Java DogStatsD Client

A StatsD client library implemented in Java. Allows for Java applications to easily communicate with statsd.

This version was originally forked from java-dogstatsd-client and java-statsd-client but it is now the canonical home for the java-dogstatsd-client. Collaborating with the former upstream projects we have now combined efforts to provide a single release.

See CHANGELOG.md for changes.

Installation

The client jar is distributed via Maven central, and can be downloaded from Maven.

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.datadoghq</groupId>
    <artifactId>java-dogstatsd-client</artifactId>
    <version>2.9.0</version>
</dependency>

Unix Domain Socket support

As an alternative to UDP, Agent v6 can receive metrics via a UNIX Socket (on Linux only). This library supports transmission via this protocol. To use it, pass the socket path as a hostname, and 0 as port.

By default, all exceptions are ignored, mimicking UDP behaviour. When using Unix Sockets, transmission errors trigger exceptions you can choose to handle by passing a StatsDClientErrorHandler:

• Connection error because of an invalid/missing socket triggers a java.io.IOException: No such file or directory.
• If DogStatsD's reception buffer were to fill up and the non blocking client is used, the send times out after 100ms and throw either a java.io.IOException: No buffer space available or a java.io.IOException: Resource temporarily unavailable.

Configuration

Once your DogStatsD client is installed, instantiate it in your code:

import com.timgroup.statsd.NonBlockingStatsDClient;
import com.timgroup.statsd.StatsDClient;

public class DogStatsdClient {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        StatsDClient Statsd = new NonBlockingStatsDClient("statsd", "localhost", 8125);

    }
}

See the full list of available DogStatsD Client instantiation parameters.

Usage

In order to use DogStatsD metrics, events, and Service Checks the Agent must be running and available.

Metrics

After the client is created, you can start sending custom metrics to Datadog. See the dedicated Metric Submission: DogStatsD documentation to see how to submit all supported metric types to Datadog with working code examples:

• Submit a COUNT metric.
• Submit a GAUGE metric.
• Submit a HISTOGRAM metric
• Submit a DISTRIBUTION metric

Some options are suppported when submitting metrics, like applying a Sample Rate to your metrics or tagging your metrics with your custom tags.

Events

After the client is created, you can start sending events to your Datadog Event Stream. See the dedicated Event Submission: DogStatsD documentation to see how to submit an event to your Datadog Event Stream.

Service Checks

After the client is created, you can start sending Service Checks to Datadog. See the dedicated Service Check Submission: DogStatsD documentation to see how to submit a Service Check to Datadog.