StatsD example using Golang

statsd-go.go

package main

import (
  "github.com/quipo/statsd"
  "math/rand"
  "time"
)

func main() {
  rand.Seed(time.Now().Unix())

  // Create the client
  client := statsd.NewStatsdClient("127.0.0.1:8125", "golang.")
  defer client.Close()
  // Connect to the statsd server
  err := client.CreateSocket()
  if err != nil {
     panic(err)
  }

  for {

     // Gauge
     client.Gauge("foo", rand.Int63n(100))

     // Counter
     client.Incr("bar", 1)

     // Counter with sampling
     client.IncrWithSampling("bar_sampled", 5, 0.1)

     // Timer
     client.Timing("timed", rand.Int63n(100000))

     // Wait for a random time between 500 and 1000 ms before sending the data again.
     time.Sleep(time.Duration(int(time.Millisecond) * (rand.Intn(500) + 500)))
  }

}