Library to send metrics to a wavefront proxy when using the powerful vmware wavefront monitoring and analytics tool. Official Wavefront NPM package is https://www.npmjs.com/package/wavefrontmetrics
npm install wfmetricsh
npm install wfmetric --save
`
Usage
$3
`js
var wfmetric = require('wfmetric');
`
$3
`js
wfmetric.host = 'localhost'; //or a valid ip address
wfmetric.port = 3878; //optional, this will default to the jsonListenerPorts port of 3878
wfmetric.source = 'test'; //the source that will be reported for the metric.
`
$3
`js
var name = 'test.metric';
var value = 1.0;
var tags = {
version: '1.0'
};
var date = new Date();
wfmetric.post(name, value, tags, date)
.then((result) => {
console.log(result);
}).catch((err) => {
console.log(err);
});
`
#### Variables
wfmetric.post method variables are defined as follows
##### :name
Name of the metric that will be sent to the proxy. Valid names can have the period "." character to indicate hierarchy. More information about the metric name can be found at the official Wavefront documentation Wavefront Data Format Fields.
##### :value
Value that is attached to the metric sent to the proxy, double-precision floating point number or a long integer. More information about the value can be found at the official Wavefront documentation Wavefront Data Format Fields.
##### :tags
Point tags that are to be attached to the metric that is sent to the proxy. More information about the point tags can be found at the official Wavefront documentation Best Practices for Point Tags.
##### :date[optional]
Optional variable with the date of the metric that is being sent to the proxy. If no value is used the current date when the proxy receives the post will be used.
$3
`js
var data = [{
value: 99.1,
tags: {
os: 'windows'
}
}, {
value: 95.4,
tags: {
os: 'linux'
}
}];
var sendData = function(data) {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
var promises = [];
var date = new Date();
for(var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
promises.push(wfmetric.post('xyz.zyx', data[i].value, data[i].tags, date));
}
Promise.all(promises)
.then((result) => {
resolve();
}).catch((err) => {
reject(err);
});
});
};
sendData(data)
.then((result) => console.log("Success"))
.catch((err) => console.log(err));
``