Gmetric Python

Using the GmetricProtocol it's a snap to write a gmond/gmetric client, Especially with python since it includes the XDR formatting natively. The code provides a module and a command-line interface.

I'm not a python super-expert so any hints to make it more pythonic would be welcome.

Source and Install

The source code is gmetric.py. You can directly download using that link or it's included in the full distribution in the python directory. There is a setup.py script and unit test.

If you download the tarball, "make" will do all this for you.

Command Line Usage

The gmetric module also has a command-line interface:

$ ./gmetric.py --help
Usage: gmetric.py [options]

Options:
  -h, --help           show this help message and exit
  --protocol=PROTOCOL  The gmetric internet protocol, either udp or multicast,
                       default udp
  --host=HOST          The gmond host to recieve the data
  --port=PORT          The gmond port to recieve the data
  --name=NAME          The name of the metric
  --value=VALUE        The value of the metric
  --units=UNITS        The units for the value, e.g. 'kb/sec'
  --slope=SLOPE        The sign of the derivative of the value over time, one
                       of zero, positive, negative, both, default both
  --type=TYPE          The value data type, one of string, int8, uint8, int16,
                       uint16, int32, uint32, float, double
  --tmax=TMAX          The maximum time in seconds between gmetric calls,
                       default 60
  --dmax=DMAX          The lifetime in seconds of this metric, default=0,
                       meaning unlimited

$./gmetric.py --host=localhost --port=8649 --name=foo --value=bar --type=string --dmax=300
$