From: Clay Loveless <clay@killersoft.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:18:06 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: contrib/collectd-unixsock.py: Add Python module to talk to the UnixSock plugin.
X-Git-Tag: collectd-4.7.0~93
X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=71910b87d7895061d15b4df3817b50ab398d7f58;p=collectd.git

contrib/collectd-unixsock.py: Add Python module to talk to the UnixSock plugin.
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diff --git a/contrib/collectd-unixsock.py b/contrib/collectd-unixsock.py
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+#-*- coding: ISO-8859-1 -*-
+# collect.py: the python collectd-unixsock module.
+#
+# Requires collectd to be configured with the unixsock plugin, like so:
+#
+# LoadPlugin unixsock
+# <Plugin unixsock>
+#   SocketFile "/var/run/collectd-unixsock"
+#   SocketPerms "0775"
+# </Plugin>
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2008 Clay Loveless <clay@killersoft.com>
+#
+# This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
+# warranty.  In no event will the author be held liable for any damages
+# arising from the use of this software.
+#
+# Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+# including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+# freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+#
+# 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
+#    claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
+#    in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
+#    appreciated but is not required.
+# 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
+#    misrepresented as being the original software.
+# 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
+
+import socket, string
+
+class Collect(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, path='/var/run/collectd-unixsock'):
+        self._sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        self._path =  path
+        self._sock.connect(self._path)
+        
+    def list(self):
+        numvalues = self._cmd('LISTVAL')
+        lines = []
+        if numvalues:
+            lines = self._readlines(numvalues)
+        return lines
+        
+    def get(self, val, flush=True):
+        numvalues = self._cmd('GETVAL "' + val + '"')
+        lines = []
+        if numvalues:
+            lines = self._readlines(numvalues)
+        if flush:
+            self._cmd('FLUSH identifier="' + val + '"')
+        return lines
+            
+    def _cmd(self, c):
+        self._sock.send(c + "\n")
+        stat = string.split(self._readline())
+        status = int(stat[0])
+        if status:
+            return status
+        return False
+    
+    '''
+    _readline and _readlines methods borrowed from the _fileobject class 
+    in sockets.py, tweaked a little bit for use in the collectd context.
+    '''
+    def _readline(self):
+        data = ''
+        buf = []
+        recv = self._sock.recv
+        while data != "\n":
+            data = recv(1)
+            if not data:
+                break
+            if data != "\n":
+                buf.append(data)
+        return ''.join(buf)
+        
+    def _readlines(self, sizehint=0):
+        total = 0
+        list = []
+        while True:
+            line = self._readline()
+            if not line:
+                break
+            list.append(line)
+            total = len(list)
+            if sizehint and total >= sizehint:
+                break
+        return list
+    
+    def __del__(self):
+        self._sock.close()    
+
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    
+    '''
+    Example usage:
+    Collect values from socket and dump to STDOUT.
+    '''
+    
+    c = Collect('/var/run/collectd-unixsock')
+    list = c.list()
+
+    for val in list:
+        stamp, key = string.split(val)
+        glines = c.get(key)
+        print stamp + ' ' + key + ' ' + ', '.join(glines)
+