move plugin interfaces into separate package

agent/accumulator.go

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/selfstat"
 )
 
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ type MetricMaker interface {
 		measurement string,
 		fields map[string]interface{},
 		tags map[string]string,
-		mType telegraf.ValueType,
+		mType plugins.ValueType,
 		t time.Time,
-	) telegraf.Metric
+	) plugins.Metric
 }
 
 func NewAccumulator(
 	maker MetricMaker,
-	metrics chan telegraf.Metric,
+	metrics chan plugins.Metric,
 ) *accumulator {
 	acc := accumulator{
 		maker:     maker,
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func NewAccumulator(
 }
 
 type accumulator struct {
-	metrics chan telegraf.Metric
+	metrics chan plugins.Metric
 
 	maker MetricMaker
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (ac *accumulator) AddFields(
 	tags map[string]string,
 	t ...time.Time,
 ) {
-	if m := ac.maker.MakeMetric(measurement, fields, tags, telegraf.Untyped, ac.getTime(t)); m != nil {
+	if m := ac.maker.MakeMetric(measurement, fields, tags, plugins.Untyped, ac.getTime(t)); m != nil {
 		ac.metrics <- m
 	}
 }
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (ac *accumulator) AddGauge(
 	tags map[string]string,
 	t ...time.Time,
 ) {
-	if m := ac.maker.MakeMetric(measurement, fields, tags, telegraf.Gauge, ac.getTime(t)); m != nil {
+	if m := ac.maker.MakeMetric(measurement, fields, tags, plugins.Gauge, ac.getTime(t)); m != nil {
 		ac.metrics <- m
 	}
 }
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (ac *accumulator) AddCounter(
 	tags map[string]string,
 	t ...time.Time,
 ) {
-	if m := ac.maker.MakeMetric(measurement, fields, tags, telegraf.Counter, ac.getTime(t)); m != nil {
+	if m := ac.maker.MakeMetric(measurement, fields, tags, plugins.Counter, ac.getTime(t)); m != nil {
 		ac.metrics <- m
 	}
 }

agent/accumulator_test.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestAdd(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()
-	metrics := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 10)
+	metrics := make(chan plugins.Metric, 10)
 	defer close(metrics)
 	a := NewAccumulator(&TestMetricMaker{}, metrics)
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func TestAdd(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestAddFields(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()
-	metrics := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 10)
+	metrics := make(chan plugins.Metric, 10)
 	defer close(metrics)
 	a := NewAccumulator(&TestMetricMaker{}, metrics)
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func TestAccAddError(t *testing.T) {
 	log.SetOutput(errBuf)
 	defer log.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
 
-	metrics := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 10)
+	metrics := make(chan plugins.Metric, 10)
 	defer close(metrics)
 	a := NewAccumulator(&TestMetricMaker{}, metrics)
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func TestAccAddError(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestAddNoIntervalWithPrecision(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Date(2006, time.February, 10, 12, 0, 0, 82912748, time.UTC)
-	metrics := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 10)
+	metrics := make(chan plugins.Metric, 10)
 	defer close(metrics)
 	a := NewAccumulator(&TestMetricMaker{}, metrics)
 	a.SetPrecision(0, time.Second)
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func TestAddNoIntervalWithPrecision(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestAddDisablePrecision(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Date(2006, time.February, 10, 12, 0, 0, 82912748, time.UTC)
-	metrics := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 10)
+	metrics := make(chan plugins.Metric, 10)
 	defer close(metrics)
 	a := NewAccumulator(&TestMetricMaker{}, metrics)
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func TestAddDisablePrecision(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestAddNoPrecisionWithInterval(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Date(2006, time.February, 10, 12, 0, 0, 82912748, time.UTC)
-	metrics := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 10)
+	metrics := make(chan plugins.Metric, 10)
 	defer close(metrics)
 	a := NewAccumulator(&TestMetricMaker{}, metrics)
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func TestAddNoPrecisionWithInterval(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestDifferentPrecisions(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Date(2006, time.February, 10, 12, 0, 0, 82912748, time.UTC)
-	metrics := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 10)
+	metrics := make(chan plugins.Metric, 10)
 	defer close(metrics)
 	a := NewAccumulator(&TestMetricMaker{}, metrics)
 
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func TestDifferentPrecisions(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestAddGauge(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()
-	metrics := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 10)
+	metrics := make(chan plugins.Metric, 10)
 	defer close(metrics)
 	a := NewAccumulator(&TestMetricMaker{}, metrics)
 
@@ -260,24 +260,24 @@ func TestAddGauge(t *testing.T) {
 	testm := <-metrics
 	actual := testm.String()
 	assert.Contains(t, actual, "acctest value=101")
-	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), telegraf.Gauge)
+	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), plugins.Gauge)
 
 	testm = <-metrics
 	actual = testm.String()
 	assert.Contains(t, actual, "acctest,acc=test value=101")
-	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), telegraf.Gauge)
+	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), plugins.Gauge)
 
 	testm = <-metrics
 	actual = testm.String()
 	assert.Equal(t,
 		fmt.Sprintf("acctest,acc=test value=101 %d\n", now.UnixNano()),
 		actual)
-	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), telegraf.Gauge)
+	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), plugins.Gauge)
 }
 
 func TestAddCounter(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()
-	metrics := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 10)
+	metrics := make(chan plugins.Metric, 10)
 	defer close(metrics)
 	a := NewAccumulator(&TestMetricMaker{}, metrics)
 
@@ -294,19 +294,19 @@ func TestAddCounter(t *testing.T) {
 	testm := <-metrics
 	actual := testm.String()
 	assert.Contains(t, actual, "acctest value=101")
-	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), telegraf.Counter)
+	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), plugins.Counter)
 
 	testm = <-metrics
 	actual = testm.String()
 	assert.Contains(t, actual, "acctest,acc=test value=101")
-	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), telegraf.Counter)
+	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), plugins.Counter)
 
 	testm = <-metrics
 	actual = testm.String()
 	assert.Equal(t,
 		fmt.Sprintf("acctest,acc=test value=101 %d\n", now.UnixNano()),
 		actual)
-	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), telegraf.Counter)
+	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), plugins.Counter)
 }
 
 type TestMetricMaker struct {
@@ -319,20 +319,20 @@ func (tm *TestMetricMaker) MakeMetric(
 	measurement string,
 	fields map[string]interface{},
 	tags map[string]string,
-	mType telegraf.ValueType,
+	mType plugins.ValueType,
 	t time.Time,
-) telegraf.Metric {
+) plugins.Metric {
 	switch mType {
-	case telegraf.Untyped:
+	case plugins.Untyped:
 		if m, err := metric.New(measurement, tags, fields, t); err == nil {
 			return m
 		}
-	case telegraf.Counter:
-		if m, err := metric.New(measurement, tags, fields, t, telegraf.Counter); err == nil {
+	case plugins.Counter:
+		if m, err := metric.New(measurement, tags, fields, t, plugins.Counter); err == nil {
 			return m
 		}
-	case telegraf.Gauge:
-		if m, err := metric.New(measurement, tags, fields, t, telegraf.Gauge); err == nil {
+	case plugins.Gauge:
+		if m, err := metric.New(measurement, tags, fields, t, plugins.Gauge); err == nil {
 			return m
 		}
 	}

agent/agent.go

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/models"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/selfstat"
 )
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func NewAgent(config *config.Config) (*Agent, error) {
 func (a *Agent) Connect() error {
 	for _, o := range a.Config.Outputs {
 		switch ot := o.Output.(type) {
-		case telegraf.ServiceOutput:
+		case plugins.ServiceOutput:
 			if err := ot.Start(); err != nil {
 				log.Printf("E! Service for output %s failed to start, exiting\n%s\n",
 					o.Name, err.Error())
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (a *Agent) Close() error {
 	for _, o := range a.Config.Outputs {
 		err = o.Output.Close()
 		switch ot := o.Output.(type) {
-		case telegraf.ServiceOutput:
+		case plugins.ServiceOutput:
 			ot.Stop()
 		}
 	}
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (a *Agent) gatherer(
 	shutdown chan struct{},
 	input *models.RunningInput,
 	interval time.Duration,
-	metricC chan telegraf.Metric,
+	metricC chan plugins.Metric,
 ) {
 	defer panicRecover(input)
 
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func gatherWithTimeout(
 func (a *Agent) Test() error {
 	shutdown := make(chan struct{})
 	defer close(shutdown)
-	metricC := make(chan telegraf.Metric)
+	metricC := make(chan plugins.Metric)
 
 	// dummy receiver for the point channel
 	go func() {
@@ -241,14 +241,14 @@ func (a *Agent) flush() {
 }
 
 // flusher monitors the metrics input channel and flushes on the minimum interval
-func (a *Agent) flusher(shutdown chan struct{}, metricC chan telegraf.Metric) error {
+func (a *Agent) flusher(shutdown chan struct{}, metricC chan plugins.Metric) error {
 	// Inelegant, but this sleep is to allow the Gather threads to run, so that
 	// the flusher will flush after metrics are collected.
 	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 300)
 
 	// create an output metric channel and a gorouting that continously passes
 	// each metric onto the output plugins & aggregators.
-	outMetricC := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 100)
+	outMetricC := make(chan plugins.Metric, 100)
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ func (a *Agent) flusher(shutdown chan struct{}, metricC chan telegraf.Metric) er
 		case metric := <-metricC:
 			// NOTE potential bottleneck here as we put each metric through the
 			// processors serially.
-			mS := []telegraf.Metric{metric}
+			mS := []plugins.Metric{metric}
 			for _, processor := range a.Config.Processors {
 				mS = processor.Apply(mS...)
 			}
@@ -321,13 +321,13 @@ func (a *Agent) Run(shutdown chan struct{}) error {
 		a.Config.Agent.Hostname, a.Config.Agent.FlushInterval.Duration)
 
 	// channel shared between all input threads for accumulating metrics
-	metricC := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 100)
+	metricC := make(chan plugins.Metric, 100)
 
 	// Start all ServicePlugins
 	for _, input := range a.Config.Inputs {
 		input.SetDefaultTags(a.Config.Tags)
 		switch p := input.Input.(type) {
-		case telegraf.ServiceInput:
+		case plugins.ServiceInput:
 			acc := NewAccumulator(input, metricC)
 			// Service input plugins should set their own precision of their
 			// metrics.

circle.yml

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ machine:
     - sudo service zookeeper stop
     - go version
     - go version | grep 1.7.4 || sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
-    - wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.7.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-    - sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.7.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    - wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.8beta1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    - sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.8beta1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
     - go version
 
 dependencies:

cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
+	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"plugin"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
@@ -13,11 +16,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/agent"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/logger"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/aggregators"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/aggregators/all"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/all"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs/all"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/processors"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/processors/all"
 	"github.com/kardianos/service"
 )
@@ -50,6 +56,8 @@ var fUsage = flag.String("usage", "",
 	"print usage for a plugin, ie, 'telegraf -usage mysql'")
 var fService = flag.String("service", "",
 	"operate on the service")
+var fPlugins = flag.String("plugins", "",
+	"path to directory containing external plugins")
 
 // Telegraf version, populated linker.
 //   ie, -ldflags "-X main.version=`git describe --always --tags`"
@@ -304,9 +312,93 @@ func (p *program) Stop(s service.Service) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// loadExternalPlugins loads external plugins from shared libraries (.so, .dll, etc.)
+// in the specified directory.
+func loadExternalPlugins(dir string) error {
+	return filepath.Walk(dir, func(pth string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		// Stop if there was an error.
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// Ignore directories.
+		if info.IsDir() {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		// Ignore files that aren't shared libraries.
+		ext := strings.ToLower(path.Ext(pth))
+		if ext != ".so" && ext != ".dll" {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		// Load plugin.
+		p, err := plugin.Open(pth)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// Register plugin.
+		if err := registerPlugin(dir, pth, p); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+}
+
+// registerPlugin registers an external plugin with telegraf.
+func registerPlugin(pluginsDir, filePath string, p *plugin.Plugin) error {
+	// Clean the file path and make sure it's relative to the root plugins directory.
+	// This is done because plugin names are namespaced using the directory
+	// structure. E.g., if the root plugin directory, passed in the pluginsDir
+	// argument, is '/home/jdoe/bin/telegraf/plugins' and we're registering plugin
+	// '/home/jdoe/bin/telegraf/plugins/input/mysql.so'
+	pluginsDir = filepath.Clean(pluginsDir)
+	parentDir, _ := filepath.Split(pluginsDir)
+	var err error
+	if filePath, err = filepath.Rel(parentDir, filePath); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// Strip the file extension and save it.
+	ext := path.Ext(filePath)
+	filePath = strings.TrimSuffix(filePath, ext)
+	// Convert path separators to "." to generate a plugin name namespaced by directory names.
+	name := strings.Replace(filePath, string(os.PathSeparator), ".", -1)
+
+	if create, err := p.Lookup("NewInput"); err == nil {
+		inputs.Add(name, inputs.Creator(create.(func() plugins.Input)))
+	} else if create, err := p.Lookup("NewOutput"); err == nil {
+		outputs.Add(name, outputs.Creator(create.(func() plugins.Output)))
+	} else if create, err := p.Lookup("NewProcessor"); err == nil {
+		processors.Add(name, processors.Creator(create.(func() plugins.Processor)))
+	} else if create, err := p.Lookup("NewAggregator"); err == nil {
+		aggregators.Add(name, aggregators.Creator(create.(func() plugins.Aggregator)))
+	} else {
+		return fmt.Errorf("not a telegraf plugin: %s%s", filePath, ext)
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("I! Registered: %s (from %s%s)\n", name, filePath, ext)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func main() {
 	flag.Usage = func() { usageExit(0) }
 	flag.Parse()
+
+	// Load external plugins, if requested.
+	if *fPlugins != "" {
+		pluginsDir, err := filepath.Abs(*fPlugins)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal("E! " + err.Error())
+		}
+		log.Printf("I! Loading external plugins from: %s\n", pluginsDir)
+		if err := loadExternalPlugins(*fPlugins); err != nil {
+			log.Fatal("E! " + err.Error())
+		}
+	}
+
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 		svcConfig := &service.Config{
 			Name:        "telegraf",

internal/buffer/buffer.go

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package buffer
 import (
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/selfstat"
 )
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ var (
 
