From 6647cfc2286f3c07142eb7439b5f6ef6b6d841d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron Sparr <cameronsparr@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 12:18:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] statsd: If parsing a value to int fails, try to float and
 cast to int

fixes #556
---
 plugins/inputs/statsd/statsd.go | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/inputs/statsd/statsd.go b/plugins/inputs/statsd/statsd.go
index 1fac4aba0..6b7a427b7 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/statsd/statsd.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/statsd/statsd.go
@@ -337,10 +337,15 @@ func (s *Statsd) parseStatsdLine(line string) error {
 			}
 			m.floatvalue = v
 		case "c", "s":
+			var v int64
 			v, err := strconv.ParseInt(pipesplit[0], 10, 64)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Printf("Error: parsing value to int64: %s\n", line)
-				return errors.New("Error Parsing statsd line")
+				v2, err2 := strconv.ParseFloat(pipesplit[0], 64)
+				if err2 != nil {
+					log.Printf("Error: parsing value to int64: %s\n", line)
+					return errors.New("Error Parsing statsd line")
+				}
+				v = int64(v2)
 			}
 			// If a sample rate is given with a counter, divide value by the rate
 			if m.samplerate != 0 && m.mtype == "c" {