From d1a960e6e1ff70230625ce5f25da9b57fa8dee35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Holger Obermaier <40787752+ho-ob@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 17:03:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add some basic debugging documentation

---
 receivers/httpReceiver.md | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/receivers/httpReceiver.md b/receivers/httpReceiver.md
index ed1e1bf..873cf6d 100644
--- a/receivers/httpReceiver.md
+++ b/receivers/httpReceiver.md
@@ -21,3 +21,14 @@ The `http` receiver can be used receive metrics through HTTP POST requests.
 - `path`: URL path for the write endpoint
 
 The HTTP endpoint listens to `http://<address>:<port>/<path>`
+
+### Debugging
+
+- Install [curl](https://curl.se/)
+- Use curl to send message to `http` receiver
+
+  ```bash
+  curl http://localhost:8080/write --data \
+  "myMetric,hostname=myHost,type=hwthread,type-id=0,unit=Hz value=400000i 1694777161164284635
+  myMetric,hostname=myHost,type=hwthread,type-id=1,unit=Hz value=400001i 1694777161164284635"
+  ```