fake statsd server

fake_statsd.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
A local 'statsd' server for dev purposes
"""
from __future__ import print_function
import socket
import sys


def main(port):
    print("faux-statsd running on", port, file=sys.stderr)
    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
    sock.bind(("localhost", port))
    while True:
        data, addr = sock.recvfrom(4096)
        print("{}:{} said: {}".format(addr[0], addr[1], data), file=sys.stderr)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    port = int(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 else 8125
    main(port)