How to get your data into graphite.

graphite_send_data.py

import pickle
import struct
import time
import socket

CARBON_HOST = '192.168.99.100'
CARBON_PLAIN_DATA_PORT = 2003
CARBON_PICKLED_DATA_PORT = 2004


def send(host, port, message):
    sock = socket.socket()
    sock.connect((CARBON_HOST, port))
    sock.sendall(message)
    sock.close()


def prepare_pickled(data):
    pickled = pickle.dumps(data, protocol=2)
    header = struct.pack("!L", len(pickled))
    return header + pickled


key = 'graphite.your.key.here'
value1 = 66
value2 = 42
timestamp1 = int(time.time())
timestamp2 = timestamp1 + 60

data_as_string = "%s %s %d\n" % (key, value1, timestamp1)  
data = [(key, (timestamp1, value1)), (key, (timestamp2, value2))]

send(CARBON_HOST, CARBON_PLAIN_DATA_PORT, data_as_string)
send(CARBON_HOST, CARBON_PICKLED_DATA_PORT, prepare_pickled(data))