 // Buffer is an object for storing metrics in a circular buffer.
 type Buffer struct {
-	buf chan telegraf.Metric
+	buf chan plugins.Metric
 
 	mu sync.Mutex
 }
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type Buffer struct {
 //   called when the buffer is full, then the oldest metric(s) will be dropped.
 func NewBuffer(size int) *Buffer {
 	return &Buffer{
-		buf: make(chan telegraf.Metric, size),
+		buf: make(chan plugins.Metric, size),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func (b *Buffer) Len() int {
 }
 
 // Add adds metrics to the buffer.
-func (b *Buffer) Add(metrics ...telegraf.Metric) {
+func (b *Buffer) Add(metrics ...plugins.Metric) {
 	for i, _ := range metrics {
 		MetricsWritten.Incr(1)
 		select {
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ func (b *Buffer) Add(metrics ...telegraf.Metric) {
 // Batch returns a batch of metrics of size batchSize.
 // the batch will be of maximum length batchSize. It can be less than batchSize,
 // if the length of Buffer is less than batchSize.
-func (b *Buffer) Batch(batchSize int) []telegraf.Metric {
+func (b *Buffer) Batch(batchSize int) []plugins.Metric {
 	b.mu.Lock()
 	n := min(len(b.buf), batchSize)
-	out := make([]telegraf.Metric, n)
+	out := make([]plugins.Metric, n)
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
 		out[i] = <-b.buf
 	}

internal/buffer/buffer_test.go

@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ package buffer
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-var metricList = []telegraf.Metric{
+var metricList = []plugins.Metric{
 	testutil.TestMetric(2, "mymetric1"),
 	testutil.TestMetric(1, "mymetric2"),
 	testutil.TestMetric(11, "mymetric3"),

internal/config/config.go

@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/models"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/aggregators"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ func printFilteredInputs(inputFilters []string, commented bool) {
 	sort.Strings(pnames)
 
 	// cache service inputs to print them at the end
-	servInputs := make(map[string]telegraf.ServiceInput)
+	servInputs := make(map[string]plugins.ServiceInput)
 	// for alphabetical looping:
 	servInputNames := []string{}
 
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ func printFilteredInputs(inputFilters []string, commented bool) {
 		input := creator()
 
 		switch p := input.(type) {
-		case telegraf.ServiceInput:
+		case plugins.ServiceInput:
 			servInputs[pname] = p
 			servInputNames = append(servInputNames, pname)
 			continue

internal/models/makemetric.go

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 )
 
 // makemetric is used by both RunningAggregator & RunningInput
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ func makemetric(
 	daemonTags map[string]string,
 	filter Filter,
 	applyFilter bool,
-	mType telegraf.ValueType,
+	mType plugins.ValueType,
 	t time.Time,
-) telegraf.Metric {
+) plugins.Metric {
 	if len(fields) == 0 || len(measurement) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}

internal/models/running_aggregator.go

@@ -3,28 +3,28 @@ package models
 import (
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 )
 
 type RunningAggregator struct {
-	a      telegraf.Aggregator
+	a      plugins.Aggregator
 	Config *AggregatorConfig
 
-	metrics chan telegraf.Metric
+	metrics chan plugins.Metric
 
 	periodStart time.Time
 	periodEnd   time.Time
 }
 
 func NewRunningAggregator(
-	a telegraf.Aggregator,
+	a plugins.Aggregator,
 	conf *AggregatorConfig,
 ) *RunningAggregator {
 	return &RunningAggregator{
 		a:       a,
 		Config:  conf,
-		metrics: make(chan telegraf.Metric, 100),
+		metrics: make(chan plugins.Metric, 100),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ func (r *RunningAggregator) MakeMetric(
 	measurement string,
 	fields map[string]interface{},
 	tags map[string]string,
-	mType telegraf.ValueType,
+	mType plugins.ValueType,
 	t time.Time,
-) telegraf.Metric {
+) plugins.Metric {
 	m := makemetric(
 		measurement,
 		fields,
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (r *RunningAggregator) MakeMetric(
 // Add applies the given metric to the aggregator.
 // Before applying to the plugin, it will run any defined filters on the metric.
 // Apply returns true if the original metric should be dropped.
-func (r *RunningAggregator) Add(in telegraf.Metric) bool {
+func (r *RunningAggregator) Add(in plugins.Metric) bool {
 	if r.Config.Filter.IsActive() {
 		// check if the aggregator should apply this metric
 		name := in.Name()
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ func (r *RunningAggregator) Add(in telegraf.Metric) bool {
 	r.metrics <- in
 	return r.Config.DropOriginal
 }
-func (r *RunningAggregator) add(in telegraf.Metric) {
+func (r *RunningAggregator) add(in plugins.Metric) {
 	r.a.Add(in)
 }
 
-func (r *RunningAggregator) push(acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
+func (r *RunningAggregator) push(acc plugins.Accumulator) {
 	r.a.Push(acc)
 }
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func (r *RunningAggregator) reset() {
 // Run runs the running aggregator, listens for incoming metrics, and waits
 // for period ticks to tell it when to push and reset the aggregator.
 func (r *RunningAggregator) Run(
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
+	acc plugins.Accumulator,
 	shutdown chan struct{},
 ) {
 	// The start of the period is truncated to the nearest second.

internal/models/running_aggregator_test.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func TestAdd(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		time.Now().Add(time.Millisecond*150),
 	)
 	assert.False(t, ra.Add(m))
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func TestAddMetricsOutsideCurrentPeriod(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		time.Now().Add(-time.Hour),
 	)
 	assert.False(t, ra.Add(m))
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestAddMetricsOutsideCurrentPeriod(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		time.Now().Add(time.Hour),
 	)
 	assert.False(t, ra.Add(m))
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func TestAddMetricsOutsideCurrentPeriod(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		time.Now().Add(time.Millisecond*50),
 	)
 	assert.False(t, ra.Add(m))
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func TestAddAndPushOnePeriod(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		time.Now().Add(time.Millisecond*100),
 	)
 	assert.False(t, ra.Add(m))
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func TestAddDropOriginal(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		time.Now(),
 	)
 	assert.True(t, ra.Add(m))
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func TestAddDropOriginal(t *testing.T) {
 		"foobar",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		time.Now(),
 	)
 	assert.False(t, ra.Add(m2))
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricA(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -190,14 +190,14 @@ func TestMakeMetricA(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(
 		t,
 		m.Type(),
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 	)
 
 	m = ra.MakeMetric(
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Counter,
+		plugins.Counter,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -208,14 +208,14 @@ func TestMakeMetricA(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(
 		t,
 		m.Type(),
-		telegraf.Counter,
+		plugins.Counter,
 	)
 
 	m = ra.MakeMetric(
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Gauge,
+		plugins.Gauge,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricA(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(
 		t,
 		m.Type(),
-		telegraf.Gauge,
+		plugins.Gauge,
 	)
 }
 
@@ -240,14 +240,14 @@ func (t *TestAggregator) Reset() {
 	atomic.StoreInt64(&t.sum, 0)
 }
 
-func (t *TestAggregator) Push(acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
+func (t *TestAggregator) Push(acc plugins.Accumulator) {
 	acc.AddFields("TestMetric",
 		map[string]interface{}{"sum": t.sum},
 		map[string]string{},
 	)
 }
 
-func (t *TestAggregator) Add(in telegraf.Metric) {
+func (t *TestAggregator) Add(in plugins.Metric) {
 	for _, v := range in.Fields() {
 		if vi, ok := v.(int64); ok {
 			atomic.AddInt64(&t.sum, vi)

internal/models/running_input.go

@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/selfstat"
 )
 
 var GlobalMetricsGathered = selfstat.Register("agent", "metrics_gathered", map[string]string{})
 
 type RunningInput struct {
-	Input  telegraf.Input
+	Input  plugins.Input
 	Config *InputConfig
 
 	trace       bool
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type RunningInput struct {
 }
 
 func NewRunningInput(
-	input telegraf.Input,
+	input plugins.Input,
 	config *InputConfig,
 ) *RunningInput {
 	return &RunningInput{
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ func (r *RunningInput) MakeMetric(
 	measurement string,
 	fields map[string]interface{},
 	tags map[string]string,
-	mType telegraf.ValueType,
+	mType plugins.ValueType,
 	t time.Time,
-) telegraf.Metric {
+) plugins.Metric {
 	m := makemetric(
 		measurement,
 		fields,

internal/models/running_input_test.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricNoFields(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Nil(t, m)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricNilFields(t *testing.T) {
 			"nil":   nil,
 		},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func TestMakeMetric(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -77,14 +77,14 @@ func TestMakeMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(
 		t,
 		m.Type(),
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 	)
 
 	m = ri.MakeMetric(
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Counter,
+		plugins.Counter,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -95,14 +95,14 @@ func TestMakeMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(
 		t,
 		m.Type(),
-		telegraf.Counter,
+		plugins.Counter,
 	)
 
 	m = ri.MakeMetric(
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Gauge,
+		plugins.Gauge,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func TestMakeMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(
 		t,
 		m.Type(),
-		telegraf.Gauge,
+		plugins.Gauge,
 	)
 }
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricWithPluginTags(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		nil,
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricFilteredOut(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		nil,
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Nil(t, m)
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricWithDaemonTags(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricInfFields(t *testing.T) {
 			"ninf":  ninf,
 		},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricAllFieldTypes(t *testing.T) {
 			"m": true,
 		},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Contains(t, m.String(), "a=10i")
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricNameOverride(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricNamePrefix(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricNameSuffix(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -336,4 +336,4 @@ type testInput struct{}
 
 func (t *testInput) Description() string                   { return "" }
 func (t *testInput) SampleConfig() string                  { return "" }
-func (t *testInput) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error { return nil }
+func (t *testInput) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error { return nil }

internal/models/running_output.go

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/buffer"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/selfstat"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const (
 // RunningOutput contains the output configuration
 type RunningOutput struct {
 	Name              string
-	Output            telegraf.Output
+	Output            plugins.Output
 	Config            *OutputConfig
 	MetricBufferLimit int
 	MetricBatchSize   int
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type RunningOutput struct {
 
 func NewRunningOutput(
 	name string,
-	output telegraf.Output,
+	output plugins.Output,
 	conf *OutputConfig,
 	batchSize int,
 	bufferLimit int,
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func NewRunningOutput(
 
 // AddMetric adds a metric to the output. This function can also write cached
 // points if FlushBufferWhenFull is true.
-func (ro *RunningOutput) AddMetric(m telegraf.Metric) {
+func (ro *RunningOutput) AddMetric(m plugins.Metric) {
 	// Filter any tagexclude/taginclude parameters before adding metric
 	if ro.Config.Filter.IsActive() {
 		// In order to filter out tags, we need to create a new metric, since
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func (ro *RunningOutput) Write() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (ro *RunningOutput) write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
+func (ro *RunningOutput) write(metrics []plugins.Metric) error {
 	nMetrics := len(metrics)
 	if nMetrics == 0 {
 		return nil

internal/models/running_output_test.go

@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-var first5 = []telegraf.Metric{
+var first5 = []plugins.Metric{
 	testutil.TestMetric(101, "metric1"),
 	testutil.TestMetric(101, "metric2"),
 	testutil.TestMetric(101, "metric3"),
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var first5 = []telegraf.Metric{
 	testutil.TestMetric(101, "metric5"),
 }
 
