gistfile1.rb

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'
require 'iron_mq'

license_key = 'my_key'

queue = ironmq.queue("some_active_queue")

size = queue.size

metric_name = "Component/Queue/size[messages]"

components_array = [{
                      :name => queue.name,
                      :guid => 'IronMQ',
                      :duration => 60,
                      :metrics => {
                        metric_name => size,
                      }
                    }]


payload = {
  :agent => {
    :host => 'iron.io',
    :pid => 1,
    :version => '1.0.0'
  },
  :components => components_array
}.to_json

puts "Payload --> #{payload}"

response = RestClient.post 'https://platform-api.newrelic.com/platform/v1/metrics',
                           payload,
                           :content_type => :json,
                           :accept => :json,
                           'X-License-Key' => license_key