Update changelog and readme, and small tweaks to github_webhooks

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ specifying a docker endpoint to get metrics from.
 - [#285](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/285): Fixed-size buffer of points.
 - [#546](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/546): SNMP Input plugin. Thanks @titilambert!
 - [#589](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/589): Microsoft SQL Server input plugin. Thanks @zensqlmonitor!
+- [#573](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/573): Github webhooks consumer input. Thanks @jackzampolin!
 
 ### Bugfixes
 - [#506](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/506): Ping input doesn't return response time metric when timeout. Thanks @titilambert!

README.md

@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ Telegraf can also collect metrics via the following service plugins:
 
 * statsd
 * kafka_consumer
+* github_webhooks
 
 We'll be adding support for many more over the coming months. Read on if you
 want to add support for another service or third-party API.

plugins/inputs/github_webhooks/github_webhooks.go

@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 type GithubWebhooks struct {
-	ServiceAddress  string
+	ServiceAddress string
-	MeasurementName string
 	// Lock for the struct
 	sync.Mutex
 	// Events buffer to store events between Gather calls
@@ -33,8 +32,6 @@ func (gh *GithubWebhooks) SampleConfig() string {
 	return `
   # Address and port to host Webhook listener on
   service_address = ":1618"
-  # Measurement name
-  measurement_name = "github_webhooks"
 `
 }
 
@@ -48,7 +45,7 @@ func (gh *GithubWebhooks) Gather(acc inputs.Accumulator) error {
 	defer gh.Unlock()
 	for _, event := range gh.events {
 		p := event.NewPoint()
-		acc.AddFields(gh.MeasurementName, p.Fields(), p.Tags(), p.Time())
+		acc.AddFields("github_webhooks", p.Fields(), p.Tags(), p.Time())
 	}
 	gh.events = make([]Event, 0)
 	return nil