<NME> datadog_metrics.rb
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<MSG> Added configs for Datadog metrics.
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+require "logstash/outputs/base"
+require "logstash/namespace"
+
+# This output lets you send metrics to
+# DataDogHQ based on Logstash events.
+class LogStash::Outputs::DatadogMetrics < LogStash::Outputs::Base
+
+  config_name "datadog_metrics"
+  plugin_status "experimental"
+
+  # Your DatadogHQ API key. https://app.datadoghq.com/account/settings#api
+  config :api_key, :validate => :string, :required => true
+
+  # The name of the time series.
+  config :metric, :validate => :string, :required => true
+
+  # A JSON array of points. Each point is in the form:
+  # [[POSIX_timestamp, numeric_value], ...]
+  config :points, :validate => :array, :required => true
+
+  # The name of the host that produced the metric.
+  config :host, :validate => :string
+
+  # Set any custom tags for this event,
+  # default are the Logstash tags if any.
+  config :dd_tags, :validate => :array
+
+  # The type of the metric.
+  config :metric_type, :validate => ["gauge", "counter"], :default => "gauge"
+
+end
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Added configs for Datadog metrics.