been updated (change logs will be updated when PR 7/7 is merged and the RW exporter is complete)
• Unit tests have been added
• Documentation has been updated
  cc- @AzfaarQureshi , @alolita