Add option to disable statsd name conversion

closes #467
influxdata · Jan 15, 2016 · 9155d28 · 9155d28
1 parent f60c090
commit 9155d28
Showing 1 changed file with 11 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/statsd/statsd.go b/plugins/inputs/statsd/statsd.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type Statsd struct {
 	DeleteCounters bool
 	DeleteSets     bool
 	DeleteTimings  bool
+	ConvertNames   bool
 
 	sync.Mutex
 
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ func NewStatsd() *Statsd {
 	s.sets = make(map[string]cachedset)
 	s.timings = make(map[string]cachedtimings)
 
+	s.ConvertNames = true
+
 	return &s
 }
 
@@ -121,6 +124,9 @@ const sampleConfig = `
   # Percentiles to calculate for timing & histogram stats
   percentiles = [90]
 
+  # convert measurement names, "." to "_" and "-" to "__"
+  convert_names = true
+
   # templates = [
   #     "cpu.* measurement*"
   # ]
@@ -389,8 +395,10 @@ func (s *Statsd) parseName(bucket string) (string, map[string]string) {
 	if err == nil {
 		name, tags, _, _ = p.ApplyTemplate(name)
 	}
-	name = strings.Replace(name, ".", "_", -1)
-	name = strings.Replace(name, "-", "__", -1)
+	if s.ConvertNames {
+		name = strings.Replace(name, ".", "_", -1)
+		name = strings.Replace(name, "-", "__", -1)
+	}
 
 	return name, tags
 }
@@ -491,6 +499,6 @@ func (s *Statsd) Stop() {
 
 func init() {
 	inputs.Add("statsd", func() inputs.Input {
-		return &Statsd{}
+		return &Statsd{ConvertNames: true}
 	})
 }