Custom Metrics

[timestamp]\tcustom\t[metric_name]\t[filter1_value]\t[filter2_value]\t[metric_value]\t[aggregation_type]
....

TIMESTAMP=$(($(date +%s)*1000))
METRIC=`echo -n "$TIMESTAMP\tcustom\tconsumed_coffee\toffice-1\tkitchen-2\t100.0\tsum"`
TOKEN=xxxxxxxx-759b-46bf-a9d3-xxxxxxxxxxxx
curl -H "Content-Type: text/plain" -X POST -d "$METRIC" "http://apps.sematext.com/spm-receiver/receive?host=`hostname`&token=$TOKEN"

require 'httparty'

class MetricSerializer
  def serialize(options)
    "#{options[:timestamp]}\tcustom\t#{options[:name]}\t#{options[:filter1]}\t#{options[:filter2]}\t#{options[:value]}\t#{options[:agg]}"
  end
end
class MetricSender
  include HTTParty
  def initialize(options)
    raise "receiver_url is required" unless options[:receiver_url]
    raise "host is required" unless options[:host]
    raise "token is required" unless options[:token]
    self.class.default_options[:base_uri] = options[:receiver_url]
    @serializer = MetricSerializer.new
    @host = options[:host]
    @token = options[:token]
    @version = "1.9.0"
  end
  def send(options)
    current_time = (Time.now.to_f * 1000).to_i
    merged_options = {
      :timestamp => current_time,
      :agg => 'avg'
    }.merge(options)
    s = @serializer.serialize(merged_options)
    puts s
    post_metric(s)
  end
private
  def post_metric(body)
    post_options = {
      :query => {:host => @host, :token => @token, :v => @version},
      :headers => {'Content-Type' => 'text/plain; charset=utf-8'},
      :body => body
    }
    self.class.post('receive', post_options)
  end
end
RECEIVER_OPTIONS = {
  :receiver_url => "http://appssematext.com/spm-receiver/",
  :host => "katrin",
  :token => "xxxxxxxx-759b-46bf-a9d3-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
}
sender = MetricSender.new(RECEIVER_OPTIONS)
sender.send :name => "coffee_consumed", :filter1 => "office-1", :filter2 => "kitchen-2", :value => 100.0, :agg => "sum"