diff --git a/tubearchivist-metrics/environment.py b/tubearchivist-metrics/environment.py
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+++ b/tubearchivist-metrics/environment.py
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+"""
+Functionality for setting up the environment for the metrics package.
+Reads in environment variables for the application to use.
+"""
+import os
+
+
+class AppConfig:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.config = self.get_config()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_config():
+        """
+        Reads in environment variables for the application to use.
+        """
+
+        es_pass = os.environ.get("ES_PASSWORD")
+        es_user = os.environ.get("ES_USER", default="elastic")
+        es_url = os.environ.get("ES_URL", default="http://archivist-es:9200")
+        listen_port = os.environ.get("LISTEN_PORT", default="9934")
+        poll_interval = os.environ.get("POLL_INTERVAL", default="60")
+
+        application = {
+            "es_url": es_url,
+            "es_user": es_user,
+            "es_pass": es_pass,
+            "listen_port": listen_port,
+            "poll_interval": poll_interval,
+        }
+
+        return application
diff --git a/tubearchivist-metrics/esconnect.py b/tubearchivist-metrics/esconnect.py
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+++ b/tubearchivist-metrics/esconnect.py
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+from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
+from environment import AppConfig
+
+config = AppConfig().config
+
+
+class ElasticWrapper:
+    """
+    makes calls to elastic search
+    returns response count
+    """
+
+    es_url = config["es_url"]
+    es_user = config["es_user"]
+    es_pass = config["es_pass"]
+
+    es = Elasticsearch(
+        [es_url],
+        basic_auth=(es_user, es_pass),
+        timeout=30,
+        max_retries=10,
+        retry_on_timeout=True,
+    )
+
+    def get_count(index_name):
+        """
+        Returns the number of documents in the index
+        """
+        response = ElasticWrapper.es.count(index=index_name)
+        return response["count"]
diff --git a/tubearchivist-metrics/getmetrics.py b/tubearchivist-metrics/getmetrics.py
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+from esconnect import ElasticWrapper
+
+
+class GetMetrics:
+    @staticmethod
+    def count(index_name):
+
+        """Get count of documents from ES"""
+        result = ElasticWrapper.get_count(index_name)
+        print("Metric for " + index_name + ": " + str(result))
+        return int(result)
diff --git a/tubearchivist-metrics/main.py b/tubearchivist-metrics/main.py
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+import time
+from prometheus_client import start_http_server, Gauge, Enum
+
+from environment import AppConfig
+from getmetrics import GetMetrics
+
+config = AppConfig().config
+
+# Print configuration on console when starting the application
+
+print("Configuration is currently set to:")
+print("Elasticsearch URL: " + config["es_url"])
+print("Listen Port: " + config["listen_port"])
+print("Poll Interval (seconds): " + config["poll_interval"])
+
+
+class AppMetrics:
+    # fmt: off
+    def __init__(self, poll_interval=int(config["poll_interval"])):
+
+        self.poll_interval = poll_interval
+
+        # Metrics to expose
+        self.channel_count = Gauge("channel_count", "Number of channels")
+        self.playlist_count = Gauge("playlist_count", "Number of playlists")
+        self.download_count = Gauge("download_count", "Number of downloads")
+        self.download_queue = Gauge("download_queue", "Number of pending downloads")
+        self.subtitle_count = Gauge("subtitle_count", "Number of subtitles downloaded for videos")
+    # fmt: on
+
+    def run_metrics_loop(self):
+        """
+        Runs a loop that will update the metrics every second.
+        """
+        while True:
+            self.retrieve_metrics()
+            time.sleep(self.poll_interval)
+
+    def retrieve_metrics(self):
+        """
+        Retrieves the metrics from the database and updates the metrics.
+        """
+        self.channel_count.set(GetMetrics.count(index_name="ta_channel"))
+        self.playlist_count.set(GetMetrics.count(index_name="ta_playlist"))
+        self.download_queue.set(GetMetrics.count(index_name="ta_download"))
+        self.download_count.set(GetMetrics.count(index_name="ta_video"))
+        self.subtitle_count.set(GetMetrics.count(index_name="ta_subtitle"))
+
+
+def main():
+    """Main Entry Point"""
+    listen_port = int(config["listen_port"])
+    poll_interval = int(config["poll_interval"])
+
+    app_metrics = AppMetrics(
+        poll_interval=poll_interval,
+    )
+    start_http_server(listen_port)
+    app_metrics.run_metrics_loop()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()