Fix tutorial serieshelper

examples/tutorial_serieshelper.py

@@ -1,29 +1,49 @@
+"""
+Tutorial/Example how to use the class helper `SeriesHelper`
+"""
+
 from influxdb import InfluxDBClient
 from influxdb import SeriesHelper
 
+# InfluxDB connections settings
+host = 'localhost'
+port = 8086
+user = 'root'
+password = 'root'
+dbname = 'mydb'
+
+myclient = InfluxDBClient(host, port, user, password, dbname)
+
+# Uncomment the following code if the database is not yet created
+# myclient.create_database(dbname)
+# myclient.create_retention_policy('awesome_policy', '3d', 3, default=True)
+
 
 class MySeriesHelper(SeriesHelper):
+    # Meta class stores time series helper configuration.
     class Meta:
-        # Meta class stores time series helper configuration.
-        client = InfluxDBClient()
         # The client should be an instance of InfluxDBClient.
-        series_name = 'events.stats.{server_name}'
+        client = myclient
         # The series name must be a string. Add dependent fields/tags in curly brackets.
-        fields = ['some_stat']
+        series_name = 'events.stats.{server_name}'
         # Defines all the fields in this time series.
-        tags = ['server_name']
+        fields = ['some_stat', 'other_stat']
         # Defines all the tags for the series.
-        bulk_size = 5
+        tags = ['server_name']
         # Defines the number of data points to store prior to writing on the wire.
+        bulk_size = 5
+        # autocommit must be set to True when using bulk_size
+        autocommit = True
+
 
 # The following will create *five* (immutable) data points.
 # Since bulk_size is set to 5, upon the fifth construction call, *all* data
 # points will be written on the wire via MySeriesHelper.Meta.client.
-MySeriesHelper(server_name='us.east-1', some_stat=159)
-MySeriesHelper(server_name='us.east-1', some_stat=158)
-MySeriesHelper(server_name='us.east-1', some_stat=157)
-MySeriesHelper(server_name='us.east-1', some_stat=156)
-MySeriesHelper(server_name='us.east-1', some_stat=155)
+MySeriesHelper(server_name='us.east-1', some_stat=159, other_stat=10)
+MySeriesHelper(server_name='us.east-1', some_stat=158, other_stat=20)
+MySeriesHelper(server_name='us.east-1', some_stat=157, other_stat=30)
+MySeriesHelper(server_name='us.east-1', some_stat=156, other_stat=40)
+MySeriesHelper(server_name='us.east-1', some_stat=155, other_stat=50)
 
 # To manually submit data points which are not yet written, call commit:
 MySeriesHelper.commit()