-var next5 = []telegraf.Metric{
+var next5 = []plugins.Metric{
 	testutil.TestMetric(101, "metric6"),
 	testutil.TestMetric(101, "metric7"),
 	testutil.TestMetric(101, "metric8"),
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ func TestRunningOutputWriteFailOrder3(t *testing.T) {
 type mockOutput struct {
 	sync.Mutex
 
-	metrics []telegraf.Metric
+	metrics []plugins.Metric
 
 	// if true, mock a write failure
 	failWrite bool
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ func (m *mockOutput) SampleConfig() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func (m *mockOutput) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
+func (m *mockOutput) Write(metrics []plugins.Metric) error {
 	m.Lock()
 	defer m.Unlock()
 	if m.failWrite {
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ func (m *mockOutput) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 	}
 
 	if m.metrics == nil {
-		m.metrics = []telegraf.Metric{}
+		m.metrics = []plugins.Metric{}
 	}
 
 	for _, metric := range metrics {
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ func (m *mockOutput) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (m *mockOutput) Metrics() []telegraf.Metric {
+func (m *mockOutput) Metrics() []plugins.Metric {
 	m.Lock()
 	defer m.Unlock()
 	return m.metrics
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ func (m *perfOutput) SampleConfig() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func (m *perfOutput) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
+func (m *perfOutput) Write(metrics []plugins.Metric) error {
 	if m.failWrite {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed Write!")
 	}

internal/models/running_processor.go

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 package models
 
 import (
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 )
 
 type RunningProcessor struct {
 	Name      string
-	Processor telegraf.Processor
+	Processor plugins.Processor
 	Config    *ProcessorConfig
 }
 
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ type ProcessorConfig struct {
 	Filter Filter
 }
 
-func (rp *RunningProcessor) Apply(in ...telegraf.Metric) []telegraf.Metric {
-	ret := []telegraf.Metric{}
+func (rp *RunningProcessor) Apply(in ...plugins.Metric) []plugins.Metric {
+	ret := []plugins.Metric{}
 
 	for _, metric := range in {
 		if rp.Config.Filter.IsActive() {

internal/models/running_processor_test.go

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package models
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ func (f *TestProcessor) Description() string  { return "" }
 //   "foo" to "fuz"
 //   "bar" to "baz"
 // And it also drops measurements named "dropme"
-func (f *TestProcessor) Apply(in ...telegraf.Metric) []telegraf.Metric {
-	out := make([]telegraf.Metric, 0)
+func (f *TestProcessor) Apply(in ...plugins.Metric) []plugins.Metric {
+	out := make([]plugins.Metric, 0)
 	for _, m := range in {
 		switch m.Name() {
 		case "foo":
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func NewTestRunningProcessor() *RunningProcessor {
 }
 
 func TestRunningProcessor(t *testing.T) {
-	inmetrics := []telegraf.Metric{
+	inmetrics := []plugins.Metric{
 		testutil.TestMetric(1, "foo"),
 		testutil.TestMetric(1, "bar"),
 		testutil.TestMetric(1, "baz"),
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func TestRunningProcessor(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRunningProcessor_WithNameDrop(t *testing.T) {
-	inmetrics := []telegraf.Metric{
+	inmetrics := []plugins.Metric{
 		testutil.TestMetric(1, "foo"),
 		testutil.TestMetric(1, "bar"),
 		testutil.TestMetric(1, "baz"),
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func TestRunningProcessor_WithNameDrop(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRunningProcessor_DroppedMetric(t *testing.T) {
-	inmetrics := []telegraf.Metric{
+	inmetrics := []plugins.Metric{
 		testutil.TestMetric(1, "dropme"),
 		testutil.TestMetric(1, "foo"),
 		testutil.TestMetric(1, "bar"),

metric/metric.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 
 	// TODO remove
 	"github.com/influxdata/influxdb/client/v2"
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ func New(
 	tags map[string]string,
 	fields map[string]interface{},
 	t time.Time,
-	mType ...telegraf.ValueType,
-) (telegraf.Metric, error) {
+	mType ...plugins.ValueType,
+) (plugins.Metric, error) {
 	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Metric cannot be made without any fields")
 	}
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ func New(
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Metric cannot be made with an empty name")
 	}
 
-	var thisType telegraf.ValueType
+	var thisType plugins.ValueType
 	if len(mType) > 0 {
 		thisType = mType[0]
 	} else {
-		thisType = telegraf.Untyped
+		thisType = plugins.Untyped
 	}
 
 	m := &metric{
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ type metric struct {
 	fields []byte
 	t      []byte
 
-	mType     telegraf.ValueType
+	mType     plugins.ValueType
 	aggregate bool
 
 	// cached values for reuse in "get" functions
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func (m *metric) IsAggregate() bool {
 	return m.aggregate
 }
 
-func (m *metric) Type() telegraf.ValueType {
+func (m *metric) Type() plugins.ValueType {
 	return m.mType
 }
 
@@ -178,11 +178,11 @@ func (m *metric) Serialize() []byte {
 	return tmp
 }
 
-func (m *metric) Split(maxSize int) []telegraf.Metric {
+func (m *metric) Split(maxSize int) []plugins.Metric {
 	if m.Len() < maxSize {
-		return []telegraf.Metric{m}
+		return []plugins.Metric{m}
 	}
-	var out []telegraf.Metric
+	var out []plugins.Metric
 
 	// constant number of bytes for each metric (in addition to field bytes)
 	constant := len(m.name) + len(m.tags) + len(m.t) + 3
@@ -430,11 +430,11 @@ func (m *metric) RemoveField(key string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (m *metric) Copy() telegraf.Metric {
+func (m *metric) Copy() plugins.Metric {
 	return copyWith(m.name, m.tags, m.fields, m.t)
 }
 
-func copyWith(name, tags, fields, t []byte) telegraf.Metric {
+func copyWith(name, tags, fields, t []byte) plugins.Metric {
 	out := metric{
 		name:   make([]byte, len(name)),
 		tags:   make([]byte, len(tags)),

metric/metric_benchmark_test.go

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 )
 
 // vars for making sure that the compiler doesnt optimize out the benchmarks:
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func BenchmarkNewMetric(b *testing.B) {
-	var mt telegraf.Metric
+	var mt plugins.Metric
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
 		mt, _ = New("test_metric",
 			map[string]string{
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func BenchmarkNewMetric(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkAddTag(b *testing.B) {
-	var mt telegraf.Metric
+	var mt plugins.Metric
 	mt = &metric{
 		name:   []byte("cpu"),
 		tags:   []byte(",host=localhost"),
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ func BenchmarkAddTag(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkSplit(b *testing.B) {
-	var mt telegraf.Metric
+	var mt plugins.Metric
 	mt = &metric{
 		name:   []byte("cpu"),
 		tags:   []byte(",host=localhost"),
 		fields: []byte("a=101,b=10i,c=10101,d=101010,e=42"),
 		t:      []byte("1480614053000000000"),
 	}
-	var metrics []telegraf.Metric
+	var metrics []plugins.Metric
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
 		metrics = mt.Split(60)
 	}

metric/metric_test.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func TestNewMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	m, err := New("cpu", tags, fields, now)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	assert.Equal(t, telegraf.Untyped, m.Type())
+	assert.Equal(t, plugins.Untyped, m.Type())
 	assert.Equal(t, tags, m.Tags())
 	assert.Equal(t, fields, m.Fields())
 	assert.Equal(t, "cpu", m.Name())
@@ -402,10 +402,10 @@ func TestNewGaugeMetric(t *testing.T) {
 		"usage_idle": float64(99),
 		"usage_busy": float64(1),
 	}
-	m, err := New("cpu", tags, fields, now, telegraf.Gauge)
+	m, err := New("cpu", tags, fields, now, plugins.Gauge)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	assert.Equal(t, telegraf.Gauge, m.Type())
+	assert.Equal(t, plugins.Gauge, m.Type())
 	assert.Equal(t, tags, m.Tags())
 	assert.Equal(t, fields, m.Fields())
 	assert.Equal(t, "cpu", m.Name())
@@ -424,10 +424,10 @@ func TestNewCounterMetric(t *testing.T) {
 		"usage_idle": float64(99),
 		"usage_busy": float64(1),
 	}
-	m, err := New("cpu", tags, fields, now, telegraf.Counter)
+	m, err := New("cpu", tags, fields, now, plugins.Counter)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	assert.Equal(t, telegraf.Counter, m.Type())
+	assert.Equal(t, plugins.Counter, m.Type())
 	assert.Equal(t, tags, m.Tags())
 	assert.Equal(t, fields, m.Fields())
 	assert.Equal(t, "cpu", m.Name())

metric/parse.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -39,15 +39,15 @@ const (
 	fieldsState
 )
 
-func Parse(buf []byte) ([]telegraf.Metric, error) {
+func Parse(buf []byte) ([]plugins.Metric, error) {
 	return ParseWithDefaultTime(buf, time.Now())
 }
 
-func ParseWithDefaultTime(buf []byte, t time.Time) ([]telegraf.Metric, error) {
+func ParseWithDefaultTime(buf []byte, t time.Time) ([]plugins.Metric, error) {
 	if len(buf) <= 6 {
-		return []telegraf.Metric{}, makeError("buffer too short", buf, 0)
+		return []plugins.Metric{}, makeError("buffer too short", buf, 0)
 	}
-	metrics := make([]telegraf.Metric, 0, bytes.Count(buf, []byte("\n"))+1)
+	metrics := make([]plugins.Metric, 0, bytes.Count(buf, []byte("\n"))+1)
 	var errStr string
 	i := 0
 	for {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func ParseWithDefaultTime(buf []byte, t time.Time) ([]telegraf.Metric, error) {
 	return metrics, nil
 }
 
-func parseMetric(buf []byte, defaultTime time.Time) (telegraf.Metric, error) {
+func parseMetric(buf []byte, defaultTime time.Time) (plugins.Metric, error) {
 	var dTime string
 	// scan the first block which is measurement[,tag1=value1,tag2=value=2...]
 	pos, key, err := scanKey(buf, 0)

plugins/accumulator.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package telegraf
+package plugins
 
 import "time"
 

plugins/aggregator.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package telegraf
+package plugins
 
 // Aggregator is an interface for implementing an Aggregator plugin.
 // the RunningAggregator wraps this interface and guarantees that

plugins/aggregators/minmax/minmax.go

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package minmax
 
 import (
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/aggregators"
 )
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ type MinMax struct {
 	cache map[uint64]aggregate
 }
 
-func NewMinMax() telegraf.Aggregator {
+func NewMinMax() plugins.Aggregator {
 	mm := &MinMax{}
 	mm.Reset()
 	return mm
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (m *MinMax) Description() string {
 	return "Keep the aggregate min/max of each metric passing through."
 }
 
-func (m *MinMax) Add(in telegraf.Metric) {
+func (m *MinMax) Add(in plugins.Metric) {
 	id := in.HashID()
 	if _, ok := m.cache[id]; !ok {
 		// hit an uncached metric, create caches for first time:
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (m *MinMax) Add(in telegraf.Metric) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (m *MinMax) Push(acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
+func (m *MinMax) Push(acc plugins.Accumulator) {
 	for _, aggregate := range m.cache {
 		fields := map[string]interface{}{}
 		for k, v := range aggregate.fields {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func convert(in interface{}) (float64, bool) {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	aggregators.Add("minmax", func() telegraf.Aggregator {
+	aggregators.Add("minmax", func() plugins.Aggregator {
 		return NewMinMax()
 	})
 }

plugins/aggregators/registry.go

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package aggregators
 
-import "github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+import "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 
-type Creator func() telegraf.Aggregator
+type Creator func() plugins.Aggregator
 
 var Aggregators = map[string]Creator{}
 

plugins/input.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package telegraf
+package plugins
 
 type Input interface {
 	// SampleConfig returns the default configuration of the Input

plugins/inputs/aerospike/aerospike.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/errchan"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func (a *Aerospike) Description() string {
 	return "Read stats from aerospike server(s)"
 }
 
-func (a *Aerospike) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (a *Aerospike) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if len(a.Servers) == 0 {
 		return a.gatherServer("127.0.0.1:3000", acc)
 	}
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (a *Aerospike) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return errChan.Error()
 }
 
-func (a *Aerospike) gatherServer(hostport string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (a *Aerospike) gatherServer(hostport string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	host, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(hostport)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func copyTags(m map[string]string) map[string]string {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("aerospike", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("aerospike", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Aerospike{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/apache/apache.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (n *Apache) Description() string {
 	return "Read Apache status information (mod_status)"
 }
 
-func (n *Apache) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (n *Apache) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if len(n.Urls) == 0 {
 		n.Urls = []string{"http://localhost/server-status?auto"}
 	}
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func (n *Apache) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return outerr
 }
 
-func (n *Apache) gatherUrl(addr *url.URL, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (n *Apache) gatherUrl(addr *url.URL, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 
 	var tr *http.Transport
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ func getTags(addr *url.URL) map[string]string {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("apache", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("apache", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Apache{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/bcache/bcache.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func prettyToBytes(v string) uint64 {
 	return uint64(result)
 }
 
