json2graphite

Send JSON metrics to Graphite

Installation

Install with npm

npm install -g json2graphite

Usage

$ json2graphite
Options:
  --help           Show help                                           [boolean]
  --version        Show version number                                 [boolean]
  --prefix, -x     Prefix added to each key. Can be nested (e.g. system.values)
  --host, -h       Graphite host.                                     [required]
  --port, -p       Graphite port.                                [default: 2003]
  --metrics, -m    JSON metrics to send to graphite. Reads from STDIN by
                   default.                                       [default: "-"]
  --timestamp, -t  Timestamp

Send JSON metrics

$ json2graphite --host 127.0.0.1 --metrics '{"cpu": "0.25", "memory":"2GB"}'
 
# plaintext metrics sent to graphite ==> 
cpu 0.25 1532384798
memory 2GB 1532384798

Read JSON from STDIN

$ echo '{"cpu": "0.25", "memory":"2GB"}' | json2graphite --host 127.0.0.1
 
# plaintext metrics sent to graphite ==> 
cpu 0.25 1532384798
memory 2GB 1532384798

Specify a timestamp

$ json2graphite --host 127.0.0.1 --metrics '{"cpu": "0.25", "memory":"2GB"}' --timestamp 1532384500000
 
# plaintext metrics sent to graphite ==> 
cpu 0.25 1532384500
memory 2GB 1532384500

Specify a prefix for metrics

$ json2graphite --host 127.0.0.1 --metrics '{"cpu": "0.25", "memory":"2GB"}' --prefix "servers.host1"
 
# plaintext metrics sent to graphite ==> 
servers.host1.cpu 0.25 1532385129
servers.host1.memory 2GB 1532385129

API

Install via NPM

Add json2graphite to your project:

npm install --save json2Graphite

Require it:

const json2Graphite = require('json2Graphite')

json2Graphite(opts)

opts {Object} can be:

• host - {String} IP or address of the Graphite host. Required.
• port - {Number} Graphite server port. Default 2003.
• metrics - Object The metrics to send to Graphite. Required.
• prefix - {String} Prefix in dot notation prepended to each metric's path.
• timestamp - {Number} Timestamp to use. Default Date.now() .

Returns a Promise which resolves on success or rejects with the Error on failure.