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Statsd Multi Metric Packet Example

AggregationDaemonDogStatsDLine ProtocolMetricsObservabilityOpen SourceStatsDTCPUDPWire Protocol

Statsd Multi Metric Packet Example is an example object payload from StatsD, with 3 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

wireparsednotes

Example Payload

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{
  "wire": "gorets:1|c\nglork:320|ms\ngaugor:333|g\nuniques:765|s",
  "parsed": [
    { "bucket": "gorets", "value": 1,   "type": "counter", "wireType": "c" },
    { "bucket": "glork",  "value": 320, "type": "timer",   "wireType": "ms" },
    { "bucket": "gaugor", "value": 333, "type": "gauge",   "wireType": "g" },
    { "bucket": "uniques", "setValue": "765", "type": "set", "wireType": "s" }
  ],
  "notes": "Four heterogeneous metrics packed into a single UDP datagram, separated by `\\n`. Recommended pattern when emitting many metrics per request to amortize per-packet socket overhead. Keep total packet size below your network's MTU to avoid IP fragmentation."
}