-func (b *Bcache) gatherBcache(bdev string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (b *Bcache) gatherBcache(bdev string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	tags := getTags(bdev)
 	metrics, err := filepath.Glob(bdev + "/stats_total/*")
 	if len(metrics) < 0 {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (b *Bcache) gatherBcache(bdev string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (b *Bcache) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (b *Bcache) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	bcacheDevsChecked := make(map[string]bool)
 	var restrictDevs bool
 	if len(b.BcacheDevs) != 0 {
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func (b *Bcache) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("bcache", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("bcache", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Bcache{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/cassandra/cassandra.go

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ type Cassandra struct {
 type javaMetric struct {
 	host   string
 	metric string
-	acc    telegraf.Accumulator
+	acc    plugins.Accumulator
 }
 
 type cassandraMetric struct {
 	host   string
 	metric string
-	acc    telegraf.Accumulator
+	acc    plugins.Accumulator
 }
 
 type jmxMetric interface {
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ type jmxMetric interface {
 }
 
 func newJavaMetric(host string, metric string,
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator) *javaMetric {
+	acc plugins.Accumulator) *javaMetric {
 	return &javaMetric{host: host, metric: metric, acc: acc}
 }
 
 func newCassandraMetric(host string, metric string,
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator) *cassandraMetric {
+	acc plugins.Accumulator) *cassandraMetric {
 	return &cassandraMetric{host: host, metric: metric, acc: acc}
 }
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func parseServerTokens(server string) map[string]string {
 	return serverTokens
 }
 
-func (c *Cassandra) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (c *Cassandra) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	context := c.Context
 	servers := c.Servers
 	metrics := c.Metrics
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ func (c *Cassandra) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("cassandra", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("cassandra", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Cassandra{jClient: &JolokiaClientImpl{client: &http.Client{}}}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/ceph/ceph.go

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (c *Ceph) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
-func (c *Ceph) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (c *Ceph) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if c.GatherAdminSocketStats {
 		if err := c.gatherAdminSocketStats(acc); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (c *Ceph) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *Ceph) gatherAdminSocketStats(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (c *Ceph) gatherAdminSocketStats(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	sockets, err := findSockets(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to find sockets at path '%s': %v", c.SocketDir, err)
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ func (c *Ceph) gatherAdminSocketStats(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *Ceph) gatherClusterStats(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (c *Ceph) gatherClusterStats(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	jobs := []struct {
 		command string
-		parser  func(telegraf.Accumulator, string) error
+		parser  func(plugins.Accumulator, string) error
 	}{
 		{"status", decodeStatus},
 		{"df", decodeDf},
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func init() {
 		GatherClusterStats:     false,
 	}
 
-	inputs.Add(measurement, func() telegraf.Input { return &c })
+	inputs.Add(measurement, func() plugins.Input { return &c })
 
 }
 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ func (c *Ceph) exec(command string) (string, error) {
 	return output, nil
 }
 
-func decodeStatus(acc telegraf.Accumulator, input string) error {
+func decodeStatus(acc plugins.Accumulator, input string) error {
 	data := make(map[string]interface{})
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(input), &data)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func decodeStatus(acc telegraf.Accumulator, input string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func decodeStatusOsdmap(acc telegraf.Accumulator, data map[string]interface{}) error {
+func decodeStatusOsdmap(acc plugins.Accumulator, data map[string]interface{}) error {
 	osdmap, ok := data["osdmap"].(map[string]interface{})
 	if !ok {
 		return fmt.Errorf("WARNING %s - unable to decode osdmap", measurement)
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ func decodeStatusOsdmap(acc telegraf.Accumulator, data map[string]interface{}) e
 	return nil
 }
 
-func decodeStatusPgmap(acc telegraf.Accumulator, data map[string]interface{}) error {
+func decodeStatusPgmap(acc plugins.Accumulator, data map[string]interface{}) error {
 	pgmap, ok := data["pgmap"].(map[string]interface{})
 	if !ok {
 		return fmt.Errorf("WARNING %s - unable to decode pgmap", measurement)
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ func decodeStatusPgmap(acc telegraf.Accumulator, data map[string]interface{}) er
 	return nil
 }
 
-func decodeStatusPgmapState(acc telegraf.Accumulator, data map[string]interface{}) error {
+func decodeStatusPgmapState(acc plugins.Accumulator, data map[string]interface{}) error {
 	pgmap, ok := data["pgmap"].(map[string]interface{})
 	if !ok {
 		return fmt.Errorf("WARNING %s - unable to decode pgmap", measurement)
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ func decodeStatusPgmapState(acc telegraf.Accumulator, data map[string]interface{
 	return nil
 }
 
-func decodeDf(acc telegraf.Accumulator, input string) error {
+func decodeDf(acc plugins.Accumulator, input string) error {
 	data := make(map[string]interface{})
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(input), &data)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ func decodeDf(acc telegraf.Accumulator, input string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func decodeOsdPoolStats(acc telegraf.Accumulator, input string) error {
+func decodeOsdPoolStats(acc plugins.Accumulator, input string) error {
 	data := make([]map[string]interface{}, 0)
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(input), &data)
 	if err != nil {

plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup.go

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package cgroup
 
 import (
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
 
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ func (g *CGroup) Description() string {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("cgroup", func() telegraf.Input { return &CGroup{} })
+	inputs.Add("cgroup", func() plugins.Input { return &CGroup{} })
 }

plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_linux.go

@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 )
 
 const metricName = "cgroup"
 
-func (g *CGroup) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (g *CGroup) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	list := make(chan pathInfo)
 	go g.generateDirs(list)
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func (g *CGroup) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (g *CGroup) gatherDir(dir string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (g *CGroup) gatherDir(dir string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	fields := make(map[string]interface{})
 
 	list := make(chan pathInfo)

plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_notlinux.go

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 package cgroup
 
 import (
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 )
 
-func (g *CGroup) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (g *CGroup) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }

plugins/inputs/chrony/chrony.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func (*Chrony) SampleConfig() string {
   `
 }
 
-func (c *Chrony) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (c *Chrony) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if len(c.path) == 0 {
 		return errors.New("chronyc not found: verify that chrony is installed and that chronyc is in your PATH")
 	}
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func init() {
 	if len(path) > 0 {
 		c.path = path
 	}
-	inputs.Add("chrony", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("chrony", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &c
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/cloudwatch"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	internalaws "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/config/aws"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/errchan"
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func SelectMetrics(c *CloudWatch) ([]*cloudwatch.Metric, error) {
 	return metrics, nil
 }
 
-func (c *CloudWatch) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (c *CloudWatch) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if c.client == nil {
 		c.initializeCloudWatch()
 	}
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func (c *CloudWatch) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("cloudwatch", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("cloudwatch", func() plugins.Input {
 		ttl, _ := time.ParseDuration("1hr")
 		return &CloudWatch{
 			CacheTTL:  internal.Duration{Duration: ttl},
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func (c *CloudWatch) fetchNamespaceMetrics() ([]*cloudwatch.Metric, error) {
  * Gather given Metric and emit any error
  */
 func (c *CloudWatch) gatherMetric(
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
+	acc plugins.Accumulator,
 	metric *cloudwatch.Metric,
 	now time.Time,
 	errChan chan error,

plugins/inputs/conntrack/conntrack.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"log"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (c *Conntrack) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
-func (c *Conntrack) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (c *Conntrack) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	c.setDefaults()
 
 	var metricKey string
@@ -116,5 +116,5 @@ func (c *Conntrack) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add(inputName, func() telegraf.Input { return &Conntrack{} })
+	inputs.Add(inputName, func() plugins.Input { return &Conntrack{} })
 }

plugins/inputs/consul/consul.go

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (c *Consul) createAPIClient() (*api.Client, error) {
 	return api.NewClient(config)
 }
 
-func (c *Consul) GatherHealthCheck(acc telegraf.Accumulator, checks []*api.HealthCheck) {
+func (c *Consul) GatherHealthCheck(acc plugins.Accumulator, checks []*api.HealthCheck) {
 	for _, check := range checks {
 		record := make(map[string]interface{})
 		tags := make(map[string]string)
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func (c *Consul) GatherHealthCheck(acc telegraf.Accumulator, checks []*api.Healt
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *Consul) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (c *Consul) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if c.client == nil {
 		newClient, err := c.createAPIClient()
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func (c *Consul) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("consul", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("consul", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Consul{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/couchbase/couchbase.go

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package couchbase
 
 import (
 	couchbase "github.com/couchbase/go-couchbase"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"sync"
 )
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func (r *Couchbase) Description() string {
 
 // Reads stats from all configured clusters. Accumulates stats.
 // Returns one of the errors encountered while gathering stats (if any).
-func (r *Couchbase) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (r *Couchbase) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if len(r.Servers) == 0 {
 		r.gatherServer("http://localhost:8091/", acc, nil)
 		return nil
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (r *Couchbase) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return outerr
 }
 
-func (r *Couchbase) gatherServer(addr string, acc telegraf.Accumulator, pool *couchbase.Pool) error {
+func (r *Couchbase) gatherServer(addr string, acc plugins.Accumulator, pool *couchbase.Pool) error {
 	if pool == nil {
 		client, err := couchbase.Connect(addr)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func (r *Couchbase) gatherServer(addr string, acc telegraf.Accumulator, pool *co
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("couchbase", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("couchbase", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Couchbase{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/couchdb/couchdb.go

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"net/http"
 	"reflect"
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (*CouchDB) SampleConfig() string {
 `
 }
 
-func (c *CouchDB) Gather(accumulator telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (c *CouchDB) Gather(accumulator plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	errorChannel := make(chan error, len(c.HOSTs))
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	for _, u := range c.HOSTs {
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ var client = &http.Client{
 	Timeout:   time.Duration(4 * time.Second),
 }
 
-func (c *CouchDB) fetchAndInsertData(accumulator telegraf.Accumulator, host string) error {
+func (c *CouchDB) fetchAndInsertData(accumulator plugins.Accumulator, host string) error {
 
 	response, error := client.Get(host)
 	if error != nil {
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func (c *CouchDB) generateFields(prefix string, obj metaData) map[string]interfa
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("couchdb", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("couchdb", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &CouchDB{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/disque/disque.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ var ErrProtocolError = errors.New("disque protocol error")
 
 // Reads stats from all configured servers accumulates stats.
 // Returns one of the errors encountered while gather stats (if any).
-func (g *Disque) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (g *Disque) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if len(g.Servers) == 0 {
 		url := &url.URL{
 			Host: ":7711",
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (g *Disque) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 
 const defaultPort = "7711"
 
-func (g *Disque) gatherServer(addr *url.URL, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (g *Disque) gatherServer(addr *url.URL, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if g.c == nil {
 
 		_, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(addr.Host)
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func (g *Disque) gatherServer(addr *url.URL, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("disque", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("disque", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Disque{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/dns_query/dns_query.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/errchan"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (d *DnsQuery) SampleConfig() string {
 func (d *DnsQuery) Description() string {
 	return "Query given DNS server and gives statistics"
 }
-func (d *DnsQuery) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (d *DnsQuery) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	d.setDefaultValues()
 
 	errChan := errchan.New(len(d.Domains) * len(d.Servers))
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func (d *DnsQuery) parseRecordType() (uint16, error) {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("dns_query", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("dns_query", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &DnsQuery{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/docker/docker.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/docker/engine-api/client"
 	"github.com/docker/engine-api/types"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (d *Docker) Description() string {
 func (d *Docker) SampleConfig() string { return sampleConfig }
 
 // Gather starts stats collection
-func (d *Docker) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (d *Docker) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if d.client == nil {
 		var c *client.Client
 		var err error
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func (d *Docker) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (d *Docker) gatherInfo(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (d *Docker) gatherInfo(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	// Init vars
 	dataFields := make(map[string]interface{})
 	metadataFields := make(map[string]interface{})
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func (d *Docker) gatherInfo(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 
 func (d *Docker) gatherContainer(
 	container types.Container,
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
+	acc plugins.Accumulator,
 ) error {
 	var v *types.StatsJSON
 	// Parse container name
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ func (d *Docker) gatherContainer(
 
 func gatherContainerStats(
 	stat *types.StatsJSON,
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
+	acc plugins.Accumulator,
 	tags map[string]string,
 	id string,
 	perDevice bool,
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ func calculateCPUPercent(stat *types.StatsJSON) float64 {
 
 func gatherBlockIOMetrics(
 	stat *types.StatsJSON,
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
+	acc plugins.Accumulator,
 	tags map[string]string,
 	now time.Time,
 	id string,
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ func parseSize(sizeStr string) (int64, error) {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("docker", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("docker", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Docker{
 			PerDevice: true,
 			Timeout:   internal.Duration{Duration: time.Second * 5},

plugins/inputs/dovecot/dovecot.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/errchan"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (d *Dovecot) SampleConfig() string { return sampleConfig }
 const defaultPort = "24242"
 
