func goStats(cw *cloudwatch.CloudWatch, requests *[]cloudwatch.GetMetricStatisticsRequest, now time.Time, statsCli *statsd.StatsdBuffer) {
log.WithField("now", now).Debug("tick")
for _, request := range *requests {
request.EndTime = now
request.StartTime = now.Add(time.Minute * -1) // 1 minute ago
response, err := cw.GetMetricStatistics(&request)
if err != nil {
log.WithField("error", err).Warn("could not retrieve metric from cloudwatch")
}
for _, dp := range response.GetMetricStatisticsResult.Datapoints {
statsCli.Absolute(fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", strings.ToLower(request.Dimensions[0].Value), strings.ToLower(request.MetricName)), int64(dp.Sum))
}
}
}
