New export plugin: standard and configurable Restfull exporter #1129

7 files changed, 56 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8ea2ddae..1968a010 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Version NEXT RELEASE
 Enhancements and new features:
 
     * [WIP] Refactoring of the WebUI
+    * New export plugin: standard and configurable Restfull exporter (issue #1129)
 
 Bugs corrected:
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5a095502..dd8a8fcb 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Optional dependencies:
 - ``pysnmp`` (for SNMP support)
 - ``pystache`` (for the action script feature)
 - ``pyzmq`` (for the ZeroMQ export module)
-- ``requests`` (for the Ports and Cloud plugins)
+- ``requests`` (for the Ports, Cloud plugins and Restful export module)
 - ``scandir`` (for the Folders plugin) [Only for Python < 3.5]
 - ``statsd`` (for the StatsD export module)
 - ``wifi`` (for the wifi plugin) [Linux-only]
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ Gateway to other services
 
 Glances can export stats to: ``CSV`` file, ``InfluxDB``, ``Cassandra``, ``CouchDB``,
 ``OpenTSDB``, ``Prometheus``, ``StatsD``, ``ElasticSearch``, ``RabbitMQ/ActiveMQ``,
-``ZeroMQ``, ``Kafka`` and ``Riemann`` server.
+``ZeroMQ``, ``Kafka``, ``Riemann`` and ``Restful`` server.
 
 How to contribute ?
 ===================
diff --git a/docs/gw/index.rst b/docs/gw/index.rst
index 6d0c2251..4e9c1e23 100644
--- a/docs/gw/index.rst
+++ b/docs/gw/index.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ to providing stats to multiple services (see list below).
    opentsdb
    prometheus
    rabbitmq
+   restful
    riemann
    statsd
    zeromq
diff --git a/docs/gw/restful.rst b/docs/gw/restful.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..269d1ac4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/gw/restful.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+.. _restful:
+
+Restful
+=======
+
+You can export statistics to a ``Restful`` JSON server. All the available stats
+will be exported in one big (~15 KB) POST request to the Restful endpoint.
+
+The Restful endpoint should be defined in the Glances configuration file as
+following:
+
+.. code-block:: ini
+
+    [restful]
+    # Configuration for the --export-restful option
+    # Example, export to http://localhost:6789/
+    host=localhost
+    port=6789
+    protocol=http
+    path=/
+
+URL Syntax:
+
+.. code-block:: ini
+
+    http://localhost:6789/
+    |      |         |   |
+    |      |         |   path
+    |      |         port
+    |      hostname
+    host
+
+and run Glances with:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ glances --export-restful
+
+Glances will generate stats as a big JSON dictionary (see example `here`_).
+
+
+.. _here: https://pastebin.com/7U3vXqvF
diff --git a/docs/man/glances.1 b/docs/man/glances.1
index 7827ab3b..454c001e 100644
--- a/docs/man/glances.1
+++ b/docs/man/glances.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" Man page generated from reStructuredText.
 .
-.TH "GLANCES" "1" "Jun 27, 2017" "2.10.1_DEVELOP" "Glances"
+.TH "GLANCES" "1" "Jul 30, 2017" "2.10.1_DEVELOP" "Glances"
 .SH NAME
 glances \- An eye on your system
 .
diff --git a/glances/exports/glances_export.py b/glances/exports/glances_export.py
index b402ea2e..c5f72662 100644
--- a/glances/exports/glances_export.py
+++ b/glances/exports/glances_export.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ I am your father...
 ...for all Glances exports IF.
 """
 
+import json
+
 from glances.compat import NoOptionError, NoSectionError, iteritems, iterkeys
 from glances.logger import logger
 
@@ -182,6 +184,8 @@ class GlancesExport(object):
                 pre_key = ''
             # Walk through the dict
             for key, value in iteritems(stats):
+                if isinstance(value, bool):
+                    value = json.dumps(value)
                 if isinstance(value, list):
                     try:
                         value = value[0]
diff --git a/glances/exports/glances_restful.py b/glances/exports/glances_restful.py
index 64f8f5e0..275170bb 100644
--- a/glances/exports/glances_restful.py
+++ b/glances/exports/glances_restful.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import sys
 
+from glances.compat import listkeys
 from glances.logger import logger
 from glances.exports.glances_export import GlancesExport
 
@@ -63,18 +64,19 @@ class Export(GlancesExport):
                                     self.port,
                                     self.path)
         logger.info(
-            "Stats will be exported to the restful URL: {}".format(url))
+            "Stats will be exported to the restful endpoint {}".format(url))
         return url
 
     def export(self, name, columns, points):
         """Export the stats to the Statsd server."""
-        if name in self.buffer:
+        if name == self.plugins_to_export()[0] and self.buffer != {}:
             # One complete loop have been done
+            logger.debug("Export stats ({}) to Restful endpoint ({})".format(listkeys(self.buffer),
+                                                                             self.client))
             # Export stats
             post(self.client, json=self.buffer, allow_redirects=True)
             # Reset buffer
             self.buffer = {}
-            logger.debug("Export stats to Restful endpoint ({})".format(self.client))
 
         # Add current stat to the buffer
         self.buffer[name] = dict(zip(columns, points))