 // Reads stats from all configured servers.
-func (d *Dovecot) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (d *Dovecot) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if !validQuery[d.Type] {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error: %s is not a valid query type\n",
 			d.Type)
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (d *Dovecot) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return errChan.Error()
 }
 
-func (d *Dovecot) gatherServer(addr string, acc telegraf.Accumulator, qtype string, filter string) error {
+func (d *Dovecot) gatherServer(addr string, acc plugins.Accumulator, qtype string, filter string) error {
 	_, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(addr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error: %s on url %s\n", err, addr)
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func (d *Dovecot) gatherServer(addr string, acc telegraf.Accumulator, qtype stri
 	return gatherStats(&buf, acc, host, qtype)
 }
 
-func gatherStats(buf *bytes.Buffer, acc telegraf.Accumulator, host string, qtype string) error {
+func gatherStats(buf *bytes.Buffer, acc plugins.Accumulator, host string, qtype string) error {
 
 	lines := strings.Split(buf.String(), "\n")
 	head := strings.Split(lines[0], "\t")
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func secParser(tm string) float64 {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("dovecot", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("dovecot", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Dovecot{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/errchan"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func (e *Elasticsearch) Description() string {
 
 // Gather reads the stats from Elasticsearch and writes it to the
 // Accumulator.
-func (e *Elasticsearch) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (e *Elasticsearch) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if e.client == nil {
 		client, err := e.createHttpClient()
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func (e *Elasticsearch) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	wg.Add(len(e.Servers))
 
 	for _, serv := range e.Servers {
-		go func(s string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
+		go func(s string, acc plugins.Accumulator) {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			var url string
 			if e.Local {
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func (e *Elasticsearch) createHttpClient() (*http.Client, error) {
 	return client, nil
 }
 
-func (e *Elasticsearch) gatherNodeStats(url string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (e *Elasticsearch) gatherNodeStats(url string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	nodeStats := &struct {
 		ClusterName string               `json:"cluster_name"`
 		Nodes       map[string]*nodeStat `json:"nodes"`
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ func (e *Elasticsearch) gatherNodeStats(url string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) er
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (e *Elasticsearch) gatherClusterHealth(url string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (e *Elasticsearch) gatherClusterHealth(url string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	healthStats := &clusterHealth{}
 	if err := e.gatherJsonData(url, healthStats); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func (e *Elasticsearch) gatherClusterHealth(url string, acc telegraf.Accumulator
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (e *Elasticsearch) gatherClusterStats(url string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (e *Elasticsearch) gatherClusterStats(url string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	clusterStats := &clusterStats{}
 	if err := e.gatherJsonData(url, clusterStats); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ func (e *Elasticsearch) gatherJsonData(url string, v interface{}) error {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("elasticsearch", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("elasticsearch", func() plugins.Input {
 		return NewElasticsearch()
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/exec/exec.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/kballard/go-shellquote"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/errchan"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ func NewExec() *Exec {
 }
 
 type Runner interface {
-	Run(*Exec, string, telegraf.Accumulator) ([]byte, error)
+	Run(*Exec, string, plugins.Accumulator) ([]byte, error)
 }
 
 type CommandRunner struct{}
 
-func AddNagiosState(exitCode error, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func AddNagiosState(exitCode error, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	nagiosState := 0
 	if exitCode != nil {
 		exiterr, ok := exitCode.(*exec.ExitError)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func AddNagiosState(exitCode error, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 func (c CommandRunner) Run(
 	e *Exec,
 	command string,
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
+	acc plugins.Accumulator,
 ) ([]byte, error) {
 	split_cmd, err := shellquote.Split(command)
 	if err != nil || len(split_cmd) == 0 {
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func removeCarriageReturns(b bytes.Buffer) bytes.Buffer {
 
 }
 
-func (e *Exec) ProcessCommand(command string, acc telegraf.Accumulator, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
+func (e *Exec) ProcessCommand(command string, acc plugins.Accumulator, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 	defer wg.Done()
 
 	out, err := e.runner.Run(e, command, acc)
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func (e *Exec) SetParser(parser parsers.Parser) {
 	e.parser = parser
 }
 
-func (e *Exec) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (e *Exec) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	// Legacy single command support
 	if e.Command != "" {
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func (e *Exec) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("exec", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("exec", func() plugins.Input {
 		return NewExec()
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/exec/exec_test.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func newRunnerMock(out []byte, err error) Runner {
 	}
 }
 
-func (r runnerMock) Run(e *Exec, command string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) ([]byte, error) {
+func (r runnerMock) Run(e *Exec, command string, acc plugins.Accumulator) ([]byte, error) {
 	if r.err != nil {
 		return nil, r.err
 	}

plugins/inputs/filestat/filestat.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/globpath"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (_ *FileStat) Description() string {
 
 func (_ *FileStat) SampleConfig() string { return sampleConfig }
 
-func (f *FileStat) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (f *FileStat) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var errS string
 	var err error
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func getMd5(file string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("filestat", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("filestat", func() plugins.Input {
 		return NewFileStat()
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/graylog/graylog.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (h *GrayLog) Description() string {
 }
 
 // Gathers data for all servers.
-func (h *GrayLog) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (h *GrayLog) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 
 	if h.client.HTTPClient() == nil {
@@ -178,14 +178,14 @@ func (h *GrayLog) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 
 // Gathers data from a particular server
 // Parameters:
-//     acc      : The telegraf Accumulator to use
+//     acc      : The plugins.Accumulator to use
 //     serverURL: endpoint to send request to
 //     service  : the service being queried
 //
 // Returns:
 //     error: Any error that may have occurred
 func (h *GrayLog) gatherServer(
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
+	acc plugins.Accumulator,
 	serverURL string,
 ) error {
 	resp, _, err := h.sendRequest(serverURL)
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ func (h *GrayLog) sendRequest(serverURL string) (string, float64, error) {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("graylog", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("graylog", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &GrayLog{
 			client: &RealHTTPClient{},
 		}

plugins/inputs/haproxy/haproxy.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/errchan"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func (r *haproxy) Description() string {
 
 // Reads stats from all configured servers accumulates stats.
 // Returns one of the errors encountered while gather stats (if any).
-func (g *haproxy) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (g *haproxy) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if len(g.Servers) == 0 {
 		return g.gatherServer("http://127.0.0.1:1936/haproxy?stats", acc)
 	}
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func (g *haproxy) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return errChan.Error()
 }
 
-func (g *haproxy) gatherServerSocket(addr string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (g *haproxy) gatherServerSocket(addr string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	socketPath := getSocketAddr(addr)
 
 	c, err := net.Dial("unix", socketPath)
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func (g *haproxy) gatherServerSocket(addr string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) erro
 	return importCsvResult(c, acc, socketPath)
 }
 
-func (g *haproxy) gatherServer(addr string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (g *haproxy) gatherServer(addr string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(addr, "http") {
 		return g.gatherServerSocket(addr, acc)
 	}
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func getSocketAddr(sock string) string {
 	}
 }
 
-func importCsvResult(r io.Reader, acc telegraf.Accumulator, host string) error {
+func importCsvResult(r io.Reader, acc plugins.Accumulator, host string) error {
 	csv := csv.NewReader(r)
 	result, err := csv.ReadAll()
 	now := time.Now()
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ func importCsvResult(r io.Reader, acc telegraf.Accumulator, host string) error {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("haproxy", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("haproxy", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &haproxy{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/hddtemp/hddtemp.go

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 package hddtemp
 
 import (
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	gohddtemp "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/hddtemp/go-hddtemp"
 )
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (_ *HDDTemp) SampleConfig() string {
 	return hddtempSampleConfig
 }
 
-func (h *HDDTemp) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (h *HDDTemp) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if h.fetcher == nil {
 		h.fetcher = gohddtemp.New()
 	}
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (h *HDDTemp) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("hddtemp", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("hddtemp", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &HDDTemp{
 			Address: defaultAddress,
 			Devices: []string{"*"},

plugins/inputs/http_listener/http_listener.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers/influx"
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ type HTTPListener struct {
 	listener net.Listener
 
 	parser influx.InfluxParser
-	acc    telegraf.Accumulator
+	acc    plugins.Accumulator
 	pool   *pool
 
 	BytesRecv       selfstat.Stat
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ func (h *HTTPListener) Description() string {
 	return "Influx HTTP write listener"
 }
 
-func (h *HTTPListener) Gather(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (h *HTTPListener) Gather(_ plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	h.BuffersCreated.Set(h.pool.ncreated())
 	return nil
 }
 
 // Start starts the http listener service.
-func (h *HTTPListener) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (h *HTTPListener) Start(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	h.mu.Lock()
 	defer h.mu.Unlock()
 
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func badRequest(res http.ResponseWriter) {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("http_listener", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("http_listener", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &HTTPListener{
 			ServiceAddress: ":8186",
 		}

plugins/inputs/http_response/http_response.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (h *HTTPResponse) HTTPGather() (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 }
 
 // Gather gets all metric fields and tags and returns any errors it encounters
-func (h *HTTPResponse) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (h *HTTPResponse) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	// Set default values
 	if h.ResponseTimeout.Duration < time.Second {
 		h.ResponseTimeout.Duration = time.Second * 5
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (h *HTTPResponse) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("http_response", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("http_response", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &HTTPResponse{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/httpjson/httpjson.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func (h *HttpJson) Description() string {
 }
 
 // Gathers data for all servers.
-func (h *HttpJson) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (h *HttpJson) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 
 	if h.client.HTTPClient() == nil {
@@ -169,14 +169,14 @@ func (h *HttpJson) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 
 // Gathers data from a particular server
 // Parameters:
-//     acc      : The telegraf Accumulator to use
+//     acc      : The plugins.Accumulator to use
 //     serverURL: endpoint to send request to
 //     service  : the service being queried
 //
 // Returns:
 //     error: Any error that may have occurred
 func (h *HttpJson) gatherServer(
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
+	acc plugins.Accumulator,
 	serverURL string,
 ) error {
 	resp, responseTime, err := h.sendRequest(serverURL)
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ func (h *HttpJson) sendRequest(serverURL string) (string, float64, error) {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("httpjson", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("httpjson", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &HttpJson{
 			client: &RealHTTPClient{},
 			ResponseTimeout: internal.Duration{

plugins/inputs/influxdb/influxdb.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (*InfluxDB) SampleConfig() string {
 `
 }
 
-func (i *InfluxDB) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (i *InfluxDB) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if len(i.URLs) == 0 {
 		i.URLs = []string{"http://localhost:8086/debug/vars"}
 	}
@@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ type memstats struct {
 
 // Gathers data from a particular URL
 // Parameters:
-//     acc    : The telegraf Accumulator to use
+//     acc    : The plugins.Accumulator to use
 //     url    : endpoint to send request to
 //
 // Returns:
 //     error: Any error that may have occurred
 func (i *InfluxDB) gatherURL(
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
+	acc plugins.Accumulator,
 	url string,
 ) error {
 	shardCounter := 0
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ func (i *InfluxDB) gatherURL(
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("influxdb", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("influxdb", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &InfluxDB{
 			Timeout: internal.Duration{Duration: time.Second * 5},
 		}

plugins/inputs/internal/internal.go

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package internal
 import (
 	"runtime"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/selfstat"
 )
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type Self struct {
 	CollectMemstats bool
 }
 
-func NewSelf() telegraf.Input {
+func NewSelf() plugins.Input {
 	return &Self{
 		CollectMemstats: true,
 	}
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func (s *Self) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
-func (s *Self) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (s *Self) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if s.CollectMemstats {
 		m := &runtime.MemStats{}
 		runtime.ReadMemStats(m)

plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor/ipmi.go

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (m *Ipmi) Description() string {
 	return "Read metrics from one or many bare metal servers"
 }
 
-func (m *Ipmi) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Ipmi) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if m.runner == nil {
 		m.runner = CommandRunner{}
 	}
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (m *Ipmi) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (m *Ipmi) gatherServer(serv string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Ipmi) gatherServer(serv string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	conn := NewConnection(serv)
 
 	res, err := m.runner.Run(conn, "sdr")
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func transform(s string) string {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("ipmi_sensor", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("ipmi_sensor", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Ipmi{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/iptables/iptables.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (ipt *Iptables) SampleConfig() string {
 }
 
 // Gather gathers iptables packets and bytes throughput from the configured tables and chains.
-func (ipt *Iptables) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (ipt *Iptables) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if ipt.Table == "" || len(ipt.Chains) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ var chainNameRe = regexp.MustCompile(`^Chain\s+(\S+)`)
 var fieldsHeaderRe = regexp.MustCompile(`^\s*pkts\s+bytes\s+`)
 var valuesRe = regexp.MustCompile(`^\s*([0-9]+)\s+([0-9]+)\s+.*?(/\*\s(.*)\s\*/)?$`)
 
