# HTTP Output Plugin This plugin sends metrics in a HTTP message encoded using one of the output data formats. For data_formats that support batching, metrics are sent in batch format. ### Configuration: ```toml # A plugin that can transmit metrics over HTTP [[outputs.http]] ## URL is the address to send metrics to url = "http://127.0.0.1:8080/metric" ## Timeout for HTTP message # timeout = "5s" ## HTTP method, one of: "POST" or "PUT" # method = "POST" ## HTTP Basic Auth credentials # username = "username" # password = "pa$$word" ## OAuth2 Client Credentials Grant # client_id = "clientid" # client_secret = "secret" # token_url = "https://indentityprovider/oauth2/v1/token" # scopes = ["urn:opc:idm:__myscopes__"] ## Optional TLS Config # tls_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem" # tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem" # tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem" ## Use TLS but skip chain & host verification # insecure_skip_verify = false ## Data format to output. ## Each data format has it's own unique set of configuration options, read ## more about them here: ## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_OUTPUT.md # data_format = "influx" ## Additional HTTP headers # [outputs.http.headers] # # Should be set manually to "application/json" for json data_format # Content-Type = "text/plain; charset=utf-8" ## HTTP Content-Encoding for write request body, can be set to "gzip" to ## compress body or "identity" to apply no encoding. # content_encoding = "identity" ```