Python script to create and download PNG graphs via Graphite Render URL API

graphite_url_api_pngs

#!/usr/bin/python -tt

import requests

graphite_targets = [
    'some.graphite.metric.target',
    'another.graphite.metric.target
    ]

graphite = 'some_graphite_host'
render_url = 'http://%s/render/' % (graphite)
params = {
    'width' : 800,
    'heigth' : 600,
    'format' : 'png'
      }

for graphite_target in graphite_targets:
  params['target'] = graphite_target
  response = requests.get(render_url, params=params)
  png_file_path = "/tmpt/%s.png" % graphite_target
  png_file = open(png_file_path, "wb")
  png_file.write(response.content)
  png_file.close()