From ccd36188bc86ed2f6747bc39305fdf50cee8ccb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Hitchcock <adam@northisup.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 16:51:13 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added gauge to client

---
 pystatsd/statsd.py | 9 ++++++++-
 statsd_test.py     | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pystatsd/statsd.py b/pystatsd/statsd.py
index 70aea0f..2f3fe3e 100644
--- a/pystatsd/statsd.py
+++ b/pystatsd/statsd.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ def timing_since(self, stat, start, sample_rate=1):
         """
         self.timing(stat, int((time.time() - start) * 1000000), sample_rate)
 
-
     def timing(self, stat, time, sample_rate=1):
         """
         Log timing information for a single stat
@@ -44,6 +43,14 @@ def timing(self, stat, time, sample_rate=1):
         stats = {stat: "%f|ms" % time}
         self.send(stats, sample_rate)
 
+    def gauge(self, stat, value, sample_rate=1):
+        """
+        Log gauge information for a single stat
+        >>> statsd_client.gauge('some.gauge',42)
+        """
+        stats = {stat: "%f|g" % value}
+        self.send(stats, sample_rate)
+
     def increment(self, stats, sample_rate=1):
         """
         Increments one or more stats counters
diff --git a/statsd_test.py b/statsd_test.py
index 393acde..12bb37c 100644
--- a/statsd_test.py
+++ b/statsd_test.py
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 
 from pystatsd import Client, Server
 
-sc = Client('localhost',8125)
+sc = Client('localhost', 8125)
 
-sc.timing('python_test.time',500)
+sc.timing('python_test.time', 500)
 sc.increment('python_test.inc_int')
 sc.decrement('python_test.decr_int')
+sc.gauge('python_test.gauge', 42)
 
 srvr = Server(debug=True)
 srvr.serve()