NewCounter returns a Counter that writes values in the reportInterval to the given InfluxDB client, utilizing batching.

NewCounterTick is the same as NewCounter, but allows the user to pass a own channel to trigger the write process to the client.

NewGauge creates a new gauge instance, reporting points in the defined reportInterval.

NewGaugeTick is the same as NewGauge with a ticker channel instead of a interval.

NewHistogram is taken from http://github.com/codahale/metrics.

NewHistogramTick is the same as NewHistoGram, but allows to pass a custom reportTicker.