diff --git a/monitor/prometheus.go b/monitor/prometheus.go
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+++ b/monitor/prometheus.go
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+package monitor
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+// Metric represents a single Prometheus metric line, including its
+// labels and timestamp.
+type Metric struct {
+	Name         []byte
+	Labels       LabelPairs
+	Value        int
+	Milliseconds int64
+}
+
+// LabelPairs contains the set of labels for a metric.
+type LabelPairs []LabelPair
+
+// LabelPair contains a label name and value.
+type LabelPair struct {
+	Name  []byte
+	Value []byte
+}
+
+// ParseMetric parses a single Promethesus metric line.
+//
+// Note: The implementation currently only supports integer values and
+// also doesn't handle escaped characters nor multiple sequential
+// whitespace characters. This is OK for now because this only needs
+// to support metrics generated by the various influx-spout
+// components.
+func ParseMetric(s []byte) (*Metric, error) {
+	if len(s) < 3 {
+		return nil, errors.New("invalid metric")
+	}
+
+	out := new(Metric)
+	var err error
+
+	i := bytes.IndexAny(s, " {")
+	if i == -1 {
+		return nil, errors.New("no value")
+	}
+	out.Name = s[:i]
+
+	if s[i] == '{' {
+		i++
+		labels, n, err := parseLabels(s[i:])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		out.Labels = labels
+		i += n
+	}
+
+	i++
+	j := bytes.IndexByte(s[i:], ' ')
+	if j == -1 {
+		j = len(s[i:]) // No timestamp
+	}
+	out.Value, err = strconv.Atoi(string(s[i : i+j]))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("invalid value")
+	}
+
+	i += j
+	if i < len(s) {
+		out.Milliseconds, err = strconv.ParseInt(string(s[i+1:]), 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.New("invalid timestamp")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+func parseLabels(s []byte) (LabelPairs, int, error) {
+	if s[0] == '}' {
+		return nil, 1, nil
+	}
+
+	i := 0
+	out := make(LabelPairs, 0, 1)
+	for {
+		var label LabelPair
+
+		j := bytes.Index(s[i:], []byte(`="`))
+		if j == -1 {
+			return nil, i, errors.New("invalid label")
+		}
+		label.Name = s[i : i+j]
+		i = i + j + 2
+
+		j = bytes.IndexByte(s[i:], '"')
+		if j == -1 {
+			return nil, i, errors.New("missing label closing quote")
+		}
+		label.Value = s[i : i+j]
+		i = i + j + 1
+
+		out = append(out, label)
+
+		switch s[i] {
+		case '}':
+			return out, i + 1, nil
+		case ',':
+			i++
+		default:
+			return nil, i, errors.New("invalid label separator")
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/monitor/prometheus_test.go b/monitor/prometheus_test.go
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/monitor/prometheus_test.go
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+package monitor_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/jumptrading/influx-spout/monitor"
+)
+
+func TestBasic(t *testing.T) {
+	m, err := monitor.ParseMetric([]byte("foo 42"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, &monitor.Metric{
+		Name:  []byte("foo"),
+		Value: 42,
+	}, m)
+}
+
+func TestEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	m, err := monitor.ParseMetric([]byte(""))
+	assert.Nil(t, m)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "invalid metric")
+}
+
+func TestNoValue(t *testing.T) {
+	m, err := monitor.ParseMetric([]byte("what"))
+	assert.Nil(t, m)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "no value")
+}
+
+func TestEmptyValue(t *testing.T) {
+	m, err := monitor.ParseMetric([]byte("what "))
+	assert.Nil(t, m)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "invalid value")
+}
+
+func TestFloatValue(t *testing.T) {
+	m, err := monitor.ParseMetric([]byte("foo 12.32"))
+	assert.Nil(t, m)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "invalid value")
+}
+
+func TestStringValue(t *testing.T) {
+	m, err := monitor.ParseMetric([]byte("foo bar"))
+	assert.Nil(t, m)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "invalid value")
+}
+
+func TestLabel(t *testing.T) {
+	m, err := monitor.ParseMetric([]byte(`foo{method="post"} 2`))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, &monitor.Metric{
+		Name: []byte("foo"),
+		Labels: monitor.LabelPairs{{
+			Name:  []byte("method"),
+			Value: []byte("post"),
+		}},
+		Value: 2,
+	}, m)
+}
+
+func TestEmptyLabels(t *testing.T) {
+	m, err := monitor.ParseMetric([]byte(`foo{} 2`))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, &monitor.Metric{
+		Name:  []byte("foo"),
+		Value: 2,
+	}, m)
+}
+
+func TestMultipleLabels(t *testing.T) {
+	m, err := monitor.ParseMetric([]byte(`foo{method="post",code="200"} 2`))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, &monitor.Metric{
+		Name: []byte("foo"),
+		Labels: monitor.LabelPairs{
+			{
+				Name:  []byte("method"),
+				Value: []byte("post"),
+			},
+			{
+				Name:  []byte("code"),
+				Value: []byte("200"),
+			},
+		},
+		Value: 2,
+	}, m)
+}
+
+func TestBadLabelSep(t *testing.T) {
+	m, err := monitor.ParseMetric([]byte(`foo{method="post"/code="200"} 2`))
+	assert.Nil(t, m)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "invalid label separator")
+}
+
+func TestNoLabelValue(t *testing.T) {
+	m, err := monitor.ParseMetric([]byte(`foo{method} 2`))
+	assert.Nil(t, m)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "invalid label")
+}
+
+func TestMissingClosingBrace(t *testing.T) {
+	m, err := monitor.ParseMetric([]byte(`foo{method="post" 2`))
+	assert.Nil(t, m)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "invalid label separator")
+}
+
+func TestMissingLabelOpeningQuote(t *testing.T) {
+	m, err := monitor.ParseMetric([]byte(`foo{method=post} 2`))
+	assert.Nil(t, m)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "invalid label")
+}
+
+func TestMissingLabelClosingQuotes(t *testing.T) {
+	m, err := monitor.ParseMetric([]byte(`foo{method="post} 2`))
+	assert.Nil(t, m)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "missing label closing quote")
+}
+
+func TestTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
+	m, err := monitor.ParseMetric([]byte("foo 42 1234567"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, &monitor.Metric{
+		Name:         []byte("foo"),
+		Value:        42,
+		Milliseconds: 1234567,
+	}, m)
+}
+
+func TestInvalidTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
+	m, err := monitor.ParseMetric([]byte("foo 42 abc"))
+	assert.Nil(t, m)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "invalid timestamp")
+}
+
+func TestTrailingSpace(t *testing.T) {
+	m, err := monitor.ParseMetric([]byte("foo 42 "))
+	assert.Nil(t, m)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "invalid timestamp")
+}
+
+func TestLabelsAndTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
+	m, err := monitor.ParseMetric([]byte(`foo{host="nyc01",bar="definitely",thing="forgot"} 42 123456789`))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, &monitor.Metric{
+		Name: []byte("foo"),
+		Labels: monitor.LabelPairs{
+			{
+				Name:  []byte("host"),
+				Value: []byte("nyc01"),
+			},
+			{
+				Name:  []byte("bar"),
+				Value: []byte("definitely"),
+			},
+			{
+				Name:  []byte("thing"),
+				Value: []byte("forgot"),
+			},
+		},
+		Value:        42,
+		Milliseconds: 123456789,
+	}, m)
+}