Package dogstatsd provides a Go DogStatsD client. DogStatsD extends StatsD - adding tags and histograms. The documentation for DogStatsD is here: http://docs.datadoghq.com/guides/dogstatsd/
$ go get github.com/ooyala/go-dogstatsd
// Create the client
c, err := dogstatsd.New("127.0.0.1:8125")
defer c.Close()
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
// Prefix every metric with the app name
c.Namespace = "flubber."
// Send the EC2 availability zone as a tag with every metric
c.Tags = append(c.Tags, "us-east-1a")
err = c.Gauge("request.duration", 1.2, nil, 1)
// Post info to datadog event stream
err = c.Info("cookie alert", "Cookies up for grabs in the kitchen!", nil)
Run the tests with:
$ go test
Please see: http://godoc.org/github.com/ooyala/go-dogstatsd
go-dogstatsd is released under the MIT license.