telegraf/plugins/outputs/http/README.md

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# HTTP Output Plugin
This plugin writes to a HTTP Server using the `POST Method`.
Data collected from telegraf is sent in the Request Body.
### Configuration:
```toml
# Send telegraf metrics to HTTP Server(s)
[[outputs.http]]
## It requires a url name.
## Will be transmitted telegraf metrics to the HTTP Server using the below URL.
## Note that not support the HTTPS.
url = "http://127.0.0.1:8080/metric"
## Configure dial timeout in seconds. Default : 3
timeout = 3
## http_headers option can add a custom header to the request.
## Content-Type is required http header in http plugin.
## so content-type of HTTP specification (plain/text, application/json, etc...) must be filled out.
[outputs.http.headers]
Content-Type = "plain/text"
## 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"
```