NODE-ANALYTICS

Description

Analytics server which listens for stats data and forwards to various analytics platforms. Accepts stats of the form $stat:$value where $value is $delta|$metric|$json - ex/ testing.user.session_start:1|c|{"user_id":1}

Purpose

• listen for UDP packets
• output buffer JSON data to CSV
• send stats to Mixpanel with JSON data as properties
• send stats to statsd server with graphite back-end

Install & Configure

1. clone the repo
2. $ npm install
3. edit config.json file in project root ($ vim ./config.json) and input host/port settings

Run

• cd into project root
• to keep-alive with forever-monitor: $ node bin/tmx-analytics start
• to run ad-hoc: $ node stats-server

Test

• install netcat ($ brew install netcat on a mac)
• run the following in terminal, replacing HOST and PORT of analytics server: $ echo -n 'prod.social.artist.share:1|c|{"user_id":1}' | nc -w 1 -u HOST PORT

Links

• statsd
• graphite
• mixpanel-node
• node-csv-parser
• node-dgram