Functions/Send-StatsD.ps1
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.SYNOPSIS Sends data to a statsd UDP service endpoint .DESCRIPTION PowerShell function to send UDP data to a statsd endpoint, like DogStatsD service in a ASCII encoded byte-format. The function supports the basic -Verbose and -Debug cmdletbindings. .PARAMETER Data Mandatory - String data to be sent to the statsD service .PARAMETER ComputerName Optional - ComputerName (Hostname or IPaddress) of the target statsd service Default is 127.0.0.1 for localhost .PARAMETER Port Optional - Port for the target statsd service Default is 8125 .EXAMPLE Send-StatsD -Data 'sample_gauge:1985|g' .EXAMPLE 'sample_gauge:1985|g' | Send-StatsD .EXAMPLE Send-StatsD -Data 'sample_histogram:12|h' -ComputerName '192.168.0.20' .EXAMPLE Send-StatsD -Data 'sample_histogram:12|h' -ComputerName '192.168.0.20' -Port 8128 #> function Send-StatsD { [CmdletBinding()] param( [parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string]$Data, [Parameter()] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string]$ComputerName='127.0.0.1', [Parameter()] [ValidateRange(1,65535)] [int]$Port=8125 ) Write-Verbose "Targeting $($ComputerName):$Port UDP endpoint.." $UdpClient = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.UdpClient($ComputerName, $Port) try { Write-Debug "Encoding data:`n$Data" $bytes=[System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes($Data) Write-Debug "Sending Encoded Data: `n$bytes" $sent=$UdpClient.Send($bytes,$bytes.length) Write-Debug "Data Length sent: $sent" $UdpClient.Close() } catch { Write-Error $_ } finally { $UdpClient.Dispose() } $UdpClient = $null } |