1python-rrdtool 2============== 3 4Python bindings for [RRDtool](https://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool) with a native C extension. 5 6Supported Python versions: 2.6+, 3.3+. 7 8The bindings are based on the code of the original Python 2 bindings for rrdtool by Hye-Shik Chang, which are currently shipped as official bindings with rrdtool. 9 10Installation 11------------ 12 13The easy way: 14 15 # pip install rrdtool 16 17**Note:** This requires rrdtool and it's development files (headers, libraries, dependencies) to be installed. 18 19In case you'd like to build the module on your own, you can obtain a copy of the repository and run `python setup.py install` in it's destination folder to build the native C extension. 20 21Usage 22----- 23 24```python 25import rrdtool 26 27# Create Round Robin Database 28rrdtool.create('test.rrd', '--start', 'now', '--step', '300', 'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:1200', 'DS:temp:GAUGE:600:-273:5000') 29 30# Feed updates to the RRD 31rrdtool.update('test.rrd', 'N:32') 32``` 33 34Documentation 35------------- 36 37You can find the latest documentation for this project at http://pythonhosted.org/rrdtool.