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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+################################################################################
+# Module import section
+################################################################################
+import argparse
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+
+################################################################################
+# Global variables and defaults 
+################################################################################
+ioping_arguments = {
+    'location': '',
+    'cmd': 'ioping --batch',
+    'count': '10',
+    'interval': '1s',
+    'options': ''
+  }
+
+################################################################################
+# Global functions
+################################################################################
+# Function to run the shell command and capture outputs and returncode
+def capture_ioping_results():
+
+   if ioping_arguments['location'] == '':
+       return 1, '', 'No ioping_locationectory given.'
+
+   cmd = '%s %s --count %s --interval %s %s' % (ioping_arguments['cmd'], 
+                                                ioping_arguments['options'],
+                                                ioping_arguments['count'],
+                                                ioping_arguments['interval'],
+                                                ioping_arguments['location'])
+   ioping_arguments['cmd'] = cmd
+   ioping_output = subprocess.run(cmd.split(),
+                                  stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                  stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                  encoding='utf-8')
+   return ioping_output.returncode, ioping_output.stdout, ioping_output.stderr
+
+
+# Function to output the ioping capture on an interactive shell 
+def ioping_output_shell():
+    returncode, stdout, stderr =  capture_ioping_results()
+    print("%s\n" % (ioping_arguments['cmd']))
+
+    if returncode == 0:
+        print(stdout)
+    else:
+        print(stderr)
+
+    return returncode
+
+
+# Function to ouptut the ioping capure for telegraf
+def ioping_output_telegraf():
+    returncode, stdout, stderr =  capture_ioping_results()
+
+    if not returncode == 0:
+        print(stderr)
+        return returncode 
+
+    ioping_statistic_keys = [
+            'statistics_count',
+            'runtime',
+            'iops',
+            'transfer_speed',
+            'min_request_time',
+            'avg_request_time',
+            'max_request_time',
+            'std_deviation_request_time',
+            'total_requests',
+            'total_running_time'
+            ]
+
+    try:
+        ioping_statistics = dict(zip(ioping_statistic_keys, stdout.split()))
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
+        returncode = 1
+
+    ioping_statistics_string = ",".join(f'{key}={value}' for key,value in ioping_statistics.items())
+    print("ioping,location=%s %s" %(ioping_arguments['location'], ioping_statistics_string))
+
+    return returncode
+
+def get_parser():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
+    parser.add_argument('-c', '--count', 
+                        help = 'stop after <count> requests',
+                        default = '10')
+    parser.add_argument('-i', '--interval', 
+                        help = 'interval between requests',
+                        default = '1s')
+    parser.add_argument('-l', '--location', 
+                        help = 'directory|file|device to test. Best would be a directory to not shred anything accidentially',
+                        default = '/tmp')
+    parser.add_argument('-m', '--mode', 
+                        help = 'Which output mode to use: shell|telegraf',
+                        default = 'shell')
+    parser.add_argument('-o', '--options', 
+                        help = 'Arbitary options from the ioping options, like -read-write',
+                        default = '')
+    return parser
+
+
+# Main function for shell use
+def main():
+    parser = get_parser()
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    ioping_arguments['location'] = args.location
+    ioping_arguments['count'] = args.count
+    ioping_arguments['interval'] = args.interval
+    ioping_arguments['options'] = args.options
+
+    if args.mode == 'shell':
+        returncode = ioping_output_shell()
+        
+    elif args.mode == 'telegraf':
+        returncode = ioping_output_telegraf()
+        
+    return returncode
+
+
+################################################################################
+# Main main main 
+################################################################################
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())
+