zendesk_statsd

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zendesk_statsd

Have you ever wanted a graph of how many tickets you have in your ZenDesk views? Well, you're in luck! zendesk_statsd is a process that will consume your view counts from the Zendesk API periodically and send it to your StatsD server.

Requirements

You need to have StatsD running somewhere accessible, and have a ZenDesk account. You will also need your Zendesk API key, which you can find in Settings -> Channels -> API

  1. Put things in settings.json.
  2. Run with: node zendesk_statsd.js settings.json

Configuration Options

Configuration is either loaded by a settings.json in the current directory, or by environment variables. Environment variables take precendence over settings.json. "Ah but how do I set that annoying nested setting using environment variables?", I hear you ask. You can use : as a separator.

Now for the exciting list of settings:

Required Settings

These have to be set before zendesk_statsd will run

  • zendeskHostname - Set it to your Zendesk subdomain, example "yoursubdomain.zendesk.com"
  • zendeskToken - Find this in Settings -> Channels -> API on your Zendesk dashboard
  • zendeskUsername - You use this to log in to Zendesk. It looks like an email address.
  • viewsToStats - This is a javascript object mapping Zendesk view IDs (numeric strings) to StatsdD keys (also strings). Example:
{
  "12345":"myawesomeview.count",
  "5678":"anotherawesomeview.count"
}

Optional Settings

  • interval - Number of milliseconds between Zendesk pulls + StatsD pushes. Defaults to 1 minute, which is probably too short. Keep in mind that Zendesk will rate limit you.
  • logLevel - How verbose zendesk_statsd will be. Defaults to debug, but other log levels include: info, warning, and error
  • statsdPort - Defaults to 8125
  • statsdPrefix - Automatically prefixed to all your stats you send over. Defaults to "zendesk"
  • statsdServer - Address of your StatsD server. Defaults to "localhost"

Refer to exampleSettings.json for an example config file.

Changelog

  • 0.0.3 - Add ability to pass the location of the config file to the process
  • 0.0.2 - Add bin/zendesk_statsd executable for easier deployment
  • 0.0.1 - Initial Release

License (MIT)

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Copyright (c) 2013 Kevin McCarthy

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