<li>points: a single data point (e.g. <code>50</code>), an array of data points (e.g. <code>[50, 100]</code>) or an array of <code>[timestamp, value]</code> elements (e.g. <code>[[now, 50], [now, 100]]</code>)</li>
<li>points: a single data point (e.g. <code>50</code>), an array of data points (e.g. <code>[50, 100]</code>) or an array of <code>[timestamp, value]</code> elements (e.g. <code>[[now, 50], [now, 100]]</code>)</li>
<li>tags: an array of "tag:value"'s</li>
<li>tags: an array of "tag:value"'s</li>
<li>host: the source hostname to use for the metrics</li>
<li>host: the source hostname to use for the metrics</li>
<li>metric_type: the type of metric to use ("gauge" or "counter") [default: gauge]</li>
<li>metric_type|type: the type of metric to use ("gauge" or "counter") [default: gauge]</li>