cloudwatch_push.sh

#!/bin/bash

############################################################
# run: cloudwatch_push -e staging -q rabbit_queue_name
############################################################
while getopts e:q:c:h: option
  do
    case "${option}"
      in
        e) environment=${OPTARG};;
        q) queue=${OPTARG};;
    esac
  done

	source /etc/bashrc
	date=`date`
	home="/opt/scripts/"

	cd $home

  case $environment in
    production)
      user='someuser'
      pass=somepass'
      url='sub.example.com'
      vhost='root_vhost (eg: someuser)'
      ;;
		staging)
			user=
      pass=
      url=
      vhost=
      ;;
		qa)
			user=
      pass=
      url=
      vhost=
      ;;
  esac


  function get_queue() {
    response=`/usr/bin/curl -s -u ${user}:${pass} https://$url/api/queues/$vhost/$queue`
    count=`echo $response | jq -r '.messages'`
    echo $count
  }

  function push_to_cloudwatch() {
		count=$(get_queue)

		echo "${queue}: ${count}"
    aws cloudwatch put-metric-data --metric-name "QueueLength" --namespace ${queue} --value ${count} --unit Count
  }

  push_to_cloudwatch