@shopify/statsd

@shopify/statsd

An opinionated StatsD client for Shopify Node.js server and other StatsD utilities.

Installation

$ yarn add @shopify/statsd

Usage

Client

Create a StatsD client with the following:

import {StatsDClient} from '@shopify/statsd';

const statsdClient = new StatsDClient({
  host: 'some-statsd-host.com',
  port: '8125',
  prefix: 'AppName',
});

distribution

Tracks the statistical distribution of a set of values across your infrastructure.

statsdClient.distribution(
  'navigationComplete',
  100, // in milliseconds
  ['navigation', 'complete', 'performance'], // user-defined tags to go with the data
);

increment

Increments a stat by 1.

statsdClient.increment(
  'myCounter',
  ['navigation', 'complete', 'performance'], // user-defined tags to go with the data
);

close

Close statsd client. This will ensure all stats are sent and stop statsd from doing anything more.

statsdClient.close();