Sending InfluxDB Metrics to Grafana Cloud with Ruby

influxdb-format.rb

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'base64'

# Go to "My Account" (grafana.com/orgs/your-organization),
# then under your Grafana stack, click the "Details" button under Graphite.
# Under the section titled "Using Grafana with Grafana Cloud Graphite" you will see
# your username. You can also generate an API key here, or do so in the account
# overview side navigation.

USER_ID = '123456'
API_KEY = 'your-api-key-123-!!!'
BASE64_ENCODED_AUTH = Base64.strict_encode64(USER_ID + ':' + API_KEY)

uri = "https://influx[...].grafana.net/api/v1/push/influx/write"
uri = URI.parse(uri)

body = 'test,bar_label=abc,source=grafana_cloud_docs metric=35.2'

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |client|
  request                  = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path)
  request.body             = body
  request["Authorization"] = "Basic #{BASE64_ENCODED_AUTH}"
  request["Content-Type"]  = "text/plain"
  client.request(request)
end

data = response.code

puts data