optional arguments:¶

-m METRIC, --metric-name METRIC

name of the metric to add data points to (required)

-n NAMESPACE, --namespace NAMESPACE

the metric's namespace (required)

-v FLOAT, --value FLOAT

data value for the metric

-s Maximum=FLOAT,Minimum=FLOAT,SampleCount=FLOAT,Sum=FLOAT, --statistic-values Maximum=FLOAT,Minimum=FLOAT,SampleCount=FLOAT,Sum=FLOAT, --statisticValues Maximum=FLOAT,Minimum=FLOAT,SampleCount=FLOAT,Sum=FLOAT

statistic values for the metric. Maximum, Minimum, SampleCount, and Sum values are all required.

-d KEY1=VALUE1,KEY2=VALUE2,..., --dimensions KEY1=VALUE1,KEY2=VALUE2,...

the dimensions of the metric to add data points to

-t YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ, --timestamp YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ

timestamp of the data point

-u UNIT, --unit UNIT

unit the metric is being reported in

--show-empty-fields

show empty values as "(nil)"

-U URL, --url URL

instance monitoring service endpoint URL

--region USER@REGION

region and/or user names to search when looking up config file data

-I KEY_ID, --access-key-id KEY_ID

-S KEY, --secret-key KEY

--security-token TOKEN

--debug

show debugging output

--debugger

launch interactive debugger on error

--version

show the program's version and exit

-h, --help

show this help message and exit