PROCESSORS.md

Processor Plugins

This section is for developers who want to create a new processor plugin.

Processor Plugin Guidelines

• A processor must conform to the telegraf.Processor interface.
• Processors should call processors.Add in their init function to register themselves. See below for a quick example.
• To be available within Telegraf itself, plugins must add themselves to the github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/processors/all/all.go file.
• The SampleConfig function should return valid toml that describes how the processor can be configured. This is include in the output of telegraf config.

• The SampleConfig function should return valid toml that describes how the plugin can be configured. This is included in telegraf config. Please consult the SampleConfig page for the latest style guidelines.

• The Description function should say in one line what this processor does.

Processor Plugin Example

package printer

// printer.go

import (
	"fmt"

	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/processors"
)

type Printer struct {
}

var sampleConfig = `
`

func (p *Printer) SampleConfig() string {
	return sampleConfig
}

func (p *Printer) Description() string {
	return "Print all metrics that pass through this filter."
}

func (p *Printer) Apply(in ...telegraf.Metric) []telegraf.Metric {
	for _, metric := range in {
		fmt.Println(metric.String())
	}
	return in
}

func init() {
	processors.Add("printer", func() telegraf.Processor {
		return &Printer{}
	})
}