asmuth · January 3, 2012 21:54 · Jan 23, 2012 · Jan 3, 2012
diff --git a/gistfile1.rb b/gistfile1.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
 { "_type": "_set_name", "name": "Tingle Tangle Bob", "_session": "mysessiontoken" }
 
 # set the user picture
-{ "_type": "_set_picture", "url": "http:#myhost/123.jpg", "_session": "mysessiontoken" }
+{ "_type": "_set_picture", "url": "http://myhost/123.jpg", "_session": "mysessiontoken" }
+
+# track a pageview
+{ "_type": "_pageview", "url": "http://myhost/mypath", "_session": "mysessiontoken" }
 
 
 

diff --git a/gistfile1.rb b/gistfile1.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# i hope this helps...
+
+# to set the username and picture send these events to fm
+# -> you don't need to define any event handlers
+# -> the session token (_session) could be your unique session id 
+#    or the unique user id (it's hashed)
+
+# set the user name
+{ "_type": "_set_name", "name": "Tingle Tangle Bob", "_session": "mysessiontoken" }
+
+# set the user picture
+{ "_type": "_set_picture", "url": "http:#myhost/123.jpg", "_session": "mysessiontoken" }
+
+
+
+# if you want to count action/events unique per session you can 
+# set up an event handler like this:
+
+gauge :myaction_uniqe, 
+  :tick => 1.day.to_i, 
+  :unique => true
+
+event :myaction do
+  incr :myaction_uniqe
+end
+
+# and send events like this one:
+{ "_type": "myaction", "_session": "mysesstiontoken" }
+
+# the gauge will only be incremented once per session token (and tick/interval)
+# so this gauge would show "daily unique myactions"
+
+
+
+# if you want e.g. the average body size of all users on a given day:
+
+gauge :average_body_size, 
+  :tick => 1.day.to_i, 
+  :unique => true,
+  :average => true
+
+event :user_body_info do
+  incr :average_body_size, data[:body_size]
+end
+
+# events:
+{ "_type": "user_body_info", "body_size": 186, "_session": "userid_1" }
+{ "_type": "user_body_info", "body_size": 162, "_session": "userid_2" }
+{ "_type": "user_body_info", "body_size": 173, "_session": "userid_3" }