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README.md

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+# Simple Metrics Generator
+
+Simple Prometheus metrics generator.
+
+## Usage
+
+```bash
+cat metadata | generate_metrics tempurature 50
+```
+
+with your metadata file looking something like
+
+```
+unit="F", computer="computer5"
+```
+
+---
+
+From here you could then redirect stdout into a file, then host the file with something like Caddy for Prometheus to scrape.
+

generate_metrics

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+if [ -t 0 ]; then
+	echo You need to send your metadata to stdin
+	echo It should be in the syntax of {name}=\"{value}\"
+	exit
+fi
+META=$(cat)
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+	echo Argument 1 should be name
+	exit
+fi
+if [ -z "$2" ]; then
+	echo Argument 2 should be value
+	exit
+fi
+
+NAME=$1
+VALUE=$2
+
+echo "# TYPE ${NAME} guage"
+echo "${NAME}{$META} ${VALUE}"
+
+

metadata

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+value="metadata", name="computer5", unit="F"