statsd.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# vim: set ft=ruby
#

require 'socket'
require 'term/ansicolor'

include Term::ANSIColor

$stdout.sync = true

c = Term::ANSIColor
s = UDPSocket.new
s.bind(nil, 8125)
while blob = s.recvfrom(1024)
  metric, value = blob.first.split(':')
  puts "StatsD Metric: #{c.blue(metric)} #{c.green(value)}"
end