valuecounter.go

package valuecounter

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/aggregators"
)

type aggregate struct {
	name       string
	tags       map[string]string
	fieldCount map[string]int
}

// ValueCounter an aggregation plugin
type ValueCounter struct {
	cache  map[uint64]aggregate
	Fields []string
}

// NewValueCounter create a new aggregation plugin which counts the occurances
// of fields and emits the count.
func NewValueCounter() telegraf.Aggregator {
	vc := &ValueCounter{}
	vc.Reset()
	return vc
}

var sampleConfig = `
  ## General Aggregator Arguments:
  ## The period on which to flush & clear the aggregator.
  period = "30s"
  ## If true, the original metric will be dropped by the
  ## aggregator and will not get sent to the output plugins.
  drop_original = false
  ## The fields for which the values will be counted
  fields = []
`

// SampleConfig generates a sample config for the ValueCounter plugin
func (vc *ValueCounter) SampleConfig() string {
	return sampleConfig
}

// Description returns the description of the ValueCounter plugin
func (vc *ValueCounter) Description() string {
	return "Count the occurance of values in fields."
}

// Add is run on every metric which passes the plugin
func (vc *ValueCounter) Add(in telegraf.Metric) {
	id := in.HashID()

	// Check if the cache already has an entry for this metric, if not create it
	if _, ok := vc.cache[id]; !ok {
		a := aggregate{
			name:       in.Name(),
			tags:       in.Tags(),
			fieldCount: make(map[string]int),
		}
		vc.cache[id] = a
	}

	// Check if this metric has fields which we need to count, if so increment
	// the count.
	for fk, fv := range in.Fields() {
		for _, cf := range vc.Fields {
			if fk == cf {
				// Do not process float types to prevent memory from blowing up
				switch fv.(type) {
				default:
					log.Printf("I! Valuecounter: Unsupported field type. " +
						"Must be an int, string or bool. Ignoring.")
					continue
				case uint64, int64, string, bool:
				}
				fn := fmt.Sprintf("%v_%v", fk, fv)
				vc.cache[id].fieldCount[fn]++
			}
		}
	}
}

// Push emits the counters
func (vc *ValueCounter) Push(acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
	for _, agg := range vc.cache {
		fields := map[string]interface{}{}

		for field, count := range agg.fieldCount {
			fields[field] = count
		}

		acc.AddFields(agg.name, fields, agg.tags)
	}
}

// Reset the cache, executed after each push
func (vc *ValueCounter) Reset() {
	vc.cache = make(map[uint64]aggregate)
}

func init() {
	aggregators.Add("valuecounter", func() telegraf.Aggregator {
		return NewValueCounter()
	})
}