-func (ipt *Iptables) parseAndGather(data string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (ipt *Iptables) parseAndGather(data string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	lines := strings.Split(data, "\n")
 	if len(lines) < 3 {
 		return nil
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func (ipt *Iptables) parseAndGather(data string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error
 type chainLister func(table, chain string) (string, error)
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("iptables", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("iptables", func() plugins.Input {
 		ipt := new(Iptables)
 		ipt.lister = ipt.chainList
 		return ipt

plugins/inputs/jolokia/jolokia.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func extractValues(measurement string, value interface{}, fields map[string]inte
 	}
 }
 
-func (j *Jolokia) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (j *Jolokia) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 
 	if j.jClient == nil {
 		tr := &http.Transport{ResponseHeaderTimeout: j.ResponseHeaderTimeout.Duration}
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ func (j *Jolokia) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("jolokia", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("jolokia", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Jolokia{
 			ResponseHeaderTimeout: DefaultResponseHeaderTimeout,
 			ClientTimeout:         DefaultClientTimeout,

plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type Kafka struct {
 	done chan struct{}
 
 	// keep the accumulator internally:
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator
+	acc plugins.Accumulator
 
 	// doNotCommitMsgs tells the parser not to call CommitUpTo on the consumer
 	// this is mostly for test purposes, but there may be a use-case for it later.
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (k *Kafka) SetParser(parser parsers.Parser) {
 	k.parser = parser
 }
 
-func (k *Kafka) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (k *Kafka) Start(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	k.Lock()
 	defer k.Unlock()
 	var consumerErr error
@@ -162,12 +162,12 @@ func (k *Kafka) Stop() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (k *Kafka) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (k *Kafka) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("kafka_consumer", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("kafka_consumer", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Kafka{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/kubernetes/kubernetes.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/errchan"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("kubernetes", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("kubernetes", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Kubernetes{}
 	})
 }
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (k *Kubernetes) Description() string {
 }
 
 //Gather collects kubernetes metrics from a given URL
-func (k *Kubernetes) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (k *Kubernetes) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	errChan := errchan.New(1)
 	wg.Add(1)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func buildURL(endpoint string, base string) (*url.URL, error) {
 	return addr, nil
 }
 
-func (k *Kubernetes) gatherSummary(baseURL string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (k *Kubernetes) gatherSummary(baseURL string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/stats/summary", baseURL)
 	var req, err = http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
 	var token []byte
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func (k *Kubernetes) gatherSummary(baseURL string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) err
 	return nil
 }
 
-func buildSystemContainerMetrics(summaryMetrics *SummaryMetrics, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
+func buildSystemContainerMetrics(summaryMetrics *SummaryMetrics, acc plugins.Accumulator) {
 	for _, container := range summaryMetrics.Node.SystemContainers {
 		tags := map[string]string{
 			"node_name":      summaryMetrics.Node.NodeName,
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func buildSystemContainerMetrics(summaryMetrics *SummaryMetrics, acc telegraf.Ac
 	}
 }
 
-func buildNodeMetrics(summaryMetrics *SummaryMetrics, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
+func buildNodeMetrics(summaryMetrics *SummaryMetrics, acc plugins.Accumulator) {
 	tags := map[string]string{
 		"node_name": summaryMetrics.Node.NodeName,
 	}
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func buildNodeMetrics(summaryMetrics *SummaryMetrics, acc telegraf.Accumulator)
 	acc.AddFields("kubernetes_node", fields, tags)
 }
 
-func buildPodMetrics(summaryMetrics *SummaryMetrics, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
+func buildPodMetrics(summaryMetrics *SummaryMetrics, acc plugins.Accumulator) {
 	for _, pod := range summaryMetrics.Pods {
 		for _, container := range pod.Containers {
 			tags := map[string]string{

plugins/inputs/leofs/leofs.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func (l *LeoFS) Description() string {
 	return "Read metrics from a LeoFS Server via SNMP"
 }
 
-func (l *LeoFS) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (l *LeoFS) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if len(l.Servers) == 0 {
 		l.gatherServer(defaultEndpoint, ServerTypeManagerMaster, acc)
 		return nil
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func (l *LeoFS) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 func (l *LeoFS) gatherServer(
 	endpoint string,
 	serverType ServerType,
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
+	acc plugins.Accumulator,
 ) error {
 	cmd := exec.Command("snmpwalk", "-v2c", "-cpublic", endpoint, oid)
 	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func retrieveTokenAfterColon(line string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("leofs", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("leofs", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &LeoFS{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/grok.go

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/vjeantet/grok"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 )
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func (p *Parser) Compile() error {
 	return p.compileCustomPatterns()
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) ParseLine(line string) (telegraf.Metric, error) {
+func (p *Parser) ParseLine(line string) (plugins.Metric, error) {
 	var err error
 	// values are the parsed fields from the log line
 	var values map[string]string

plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/grok_test.go

@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-var benchM telegraf.Metric
+var benchM plugins.Metric
 
 func Benchmark_ParseLine_CommonLogFormat(b *testing.B) {
 	p := &Parser{
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func Benchmark_ParseLine_CommonLogFormat(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 	p.Compile()
 
-	var m telegraf.Metric
+	var m plugins.Metric
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
 		m, _ = p.ParseLine(`127.0.0.1 user-identifier frank [10/Oct/2000:13:55:36 -0700] "GET /apache_pb.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 2326`)
 	}
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func Benchmark_ParseLine_CombinedLogFormat(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 	p.Compile()
 
-	var m telegraf.Metric
+	var m plugins.Metric
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
 		m, _ = p.ParseLine(`127.0.0.1 user-identifier frank [10/Oct/2000:13:55:36 -0700] "GET /apache_pb.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 2326 "-" "Mozilla"`)
 	}
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func Benchmark_ParseLine_CustomPattern(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 	p.Compile()
 
-	var m telegraf.Metric
+	var m plugins.Metric
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
 		m, _ = p.ParseLine(`[04/Jun/2016:12:41:45 +0100] 1.25 200 192.168.1.1 5.432µs 101`)
 	}

plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/hpcloud/tail"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/errchan"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/globpath"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type LogParser interface {
-	ParseLine(line string) (telegraf.Metric, error)
+	ParseLine(line string) (plugins.Metric, error)
 	Compile() error
 }
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type LogParserPlugin struct {
 	lines   chan string
 	done    chan struct{}
 	wg      sync.WaitGroup
-	acc     telegraf.Accumulator
+	acc     plugins.Accumulator
 	parsers []LogParser
 
 	sync.Mutex
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ func (l *LogParserPlugin) Description() string {
 	return "Stream and parse log file(s)."
 }
 
-func (l *LogParserPlugin) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (l *LogParserPlugin) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (l *LogParserPlugin) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (l *LogParserPlugin) Start(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	l.Lock()
 	defer l.Unlock()
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func (l *LogParserPlugin) receiver(tailer *tail.Tail) {
 func (l *LogParserPlugin) parser() {
 	defer l.wg.Done()
 
-	var m telegraf.Metric
+	var m plugins.Metric
 	var err error
 	var line string
 	for {
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func (l *LogParserPlugin) Stop() {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("logparser", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("logparser", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &LogParserPlugin{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/lustre2/lustre2.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ var wanted_mdt_jobstats_fields = []*mapping{
 	},
 }
 
-func (l *Lustre2) GetLustreProcStats(fileglob string, wanted_fields []*mapping, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (l *Lustre2) GetLustreProcStats(fileglob string, wanted_fields []*mapping, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	files, err := filepath.Glob(fileglob)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ func (l *Lustre2) Description() string {
 }
 
 // Gather reads stats from all lustre targets
-func (l *Lustre2) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (l *Lustre2) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	l.allFields = make(map[string]map[string]interface{})
 
 	if len(l.Ost_procfiles) == 0 {
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ func (l *Lustre2) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("lustre2", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("lustre2", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Lustre2{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/mailchimp/mailchimp.go

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func (m *MailChimp) Description() string {
 	return "Gathers metrics from the /3.0/reports MailChimp API"
 }
 
-func (m *MailChimp) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *MailChimp) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if m.api == nil {
 		m.api = NewChimpAPI(m.ApiKey)
 	}
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (m *MailChimp) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func gatherReport(acc telegraf.Accumulator, report Report, now time.Time) {
+func gatherReport(acc plugins.Accumulator, report Report, now time.Time) {
 	tags := make(map[string]string)
 	tags["id"] = report.ID
 	tags["campaign_title"] = report.CampaignTitle
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func gatherReport(acc telegraf.Accumulator, report Report, now time.Time) {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("mailchimp", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("mailchimp", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &MailChimp{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/memcached/memcached.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/errchan"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (m *Memcached) Description() string {
 }
 
 // Gather reads stats from all configured servers accumulates stats
-func (m *Memcached) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Memcached) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if len(m.Servers) == 0 && len(m.UnixSockets) == 0 {
 		return m.gatherServer(":11211", false, acc)
 	}
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func (m *Memcached) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 func (m *Memcached) gatherServer(
 	address string,
 	unix bool,
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
+	acc plugins.Accumulator,
 ) error {
 	var conn net.Conn
 	var err error
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func parseResponse(r *bufio.Reader) (map[string]string, error) {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("memcached", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("memcached", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Memcached{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/mesos/mesos.go

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	jsonparser "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers/json"
 )
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (m *Mesos) SetDefaults() {
 }
 
 // Gather() metrics from given list of Mesos Masters
-func (m *Mesos) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Mesos) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	var errorChannel chan error
 
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ type TaskStats struct {
 	Statistics  map[string]interface{} `json:"statistics"`
 }
 
-func (m *Mesos) gatherSlaveTaskMetrics(address string, defaultPort string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Mesos) gatherSlaveTaskMetrics(address string, defaultPort string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var metrics []TaskStats
 
 	host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(address)
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ func (m *Mesos) gatherSlaveTaskMetrics(address string, defaultPort string, acc t
 }
 
 // This should not belong to the object
-func (m *Mesos) gatherMainMetrics(a string, defaultPort string, role Role, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Mesos) gatherMainMetrics(a string, defaultPort string, role Role, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var jsonOut map[string]interface{}
 
 	host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(a)
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ func (m *Mesos) gatherMainMetrics(a string, defaultPort string, role Role, acc t
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("mesos", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("mesos", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Mesos{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/mock_Plugin.go

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package inputs
 
 import (
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
 )
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func (m *MockPlugin) SampleConfig() string {
 }
 
 // Gather defines what data the plugin will gather.
-func (m *MockPlugin) Gather(_a0 telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *MockPlugin) Gather(_a0 plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	ret := m.Called(_a0)
 
 	r0 := ret.Error(0)

plugins/inputs/mongodb/mongodb.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/errchan"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"gopkg.in/mgo.v2"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ var localhost = &url.URL{Host: "127.0.0.1:27017"}
 
 // Reads stats from all configured servers accumulates stats.
 // Returns one of the errors encountered while gather stats (if any).
-func (m *MongoDB) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *MongoDB) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if len(m.Servers) == 0 {
 		m.gatherServer(m.getMongoServer(localhost), acc)
 		return nil
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func (m *MongoDB) getMongoServer(url *url.URL) *Server {
 	return m.mongos[url.Host]
 }
 
-func (m *MongoDB) gatherServer(server *Server, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *MongoDB) gatherServer(server *Server, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if server.Session == nil {
 		var dialAddrs []string
 		if server.Url.User != nil {
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func (m *MongoDB) gatherServer(server *Server, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("mongodb", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("mongodb", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &MongoDB{
 			mongos: make(map[string]*Server),
 		}

plugins/inputs/mongodb/mongodb_data.go

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 )
 
 type MongodbData struct {
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (d *MongodbData) add(key string, val interface{}) {
 	d.Fields[key] = val
 }
 
-func (d *MongodbData) flush(acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
+func (d *MongodbData) flush(acc plugins.Accumulator) {
 	acc.AddFields(
 		"mongodb",
 		d.Fields,

plugins/inputs/mongodb/mongodb_server.go

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"gopkg.in/mgo.v2"
 	"gopkg.in/mgo.v2/bson"
 )
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func (s *Server) getDefaultTags() map[string]string {
 	return tags
 }
 
-func (s *Server) gatherData(acc telegraf.Accumulator, gatherDbStats bool) error {
+func (s *Server) gatherData(acc plugins.Accumulator, gatherDbStats bool) error {
 	s.Session.SetMode(mgo.Eventual, true)
 	s.Session.SetSocketTimeout(0)
 	result_server := &ServerStatus{}

plugins/inputs/mqtt_consumer/mqtt_consumer.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type MQTTConsumer struct {
 	done chan struct{}
 
 	// keep the accumulator internally:
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator
+	acc plugins.Accumulator
 
 	started bool
 }
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func (m *MQTTConsumer) SetParser(parser parsers.Parser) {
 	m.parser = parser
 }
 
-func (m *MQTTConsumer) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *MQTTConsumer) Start(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	m.Lock()
 	defer m.Unlock()
 	m.started = false
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func (m *MQTTConsumer) Stop() {
 	m.started = false
 }
 
