title: How update counter: set new value after avery request, NOT increment new value to previous value?
body: <p>want to create Prometheus client by python</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://github.com/prometheus/client_python" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tried to use this module</a> </p>
  
  <p>Took this code</p>
  
  <pre><code>from prometheus_client import Counter
  c = Counter('my_requests_total', 'HTTP Failures', ['method', 'endpoint'])
  c.labels(method='get', endpoint='/').inc()
  c.labels(method='post', endpoint='/submit').inc()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>All good, BUT I want to set new value after avery request, NOT increment new value to previous value.</p>
  
  <p>How can make it?</p>