Boilerplate code for a telegraf plugin

mycollector.go

/*
Step 1.  Create a folder called "mycollector" inside telegraf/plugins/inputs
Step 2.  Create a file named "mycollector.go" inside the above folder
Step 3.  Add an entry for "mycollector" *alphabetically* in plugins/inputs/all/all.go

_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/mycollector"
*/

package mycollector

import (
	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
)

type Mycollector struct {
	Servers []string
	Username string
	Password string
}

func (m *Mycollector) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
	// This does work
	// At end of collector fil Accumulator
	return nil
}

func (m *Mycollector) Description() string {
	return ""
}

func (m *Mycollector) SampleConfig() string {
	return ""
}

func init() {
	inputs.Add("mycollector", func() telegraf.Input {
		return &Mycollector{}
	})
}