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#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'rubygems'
require 'sensu-handler'
require 'socket'

class Graphite < Sensu::Handler

  def send_graphite(metric, msg)
    host = 'graphite.host.com'
    port = 2003
    begin
      sock = TCPSocket.open(host, port)
      sock.puts "#{metric} #{msg} #{Time.now.to_i}"
      sock.close
      return true
    rescue SocketError
      return false
    end
  end

  def handle
      hostname = @event['client']['name'].split('.')[0]
      checkname = @event['check']['name'].gsub(%r|[ \.]|, '_')
      status = @event['action'].gsub(%r|[ \.]|, '_') # just in case
      occurences = @event['occurences'] || 1
      metric = "sensu.checks.#{hostname}.#{checkname}.#{status}"

      begin
        timeout(3) do
          if send_graphite(metric, occurences)
            puts 'graphite -- sent metric for ' + metric
          else
            puts 'graphite -- failed to send metric for ' + metric
          end
        end
      rescue Timeout::Error
        puts 'graphite -- timed out while sending for ' + metric
      end
  end

end