def log_statsd_event(name):
 event_name = ('events.%s' % (name,))
 statsd.incr(event_name)

def log_statsd_event ( name ) : event_name = ( 'events.%s' % ( name , ) ) statsd . incr ( event_name )
sends a single event to statsd with the desired name and the current timestamp this can be used to provide vertical lines in generated graphs .