First implementation, need answer https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/issues/1129#issuecomment-318489088

conf/glances.conf

@@ -404,6 +404,14 @@ host=localhost
 port=9091
 prefix=glances
 
+[restful]
+# Configuration for the --export-restful option
+# Example, export to http://localhost:6789/
+host=localhost
+port=6789
+protocol=http
+path=/
+
 ##############################################################################
 # AMPS
 # * enable: Enable (true) or disable (false) the AMP

glances/exports/glances_restful.py

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# This file is part of Glances.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Nicolargo <nicolas@nicolargo.com>
+#
+# Glances is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Glances is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""Restful interface class."""
+
+import sys
+from numbers import Number
+
+from glances.compat import range
+from glances.logger import logger
+from glances.exports.glances_export import GlancesExport
+
+from requests import post
+
+
+class Export(GlancesExport):
+
+    """This class manages the Restful export module."""
+
+    def __init__(self, config=None, args=None):
+        """Init the Restful export IF."""
+        super(Export, self).__init__(config=config, args=args)
+
+        # Mandatories configuration keys (additional to host and port)
+        self.protocol = None
+        self.path = None
+
+        # Load the Restful section in the configuration file
+        self.export_enable = self.load_conf('restful',
+                                            mandatories=['host', 'port', 'protocol', 'path'])
+        if not self.export_enable:
+            sys.exit(2)
+
+        # Init the Statsd client
+        self.client = self.init()
+
+    def init(self):
+        """Init the connection to the restful server."""
+        if not self.export_enable:
+            return None
+        # Build the Restful URL where the stats will be posted
+        url = '{}://{}:{}{}'.format(self.protocol,
+                                    self.host,
+                                    self.port,
+                                    self.path)
+        logger.info(
+            "Stats will be exported to the restful URL: {}".format(url))
+        return url
+
+    def export(self, name, columns, points):
+        """Export the stats to the Statsd server."""
+        post(self.client, json=dict(zip(columns, points)), allow_redirects=True)
+        logger.debug("Export {} stats to Restful endpoint".format(name))
+
+
+def normalize(name):
+    """Normalize name for the Statsd convention"""
+
+    # Name should not contain some specials chars (issue #1068)
+    ret = name.replace(':', '')
+    ret = ret.replace('%', '')
+    ret = ret.replace(' ', '_')
+
+    return ret

glances/main.py

@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ Examples of use:
                             dest='export_prometheus', help='export stats to a Prometheus exporter (prometheus_client lib needed)')
         parser.add_argument('--export-rabbitmq', action='store_true', default=False,
                             dest='export_rabbitmq', help='export stats to rabbitmq broker (pika lib needed)')
+        parser.add_argument('--export-restful', action='store_true', default=False,
+                            dest='export_restful', help='export stats to a Restful endpoint (requests lib needed)')
         parser.add_argument('--export-riemann', action='store_true', default=False,
                             dest='export_riemann', help='export stats to riemann broker (bernhard lib needed)')
         parser.add_argument('--export-statsd', action='store_true', default=False,