Analytics-InfluxDB

NOTE: work-in-progress

Simple analytics logging for InfluxDB, heavily inspired by analytics-node

Instantiate a new series queue to begin recording json data

###Install:

• npm install analytics-influxdb --save

###Usage:

	var Analytics = require('analytics-influxdb');
	var Signups = new Analytics("foo", "bar", {
			host: "http://inflxudb.mydomain.com:8086",
			dbName: "production",
			series: "signups"
	});

	var data = {
		username: "greenbeans",
		subscription: "1-month",
		address: {
			street: "1 milky way",
			city: "New York City",
			zip: 10012,
			state: "NY"
		}
	}

	Signups.track(data);

Displayed in influxDB as:

| time | host | pid| username | subscription | address.street | address.city | address.zip | address.state | | ---- | ---| ---- |------- | -----| ------------- | -------------| ------------- | -------------| | 1429842043737 | api.mydomain.com | 4563 | "greenbeans" | "1-month" | "1 milky way" | "New York City" | 10012 | NY |

Analytics(username, password, options)

Initialize a new Analytics with user, pass and and optional dictionary of options including host.

Note:

• All messages being tracked will flatten all nested fields i.e. { top: { nested: 'hi' } } => { "top.nested" : "hi }
• All messages append process's host, pid, and time upon tracking

Parameters

• username: String
• password: String
• options: Object, (optional)

flush(fn)

Flush the current queue and callback fn(err, batch).

Parameters

• fn: function, (optional)

track(message, fn)

Add a message to the queue and check whether it should be flushed.

Parameters

• message: Object, fields
• fn: Function, (optional)