func getGraphiteSendForCounter(cnt *counters.Counters, input string) (string, int64) {
	// Some data with expected sum of 6
	d := []byte(input)
	packets := udp.ParseMessage(d, prefix_internal, output, udp.ParseLine)

	for _, p := range packets {
		cnt.Add(p)
	}

	var buf []byte
	buf, num := cnt.Process(buf, 1, 10)
	return string(buf), num
}