From 9c94ce052e54806407d740fa0a2a070697b85ec0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jonathan \"Duke\" Leto" <jonathan@leto.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 10:43:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add a script which posts JSON to librato

---
 bin/post_json_to_librato | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 bin/post_json_to_librato

diff --git a/bin/post_json_to_librato b/bin/post_json_to_librato
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c1010a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/post_json_to_librato
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Simple bash wrapper around curl to submit a JSON file to Librato
+# Usage: ./post_json_to_librato foo.json
+
+# Advanced Usage: You can write a script which generates Librato JSON in any language and then
+# use bash process substitution with this script:
+# ./post_json_to_librato <(script_that_prints_json)
+
+LIBRATO_CREDS="$LIBRATO_USERNAME:$LIBRATO_API_KEY"
+
+LIBRATO_URL="https://metrics-api.librato.com/v1/metrics"
+
+JSON_FILE=`mktemp`
+cat $1 >> $JSON_FILE
+
+curl -s -H "Content-Type: application/json" -u $LIBRATO_CREDS -X POST $LIBRATO_URL --data @${JSON_FILE}
+
+rm ${JSON_FILE}