From e04e1a4e3b78e09584afe564c47782723762f4a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Seener <martin.seener@barzahlen.de>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 11:25:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #1277 Use the DefaultURL parameter if no url is
 explicitly set by the user

---
 plugins/inputs/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.go | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/inputs/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.go b/plugins/inputs/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.go
index 4d119282d..6d5379438 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.go
@@ -146,7 +146,11 @@ func (r *RabbitMQ) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 func (r *RabbitMQ) requestJSON(u string, target interface{}) error {
-	u = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", r.URL, u)
+	url := r.URL
+	if url == "" {
+		url = DefaultURL
+	}
+	u = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", url, u)
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u, nil)
 	if err != nil {