-func (m *MQTTConsumer) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *MQTTConsumer) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ func (m *MQTTConsumer) createOpts() (*mqtt.ClientOptions, error) {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("mqtt_consumer", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("mqtt_consumer", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &MQTTConsumer{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/errchan"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (m *Mysql) InitMysql() {
 	initDone = true
 }
 
-func (m *Mysql) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Mysql) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if len(m.Servers) == 0 {
 		// default to localhost if nothing specified.
 		return m.gatherServer(localhost, acc)
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ const (
 	`
 )
 
-func (m *Mysql) gatherServer(serv string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Mysql) gatherServer(serv string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	serv, err := dsnAddTimeout(serv)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ func (m *Mysql) gatherServer(serv string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 
 // gatherGlobalVariables can be used to fetch all global variables from
 // MySQL environment.
-func (m *Mysql) gatherGlobalVariables(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Mysql) gatherGlobalVariables(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	// run query
 	rows, err := db.Query(globalVariablesQuery)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ func (m *Mysql) gatherGlobalVariables(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accu
 // When the server is slave, then it returns only one row.
 // If the multi-source replication is set, then everything works differently
 // This code does not work with multi-source replication.
-func (m *Mysql) gatherSlaveStatuses(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Mysql) gatherSlaveStatuses(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	// run query
 	rows, err := db.Query(slaveStatusQuery)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ func (m *Mysql) gatherSlaveStatuses(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accumu
 
 // gatherBinaryLogs can be used to collect size and count of all binary files
 // binlogs metric requires the MySQL server to turn it on in configuration
-func (m *Mysql) gatherBinaryLogs(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Mysql) gatherBinaryLogs(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	// run query
 	rows, err := db.Query(binaryLogsQuery)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ func (m *Mysql) gatherBinaryLogs(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accumulat
 // gatherGlobalStatuses can be used to get MySQL status metrics
 // the mappings of actual names and names of each status to be exported
 // to output is provided on mappings variable
-func (m *Mysql) gatherGlobalStatuses(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Mysql) gatherGlobalStatuses(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	// If user forgot the '/', add it
 	if strings.HasSuffix(serv, ")") {
 		serv = serv + "/"
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ func (m *Mysql) gatherGlobalStatuses(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accum
 
 // GatherProcessList can be used to collect metrics on each running command
 // and its state with its running count
-func (m *Mysql) GatherProcessListStatuses(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Mysql) GatherProcessListStatuses(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	// run query
 	rows, err := db.Query(infoSchemaProcessListQuery)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ func (m *Mysql) GatherProcessListStatuses(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.
 
 // gatherPerfTableIOWaits can be used to get total count and time
 // of I/O wait event for each table and process
-func (m *Mysql) gatherPerfTableIOWaits(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Mysql) gatherPerfTableIOWaits(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	rows, err := db.Query(perfTableIOWaitsQuery)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ func (m *Mysql) gatherPerfTableIOWaits(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Acc
 
 // gatherPerfIndexIOWaits can be used to get total count and time
 // of I/O wait event for each index and process
-func (m *Mysql) gatherPerfIndexIOWaits(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Mysql) gatherPerfIndexIOWaits(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	rows, err := db.Query(perfIndexIOWaitsQuery)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ func (m *Mysql) gatherPerfIndexIOWaits(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Acc
 }
 
 // gatherInfoSchemaAutoIncStatuses can be used to get auto incremented values of the column
-func (m *Mysql) gatherInfoSchemaAutoIncStatuses(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Mysql) gatherInfoSchemaAutoIncStatuses(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	rows, err := db.Query(infoSchemaAutoIncQuery)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ func (m *Mysql) gatherInfoSchemaAutoIncStatuses(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc tel
 // the total number and time for SQL and external lock wait events
 // for each table and operation
 // requires the MySQL server to be enabled to save this metric
-func (m *Mysql) gatherPerfTableLockWaits(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Mysql) gatherPerfTableLockWaits(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	// check if table exists,
 	// if performance_schema is not enabled, tables do not exist
 	// then there is no need to scan them
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ func (m *Mysql) gatherPerfTableLockWaits(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.A
 }
 
 // gatherPerfEventWaits can be used to get total time and number of event waits
-func (m *Mysql) gatherPerfEventWaits(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Mysql) gatherPerfEventWaits(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	rows, err := db.Query(perfEventWaitsQuery)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ func (m *Mysql) gatherPerfEventWaits(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accum
 }
 
 // gatherPerfFileEvents can be used to get stats on file events
-func (m *Mysql) gatherPerfFileEventsStatuses(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Mysql) gatherPerfFileEventsStatuses(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	rows, err := db.Query(perfFileEventsQuery)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ func (m *Mysql) gatherPerfFileEventsStatuses(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegr
 }
 
 // gatherPerfEventsStatements can be used to get attributes of each event
-func (m *Mysql) gatherPerfEventsStatements(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Mysql) gatherPerfEventsStatements(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	query := fmt.Sprintf(
 		perfEventsStatementsQuery,
 		m.PerfEventsStatementsDigestTextLimit,
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ func (m *Mysql) gatherPerfEventsStatements(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf
 }
 
 // gatherTableSchema can be used to gather stats on each schema
-func (m *Mysql) gatherTableSchema(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (m *Mysql) gatherTableSchema(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var dbList []string
 	servtag := getDSNTag(serv)
 
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ func getDSNTag(dsn string) string {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("mysql", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("mysql", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Mysql{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/nats_consumer/nats_consumer.go

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
 	"github.com/nats-io/nats"
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ type natsConsumer struct {
 	// channel for all NATS read errors
 	errs chan error
 	done chan struct{}
-	acc  telegraf.Accumulator
+	acc  plugins.Accumulator
 }
 
 var sampleConfig = `
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (n *natsConsumer) natsErrHandler(c *nats.Conn, s *nats.Subscription, e erro
 }
 
 // Start the nats consumer. Caller must call *natsConsumer.Stop() to clean up.
-func (n *natsConsumer) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (n *natsConsumer) Start(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	n.Lock()
 	defer n.Unlock()
 
@@ -197,12 +197,12 @@ func (n *natsConsumer) Stop() {
 	n.Unlock()
 }
 
-func (n *natsConsumer) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (n *natsConsumer) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("nats_consumer", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("nats_consumer", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &natsConsumer{
 			Servers:             []string{"nats://localhost:4222"},
 			Secure:              false,

plugins/inputs/net_response/net_response.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func (n *NetResponse) UdpGather() (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 	return fields, nil
 }
 
-func (n *NetResponse) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (n *NetResponse) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	// Set default values
 	if n.Timeout.Duration == 0 {
 		n.Timeout.Duration = time.Second
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func (n *NetResponse) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("net_response", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("net_response", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &NetResponse{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/nginx/nginx.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/errchan"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func (n *Nginx) Description() string {
 	return "Read Nginx's basic status information (ngx_http_stub_status_module)"
 }
 
-func (n *Nginx) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (n *Nginx) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	errChan := errchan.New(len(n.Urls))
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ var client = &http.Client{
 	Timeout:   time.Duration(4 * time.Second),
 }
 
-func (n *Nginx) gatherUrl(addr *url.URL, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (n *Nginx) gatherUrl(addr *url.URL, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	resp, err := client.Get(addr.String())
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error making HTTP request to %s: %s", addr.String(), err)
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func getTags(addr *url.URL) map[string]string {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("nginx", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("nginx", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Nginx{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/nsq/nsq.go

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/errchan"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("nsq", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("nsq", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &NSQ{}
 	})
 }
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (n *NSQ) Description() string {
 	return "Read NSQ topic and channel statistics."
 }
 
-func (n *NSQ) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (n *NSQ) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	errChan := errchan.New(len(n.Endpoints))
 	for _, e := range n.Endpoints {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ var client = &http.Client{
 	Timeout:   time.Duration(4 * time.Second),
 }
 
-func (n *NSQ) gatherEndpoint(e string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (n *NSQ) gatherEndpoint(e string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	u, err := buildURL(e)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func buildURL(e string) (*url.URL, error) {
 	return addr, nil
 }
 
-func topicStats(t TopicStats, acc telegraf.Accumulator, host, version string) {
+func topicStats(t TopicStats, acc plugins.Accumulator, host, version string) {
 	// per topic overall (tag: name, paused, channel count)
 	tags := map[string]string{
 		"server_host":    host,
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func topicStats(t TopicStats, acc telegraf.Accumulator, host, version string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func channelStats(c ChannelStats, acc telegraf.Accumulator, host, version, topic string) {
+func channelStats(c ChannelStats, acc plugins.Accumulator, host, version, topic string) {
 	tags := map[string]string{
 		"server_host":    host,
 		"server_version": version,
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func channelStats(c ChannelStats, acc telegraf.Accumulator, host, version, topic
 	}
 }
 
-func clientStats(c ClientStats, acc telegraf.Accumulator, host, version, topic, channel string) {
+func clientStats(c ClientStats, acc plugins.Accumulator, host, version, topic, channel string) {
 	tags := map[string]string{
 		"server_host":       host,
 		"server_version":    version,

plugins/inputs/nsq_consumer/nsq_consumer.go

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package nsq_consumer
 import (
 	"log"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
 	"github.com/nsqio/go-nsq"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type NSQConsumer struct {
 	MaxInFlight int
 	parser      parsers.Parser
 	consumer    *nsq.Consumer
-	acc         telegraf.Accumulator
+	acc         plugins.Accumulator
 }
 
 var sampleConfig = `
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ var sampleConfig = `
 `
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("nsq_consumer", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("nsq_consumer", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &NSQConsumer{}
 	})
 }
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (n *NSQConsumer) Description() string {
 }
 
 // Start pulls data from nsq
-func (n *NSQConsumer) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (n *NSQConsumer) Start(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	n.acc = acc
 	n.connect()
 	n.consumer.AddConcurrentHandlers(nsq.HandlerFunc(func(message *nsq.Message) error {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (n *NSQConsumer) Stop() {
 }
 
 // Gather is a noop
-func (n *NSQConsumer) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (n *NSQConsumer) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 

plugins/inputs/nstat/nstat.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (ns *Nstat) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
-func (ns *Nstat) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (ns *Nstat) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	// load paths, get from env if config values are empty
 	ns.loadPaths()
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (ns *Nstat) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (ns *Nstat) gatherNetstat(data []byte, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (ns *Nstat) gatherNetstat(data []byte, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	metrics, err := loadUglyTable(data, ns.DumpZeros)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func (ns *Nstat) gatherNetstat(data []byte, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (ns *Nstat) gatherSNMP(data []byte, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (ns *Nstat) gatherSNMP(data []byte, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	metrics, err := loadUglyTable(data, ns.DumpZeros)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func (ns *Nstat) gatherSNMP(data []byte, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (ns *Nstat) gatherSNMP6(data []byte, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (ns *Nstat) gatherSNMP6(data []byte, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	metrics, err := loadGoodTable(data, ns.DumpZeros)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func proc(env, path string) string {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("nstat", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("nstat", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Nstat{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/ntpq/ntpq.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (n *NTPQ) SampleConfig() string {
 `
 }
 
-func (n *NTPQ) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (n *NTPQ) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	out, err := n.runQ()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func (n *NTPQ) runq() ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("ntpq", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("ntpq", func() plugins.Input {
 		n := &NTPQ{}
 		n.runQ = n.runq
 		return n

plugins/inputs/passenger/passenger.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"golang.org/x/net/html/charset"
 )
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func (r *passenger) Description() string {
 	return "Read metrics of passenger using passenger-status"
 }
 
-func (g *passenger) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (g *passenger) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if g.Command == "" {
 		g.Command = "passenger-status -v --show=xml"
 	}
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func (g *passenger) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func importMetric(stat []byte, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func importMetric(stat []byte, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var p info
 
 	decoder := xml.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(stat))
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func importMetric(stat []byte, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("passenger", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("passenger", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &passenger{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/phpfpm/phpfpm.go

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (r *phpfpm) Description() string {
 
 // Reads stats from all configured servers accumulates stats.
 // Returns one of the errors encountered while gather stats (if any).
-func (g *phpfpm) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (g *phpfpm) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if len(g.Urls) == 0 {
 		return g.gatherServer("http://127.0.0.1/status", acc)
 	}
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (g *phpfpm) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 // Request status page to get stat raw data and import it
-func (g *phpfpm) gatherServer(addr string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (g *phpfpm) gatherServer(addr string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if g.client == nil {
 		client := &http.Client{}
 		g.client = client
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func (g *phpfpm) gatherServer(addr string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 // Gather stat using fcgi protocol
-func (g *phpfpm) gatherFcgi(fcgi *conn, statusPath string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (g *phpfpm) gatherFcgi(fcgi *conn, statusPath string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	fpmOutput, fpmErr, err := fcgi.Request(map[string]string{
 		"SCRIPT_NAME":     "/" + statusPath,
 		"SCRIPT_FILENAME": statusPath,
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (g *phpfpm) gatherFcgi(fcgi *conn, statusPath string, acc telegraf.Accumula
 }
 
