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The cURL plugin uses libcurl to read files and then parses them according to the configuration. The cURL library is best known to read web pages via HTTP, but a lot more protocol handlers are available, so reading via SSH or from FTP is available as well as local access via file://.

This plugin is a generic plugin, i.e. it cannot work without configuration, because there is no reasonable default behavior. Please read the Plugin curl section of the collectd.conf(5) manual page for an in-depth description of the plugin's configuration.

[edit] Synopsis

→ See: Example configurations

<Plugin curl>
  <Page "stock_quotes">
    URL "http://finance.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3AAMD"
    User "foo"
    Password "bar"
    <Match>
      Regex "]*> *([0-9]*\\.[0-9]+) *"
      DSType "GaugeAverage"
      # Note: "stock_value" is not a standard type.
      # Read types.db(5) for details on "types".
      Type "stock_value"
      Instance "AMD"
    </Match>
  </Page>
</Plugin>

[edit] Example graphs

• Example above from Scott M. Likens <scottatlikens.us>; from usage at Tatto Media.

[edit] Dependencies

• libcurl

[edit] See also

• Example configurations
• cURL-JSON plugin
• cURL-XML plugin
• Apache plugin