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diff --git a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/particle/README.md b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/particle/README.md
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index 3c345daa8..000000000
--- a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/particle/README.md
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@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# particle webhooks
-
-You should configure your Particle.io's Webhooks to point at the `webhooks` service. To do this go to `(https://console.particle.io/)[https://console.particle.io]` and click `Integrations > New Integration > Webhook`. In the resulting page set `URL` to `http://<my_ip>:1619/particle`, and  under `Advanced Settings` click on `JSON` and add:
-
-```
-{
-    "influx_db": "your_measurement_name"
-}
-```
-
-If required, enter your username and password, etc. and then click `Save`
-
-
-## Events
-
-Your Particle device should publish an event that contains a JSON in the form of:
-```
-String data = String::format("{ \"tags\" : {
-	    \"tag_name\": \"tag_value\", 
-	    \"other_tag\": \"other_value\"
-    }, 
-	\"values\": {
-	    \"value_name\": %f, 
-		\"other_value\": %f, 
-    }
-    }",  value_value, other_value
-	);
-    Particle.publish("event_name", data, PRIVATE);
-```
-Escaping the "" is required in the source file on the Particle device.
-The number of tag values and field values is not restricted so you can send as many values per webhook call as you'd like.
-
-
-
-See [webhook doc](https://docs.particle.io/reference/webhooks/)
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/particle/particle_webhooks.go b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/particle/particle_webhooks.go
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index 258619856..000000000
--- a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/particle/particle_webhooks.go
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@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-package particle
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"log"
-	"net/http"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
-)
-
-type event struct {
-	Name        string `json:"event"`
-	Data        data   `json:"data"`
-	TTL         int    `json:"ttl"`
-	PublishedAt string `json:"published_at"`
-	Database    string `json:"influx_db"`
-}
-
-type data struct {
-	Tags   map[string]string      `json:"tags"`
-	Fields map[string]interface{} `json:"values"`
-}
-
-func newEvent() *event {
-	return &event{
-		Data: data{
-			Tags:   make(map[string]string),
-			Fields: make(map[string]interface{}),
-		},
-	}
-}
-
-func (e *event) Time() (time.Time, error) {
-	return time.Parse("2006-01-02T15:04:05Z", e.PublishedAt)
-}
-
-type ParticleWebhook struct {
-	Path string
-	acc  telegraf.Accumulator
-}
-
-func (rb *ParticleWebhook) Register(router *mux.Router, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
-	router.HandleFunc(rb.Path, rb.eventHandler).Methods("POST")
-	log.Printf("I! Started the webhooks_particle on %s\n", rb.Path)
-	rb.acc = acc
-}
-
-func (rb *ParticleWebhook) eventHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	defer r.Body.Close()
-	e := newEvent()
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(e); err != nil {
-		log.Println(err)
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
-		return
-	}
-
-	pTime, err := e.Time()
-	if err != nil {
-		pTime = time.Now()
-		log.Printf("error parsing particle event time: %s. Using telegraf host time instead: %s", e.PublishedAt, pTime)
-	}
-
-	rb.acc.AddFields(e.Name, e.Data.Fields, e.Data.Tags, pTime)
-	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/particle/particle_webhooks_test.go b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/particle/particle_webhooks_test.go
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index 850b2c4fc..000000000
--- a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/particle/particle_webhooks_test.go
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@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-package particle
-
-import (
-	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
-)
-
-func postWebhooks(rb *ParticleWebhook, eventBody string) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/", strings.NewReader(eventBody))
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	w.Code = 500
-
-	rb.eventHandler(w, req)
-
-	return w
-}
-
-func TestNewItem(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-	var acc testutil.Accumulator
-	rb := &ParticleWebhook{Path: "/particle", acc: &acc}
-	resp := postWebhooks(rb, NewItemJSON())
-	if resp.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Errorf("POST new_item returned HTTP status code %v.\nExpected %v", resp.Code, http.StatusOK)
-	}
-
-	fields := map[string]interface{}{
-		"temp_c":    26.680000,
-		"temp_f":    80.024001,
-		"infrared":  528.0,
-		"lux":       0.0,
-		"humidity":  44.937500,
-		"pressure":  998.998901,
-		"altitude":  119.331436,
-		"broadband": 1266.0,
-	}
-
-	tags := map[string]string{
-		"id":       "230035001147343438323536",
-		"location": "TravelingWilbury",
-	}
-
-	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "temperature", fields, tags)
-}
-
-func TestUnknowItem(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-	var acc testutil.Accumulator
-	rb := &ParticleWebhook{Path: "/particle", acc: &acc}
-	resp := postWebhooks(rb, UnknowJSON())
-	if resp.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Errorf("POST unknown returned HTTP status code %v.\nExpected %v", resp.Code, http.StatusOK)
-	}
-}
-
-func NewItemJSON() string {
-	return `
-	{
-	  "event": "temperature",
-	  "data": {
-		  "tags": {
-			  "id": "230035001147343438323536",
-			  "location": "TravelingWilbury"
-		  },
-		  "values": {
-			  "temp_c": 26.680000,
-			  "temp_f": 80.024001,
-			  "humidity": 44.937500,
-			  "pressure": 998.998901,
-			  "altitude": 119.331436,
-			  "broadband": 1266,
-			  "infrared": 528,
-			  "lux": 0.0
-		  }
-	  },
-	  "ttl": 60,
-	  "published_at": "2017-09-28T21:54:10.897Z",
-	  "coreid": "123456789938323536",
-	  "userid": "1234ee123ac8e5ec1231a123d",
-	  "version": 10,
-	  "public": false,
-	  "productID": 1234,
-	  "name": "sensor",
-	  "influx_db": "mydata"
-  }`
-}
-
-func UnknowJSON() string {
-	return `
-    {
-      "event": "roger"
-    }`
-}