 // Gather stat using http protocol
-func (g *phpfpm) gatherHttp(addr string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (g *phpfpm) gatherHttp(addr string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	u, err := url.Parse(addr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Unable parse server address '%s': %s", addr, err)
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func (g *phpfpm) gatherHttp(addr string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 // Import stat data into Telegraf system
-func importMetric(r io.Reader, acc telegraf.Accumulator) (poolStat, error) {
+func importMetric(r io.Reader, acc plugins.Accumulator) (poolStat, error) {
 	stats := make(poolStat)
 	var currentPool string
 
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func importMetric(r io.Reader, acc telegraf.Accumulator) (poolStat, error) {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("phpfpm", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("phpfpm", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &phpfpm{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/ping/ping.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (_ *Ping) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
-func (p *Ping) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (p *Ping) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	errorChannel := make(chan error, len(p.Urls)*2)
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func processPingOutput(out string) (int, int, float64, float64, error) {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("ping", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("ping", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Ping{
 			pingHost:     hostPinger,
 			PingInterval: 1.0,

plugins/inputs/ping/ping_windows.go

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package ping
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (p *Ping) args(url string) []string {
 	return args
 }
 
-func (p *Ping) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (p *Ping) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	errorChannel := make(chan error, len(p.Urls)*2)
 	var pendingError error = nil
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func (p *Ping) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("ping", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("ping", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Ping{pingHost: hostPinger}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/postgresql/postgresql.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 
 	"github.com/lib/pq"
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (p *Postgresql) IgnoredColumns() map[string]bool {
 
 var localhost = "host=localhost sslmode=disable"
 
-func (p *Postgresql) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (p *Postgresql) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var query string
 
 	if p.Address == "" || p.Address == "localhost" {
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func (p *Postgresql) SanitizedAddress() (_ string, err error) {
 	return p.sanitizedAddress, err
 }
 
-func (p *Postgresql) accRow(row scanner, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (p *Postgresql) accRow(row scanner, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var columnVars []interface{}
 	var dbname bytes.Buffer
 
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func (p *Postgresql) accRow(row scanner, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("postgresql", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("postgresql", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Postgresql{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/postgresql_extensible/postgresql_extensible.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 
 	"github.com/lib/pq"
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func (p *Postgresql) IgnoredColumns() map[string]bool {
 
 var localhost = "host=localhost sslmode=disable"
 
-func (p *Postgresql) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (p *Postgresql) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 
 	var sql_query string
 	var query_addon string
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func (p *Postgresql) SanitizedAddress() (_ string, err error) {
 	return p.sanitizedAddress, err
 }
 
-func (p *Postgresql) accRow(meas_name string, row scanner, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (p *Postgresql) accRow(meas_name string, row scanner, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var columnVars []interface{}
 	var dbname bytes.Buffer
 
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ COLUMN:
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("postgresql_extensible", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("postgresql_extensible", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Postgresql{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/powerdns/powerdns.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func (p *Powerdns) Description() string {
 	return "Read metrics from one or many PowerDNS servers"
 }
 
-func (p *Powerdns) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (p *Powerdns) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if len(p.UnixSockets) == 0 {
 		return p.gatherServer("/var/run/pdns.controlsocket", acc)
 	}
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (p *Powerdns) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (p *Powerdns) gatherServer(address string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (p *Powerdns) gatherServer(address string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	conn, err := net.DialTimeout("unix", address, defaultTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func parseResponse(metrics string) map[string]interface{} {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("powerdns", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("powerdns", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Powerdns{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/procstat/procstat.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/process"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (_ *Procstat) Description() string {
 	return "Monitor process cpu and memory usage"
 }
 
-func (p *Procstat) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (p *Procstat) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	err := p.createProcesses()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("E! Error: procstat getting process, exe: [%s] pidfile: [%s] pattern: [%s] user: [%s] %s",
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func (p *Procstat) pidsFromUser() ([]int32, error) {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("procstat", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("procstat", func() plugins.Input {
 		return NewProcstat()
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/procstat/spec_processor.go

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/process"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 )
 
 type SpecProcessor struct {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type SpecProcessor struct {
 	pid    int32
 	tags   map[string]string
 	fields map[string]interface{}
-	acc    telegraf.Accumulator
+	acc    plugins.Accumulator
 	proc   *process.Process
 }
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func NewSpecProcessor(
 	processName string,
 	prefix string,
 	pid int32,
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
+	acc plugins.Accumulator,
 	p *process.Process,
 	tags map[string]string,
 ) *SpecProcessor {

plugins/inputs/prometheus/parser.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 
 	"github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions/pbutil"
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import (
 
 // Parse returns a slice of Metrics from a text representation of a
 // metrics
-func Parse(buf []byte, header http.Header) ([]telegraf.Metric, error) {
-	var metrics []telegraf.Metric
+func Parse(buf []byte, header http.Header) ([]plugins.Metric, error) {
+	var metrics []plugins.Metric
 	var parser expfmt.TextParser
 	// parse even if the buffer begins with a newline
 	buf = bytes.TrimPrefix(buf, []byte("\n"))

plugins/inputs/prometheus/prometheus.go

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package prometheus
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ var ErrProtocolError = errors.New("prometheus protocol error")
 
 // Reads stats from all configured servers accumulates stats.
 // Returns one of the errors encountered while gather stats (if any).
-func (p *Prometheus) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (p *Prometheus) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 
 	var outerr error
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ var client = &http.Client{
 	Timeout:   time.Duration(4 * time.Second),
 }
 
-func (p *Prometheus) gatherURL(url string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (p *Prometheus) gatherURL(url string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	collectDate := time.Now()
 	var req, err = http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
 	req.Header.Add("Accept", acceptHeader)
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func (p *Prometheus) gatherURL(url string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("prometheus", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("prometheus", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Prometheus{ResponseTimeout: internal.Duration{Duration: time.Second * 3}}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/puppetagent/puppetagent.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (pa *PuppetAgent) Description() string {
 }
 
 // Gather reads stats from all configured servers accumulates stats
-func (pa *PuppetAgent) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (pa *PuppetAgent) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 
 	if len(pa.Location) == 0 {
 		pa.Location = "/var/lib/puppet/state/last_run_summary.yaml"
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func (pa *PuppetAgent) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func structPrinter(s *State, acc telegraf.Accumulator, tags map[string]string) {
+func structPrinter(s *State, acc plugins.Accumulator, tags map[string]string) {
 	e := reflect.ValueOf(s).Elem()
 
 	fields := make(map[string]interface{})
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func structPrinter(s *State, acc telegraf.Accumulator, tags map[string]string) {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("puppetagent", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("puppetagent", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &PuppetAgent{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/errchan"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ type Node struct {
 }
 
 // gatherFunc ...
-type gatherFunc func(r *RabbitMQ, acc telegraf.Accumulator, errChan chan error)
+type gatherFunc func(r *RabbitMQ, acc plugins.Accumulator, errChan chan error)
 
 var gatherFunctions = []gatherFunc{gatherOverview, gatherNodes, gatherQueues}
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func (r *RabbitMQ) Description() string {
 }
 
 // Gather ...
-func (r *RabbitMQ) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (r *RabbitMQ) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if r.Client == nil {
 		tlsCfg, err := internal.GetTLSConfig(
 			r.SSLCert, r.SSLKey, r.SSLCA, r.InsecureSkipVerify)
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ func (r *RabbitMQ) requestJSON(u string, target interface{}) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func gatherOverview(r *RabbitMQ, acc telegraf.Accumulator, errChan chan error) {
+func gatherOverview(r *RabbitMQ, acc plugins.Accumulator, errChan chan error) {
 	overview := &OverviewResponse{}
 
 	err := r.requestJSON("/api/overview", &overview)
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func gatherOverview(r *RabbitMQ, acc telegraf.Accumulator, errChan chan error) {
 	errChan <- nil
 }
 
-func gatherNodes(r *RabbitMQ, acc telegraf.Accumulator, errChan chan error) {
+func gatherNodes(r *RabbitMQ, acc plugins.Accumulator, errChan chan error) {
 	nodes := make([]Node, 0)
 	// Gather information about nodes
 	err := r.requestJSON("/api/nodes", &nodes)
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func gatherNodes(r *RabbitMQ, acc telegraf.Accumulator, errChan chan error) {
 	errChan <- nil
 }
 
-func gatherQueues(r *RabbitMQ, acc telegraf.Accumulator, errChan chan error) {
+func gatherQueues(r *RabbitMQ, acc plugins.Accumulator, errChan chan error) {
 	// Gather information about queues
 	queues := make([]Queue, 0)
 	err := r.requestJSON("/api/queues", &queues)
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ func (r *RabbitMQ) shouldGatherQueue(queue Queue) bool {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("rabbitmq", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("rabbitmq", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &RabbitMQ{
 			ResponseHeaderTimeout: internal.Duration{Duration: DefaultResponseHeaderTimeout * time.Second},
 			ClientTimeout:         internal.Duration{Duration: DefaultClientTimeout * time.Second},

plugins/inputs/raindrops/raindrops.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func (r *Raindrops) Description() string {
 	return "Read raindrops stats (raindrops - real-time stats for preforking Rack servers)"
 }
 
-func (r *Raindrops) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (r *Raindrops) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	var outerr error
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (r *Raindrops) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return outerr
 }
 
-func (r *Raindrops) gatherUrl(addr *url.URL, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (r *Raindrops) gatherUrl(addr *url.URL, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	resp, err := r.http_client.Get(addr.String())
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error making HTTP request to %s: %s", addr.String(), err)
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func (r *Raindrops) getTags(addr *url.URL) map[string]string {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("raindrops", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("raindrops", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Raindrops{http_client: &http.Client{
 			Transport: &http.Transport{
 				ResponseHeaderTimeout: time.Duration(3 * time.Second),

plugins/inputs/redis/redis.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/errchan"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ const defaultPort = "6379"
 
 // Reads stats from all configured servers accumulates stats.
 // Returns one of the errors encountered while gather stats (if any).
-func (r *Redis) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (r *Redis) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if len(r.Servers) == 0 {
 		url := &url.URL{
 			Scheme: "tcp",
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func (r *Redis) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return errChan.Error()
 }
 
-func (r *Redis) gatherServer(addr *url.URL, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (r *Redis) gatherServer(addr *url.URL, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var address string
 
 	if addr.Scheme == "unix" {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func (r *Redis) gatherServer(addr *url.URL, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 // gatherInfoOutput gathers
 func gatherInfoOutput(
 	rdr *bufio.Reader,
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
+	acc plugins.Accumulator,
 	tags map[string]string,
 ) error {
 	var section string
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func gatherInfoOutput(
 func gatherKeyspaceLine(
 	name string,
 	line string,
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
+	acc plugins.Accumulator,
 	global_tags map[string]string,
 ) {
 	if strings.Contains(line, "keys=") {
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func gatherKeyspaceLine(
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("redis", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("redis", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Redis{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/registry.go

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package inputs
 
-import "github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+import "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 
-type Creator func() telegraf.Input
+type Creator func() plugins.Input
 
 var Inputs = map[string]Creator{}
 

plugins/inputs/rethinkdb/rethinkdb.go

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 
 	"gopkg.in/dancannon/gorethink.v1"
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ var localhost = &Server{Url: &url.URL{Host: "127.0.0.1:28015"}}
 
 // Reads stats from all configured servers accumulates stats.
 // Returns one of the errors encountered while gather stats (if any).
-func (r *RethinkDB) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (r *RethinkDB) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if len(r.Servers) == 0 {
 		r.gatherServer(localhost, acc)
 		return nil
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (r *RethinkDB) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return outerr
 }
 
-func (r *RethinkDB) gatherServer(server *Server, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (r *RethinkDB) gatherServer(server *Server, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var err error
 	connectOpts := gorethink.ConnectOpts{
 		Address:       server.Url.Host,
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func (r *RethinkDB) gatherServer(server *Server, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error
 }
 
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("rethinkdb", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("rethinkdb", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &RethinkDB{}
 	})
 }

plugins/inputs/rethinkdb/rethinkdb_data.go

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 )
 
 type serverStatus struct {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ var engineStats = map[string]string{
 
 func (e *Engine) AddEngineStats(
 	keys []string,
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
+	acc plugins.Accumulator,
 	tags map[string]string,
 ) {
 	engine := reflect.ValueOf(e).Elem()
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func (e *Engine) AddEngineStats(
 	acc.AddFields("rethinkdb_engine", fields, tags)
 }
 
-func (s *Storage) AddStats(acc telegraf.Accumulator, tags map[string]string) {
+func (s *Storage) AddStats(acc plugins.Accumulator, tags map[string]string) {
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"cache_bytes_in_use":            s.Cache.BytesInUse,
 		"disk_read_bytes_per_sec":       s.Disk.ReadBytesPerSec,