sending metrics to statsd via udp in Go

statsd_send.go

func main() {
    conn, err := net.Dial("udp", "127.0.0.1:8125")
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Printf("Some error %v", err)
        return
    }
    for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
        // This is the only line of code you need to push stats to telegraf
        fmt.Fprintf(conn, "deploys.test.myservice,from=go:1|c")
        
        time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
    }
    conn.Close()
}