--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/util/statsd.lua	Wed Jul 27 14:06:10 2016 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+local socket = require "socket";
+
+local time = require "socket".gettime;
+
+local function new(config)
+	if not config or not config.statsd_server then
+		return nil, "No statsd server specified in the config, please see https://prosody.im/doc/statistics";
+	end
+
+	local sock = socket.udp();
+	sock:setpeername(config.statsd_server, config.statsd_port or 8125);
+
+	local prefix = (config.prefix or "prosody")..".";
+
+	local function send_metric(s)
+		return sock:send(prefix..s);
+	end
+
+	local function send_gauge(name, amount, relative)
+		local s_amount = tostring(amount);
+		if relative and amount > 0 then
+			s_amount = "+"..s_amount;
+		end
+		return send_metric(name..":"..s_amount.."|g");
+	end
+
+	local function send_counter(name, amount)
+		return send_metric(name..":"..tostring(amount).."|c");
+	end
+
+	local function send_duration(name, duration)
+		return send_metric(name..":"..tostring(duration).."|ms");
+	end
+
+	local function send_histogram_sample(name, sample)
+		return send_metric(name..":"..tostring(sample).."|h");
+	end
+
+	local methods;
+	methods = {
+		amount = function (name, initial)
+			if initial then
+				send_gauge(name, initial);
+			end
+			return function (new_v) send_gauge(name, new_v); end
+		end;
+		counter = function (name, initial)
+			return function (delta)
+				send_gauge(name, delta, true);
+			end;
+		end;
+		rate = function (name)
+			return function ()
+				send_counter(name, 1);
+			end;
+		end;
+		distribution = function (name, unit, type) --luacheck: ignore 212/unit 212/type
+			return function (value)
+				send_histogram_sample(name, value);
+			end;
+		end;
+		sizes = function (name)
+			name = name.."_size";
+			return function (value)
+				send_histogram_sample(name, value);
+			end;
+		end;
+		times = function (name)
+			return function ()
+				local start_time = time();
+				return function ()
+					local end_time = time();
+					local duration = end_time - start_time;
+					send_duration(name, duration*1000);
+				end
+			end;
+		end;
+	};
+	return methods;
+end
+
+return {
+	new = new;
+}