Public Endpoint - StatsD Metrics

This StatsD API endpoint is provided to add additional metrics to AppSignal, where an existing integration can't be used or the language used isn't supported (yet).

This endpoint is meant for integrations that send aggregated metrics over a small period, it's preferred to send one request every 5 seconds with 100 metrics than 100 requests per 5 minutes with one metric each.

Endpoint

Request method: POST

URL parameters

https://appsignal-endpoint.net/metrics/statsd?api_key=<api_key>

Body parameters

The post body should contain (Dog)StatsD formatted metrics separated by a newline.

For example:

login_count:1|c|#hostname:frontend1
stripe_api_duration:19|ms|#function:payment,domain:appsignal
cpu_usage:55.1|g|#hostname:frontend1,cpu:0

Here is a complete example on how to send these metrics using cURL. (Note the use of single quotes for the --data option and the leading $. Only then will line breaks work in the --data value.)

curl -H "Content-Type: text/plain"  -X POST --data $'login_count:10|c|#hostname:frontend1\nstripe_api_duration:19|ms|#function:payment,domain:appsignal' "https://appsignal-endpoint.net/metrics/statsd?api_key=FRONTEND-API-KEY"