DropWizard.io statsd-reporter-example

Example showing how to integrate a custom statsd-reporter into Dropwizard.io. via the SPI [ReporterFactory] (https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/blob/master/dropwizard-metrics/src/main/java/io/dropwizard/metrics/ReporterFactory.java). This is the native way of plugging in new ScheduledReporter's'

As mentioned in ReporterFactory class we're going to:

• Create a class which implements ReporterFactory.
• Annotate it with @JsonTypeName and give it a unique type name.
• Add a src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.dropwizard.metrics.ReporterFactory file with your implementation's full class name to the class path.

Integrating the StatsDReporter from ReadyTalk

Add metrics-statsd reporter as a dependency

• add the bintray repository
• add ready talk dependency

Adding the StatsDReporterFactory

• StatsDReporterFactory takes care of
  • building and configuring the StatsDReporter instance we'll be using along with binding it to the MetricRegistry
  • sets the name via the @JsonTypeName annotation, we named it "statsd-reporter-example"

Adding the io.dropwizard.metrics.ReporterFactory services file

• added src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.dropwizard.metrics.ReporterFactory with our StatsDReporterFactory class defined as the ReporterFactory.

That's it, this can now be built and integrated into your dropwizard.io application. Check out this example to see how.

Build it

./gradlew build

Install it

./gradlew install

Use it in your own project

add as a dependency:

Gradle w/local install

dependencies {
    compile('com.netuitive.statsd-reporter-example:1.0-SNAPSHOT')
}

Update your dropwizard.io config.yml

metrics:
  frequency: 1 minute
  reporters:
      - type: statsd-reporter-example
        host: localhost
        port: 8125

Using bintray

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