diff --git a/plogdownloader/.gitignore b/plogdownloader/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71a79b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plogdownloader/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+out
+download
+tmp
+*.pyc
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diff --git a/plogdownloader/.project b/plogdownloader/.project
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..791287b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plogdownloader/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>plogdownloader</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/plogdownloader/download.bat b/plogdownloader/download.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e8567d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plogdownloader/download.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+@echo off
+
+set /p from_date=from date (yyyy-mm-dd):
+set /p to_date=from date (yyyy-mm-dd):
+
+C:\Tools\Python36\python download.py  --from %from_date% --to %to_date% --output "..\tmp" --pods vapbrewe01,vapglask01,vapjazzp01,vapnorto01,vapondem01,vapondem02,vapondem03,vapondem04 --tmpdir "..\tmp"
+
+pause
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plogdownloader/download.py b/plogdownloader/download.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a6dbc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plogdownloader/download.py
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+import re
+import gzip
+import os
+import sys
+import getopt
+from os.path import getsize, isdir, isfile, join, dirname, abspath, exists
+from multiprocessing import Pool, cpu_count
+import time
+import shutil
+from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import timedelta
+from random import random
+from subprocess import call,check_call
+import time
+
+
+def download(fromDate, to_date, pod_list, outputFile, tmpDir):
+    dates = getDateRange(fromDate, to_date)
+    print(dates)
+
+    pods = pod_list.replace(' ','').split(',')
+
+    
+    tmpExtractDir = join(tmpDir, "extracted")
+    os.makedirs(tmpExtractDir)
+
+    for pod in pods:
+        for date in dates:
+            tmpLogDir = join(tmpDir, 'logs', pod);
+            os.makedirs(tmpLogDir, exist_ok=True)
+            tmpExtractedPodDir = join(tmpExtractDir, pod)
+            os.makedirs(tmpExtractedPodDir, exist_ok=True)
+            cmd = ["aws", "s3", "cp", "s3://recommind-logs/"+pod.upper()+"/log/app_asg/"+date, tmpLogDir+"/"+date, "--recursive", "--exclude", "*", "--include", "axcng-service*"]
+            print(cmd)
+            check_call(cmd)
+            
+        #cmd = [sys.executable, "extractAppAsgLogs.py", "-e", ".*/performance.*log.*", "-i", tmpLogDir, "-o", tmpExtractedPodDir]
+        cmd = [sys.executable, "extractAppAsgLogsWith7z.py", "-e", "*/performance*log*", "-i", tmpLogDir, "-o", tmpExtractedPodDir]
+        print(cmd)
+        check_call(cmd)
+            
+        shutil.rmtree(tmpLogDir, ignore_errors=True)
+
+    # zip the performance logs
+    #shutil.make_archive(outputFile, 'zip', tmpExtractDir)
+    remove_file(outputFile) 
+    print("sleep 20 seconds to give the file share time to update directory entries")
+    time.sleep(20)
+    cmd = ["C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7z.exe", "a", "-tzip", outputFile,  join(tmpExtractDir, "*")]
+    print(cmd)
+    check_call(cmd)
+    
+    shutil.rmtree(tmpDir, ignore_errors=True)
+
+    
+def remove_file(file):
+    if os.path.isfile(file):
+        os.remove(file) 
+
+def getDateRange(from_date, to_date):
+    pattern = "%Y-%m-%d"
+    from_datetime = datetime.strptime(from_date, pattern)
+    to_datetime = datetime.strptime(to_date, pattern)
+    print(from_datetime)
+    print(to_datetime)
+
+    if from_datetime > to_datetime:
+        raise Exception("invalid date range %s - %s" % (from_datetime, to_datetime))
+
+    result = []
+    
+    current = from_datetime
+    while current <= to_datetime:
+        result.append(datetime.strftime(current, pattern))
+        current += timedelta(days=1)
+
+    return result
+
+def help(returnValue):
+    print(sys.argv[0] + ' --from <yyyy-mm-dd> --to <yyyy-mm-dd> --output <directory> --pods <comma separated pod names>')
+    print('Examples: ')
+    print(sys.argv[0] + ' --from 2018-01-01 --to 2018-01-31 --output /path/to/outputdir --pods vapondem01')
+    sys.exit(returnValue)
+
+
+def main(argv):
+    tmpBaseDir = 'tmp123'
+    outputDir = 'out';
+    pods = 'vapbrewe01,vapglask01,vapjazzp01,vapnorto01,vapondem01,vapondem02,vapondem03,vapondem04'
+    from_date = ''
+    to_date = ''
+    try:
+        print ("args: %s" % (argv))
+        opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv,"f:ho:p:t:x:",["from=", "help","output=", "pods=", "tmpdir=", "to=",])
+    except getopt.GetoptError:
+        help(2)
+    print ("opts: %s" % opts)
+    for opt, arg in opts:
+        
+        print ("-- %s, %s" % (opt, arg))
+        if opt in ("-h", "--help"):
+            help(0)
+        elif opt in ("-f", "--from"):
+            from_date = arg
+        elif opt in ("-o", "--output"):
+            outputDir = arg
+        elif opt in ("-p", "--pods"):
+            pods = arg
+        elif opt in ("-x", "--tmpdir"):
+            tmpBaseDir = arg
+        elif opt in ("-t", "--to"):
+            to_date = arg
+    outputFile = join(outputDir, "logs_"+from_date+"_"+to_date+"_"+pods.replace(',', '_'))
+    tmpDir = join(tmpBaseDir, str(random())[2:])
+    print('tmpBaseDir directory is "' + tmpBaseDir + '"')
+    print('tmpDir directory is "' + tmpDir + '"')
+    print('Ouput file is "' + outputFile + '"')
+
+    if not os.path.isdir(tmpBaseDir):
+        print("tmpBaseDir is not a directory")
+        help(2)
+    if not os.path.isdir(dirname(abspath(outputFile))):
+        print("'%s' is not a directory" % (dirname(abspath(outputFile))))
+        help(2)
+    if os.path.exists(abspath(outputFile)):
+        print("'%s' already exists" % (abspath(outputFile)))
+        help(2)
+
+    start = time.time()
+    download(from_date, to_date, pods, outputFile, tmpDir)
+    end = time.time()
+    print("duration %s seconds" % (end - start))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main(sys.argv[1:])
diff --git a/plogdownloader/download_jumphost.bat b/plogdownloader/download_jumphost.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf16e7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plogdownloader/download_jumphost.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+@echo off
+
+set default_pods=vapbrewe01,vapfinra01,vapglask01,vapjazzp01,vapnorto01,vapnyse001,vapondem01,vapondem02,vapondem03,vapondem04,vappilby01,vaprjrey01,vapfacbk01,vapbdcom01,vaprayja01
+
+set /p from_date=from date (yyyy-mm-dd): 
+set /p to_date=to date (yyyy-mm-dd): 
+echo default pods: %default_pods%
+set /p pods=pods (lowercase, comma separated, or leave empty for default): 
+if "%pods%" == "" set pods=%default_pods%
+
+
+S:\Working\ahr\Python36\python download.py  --from %from_date% --to %to_date% --output "..\tmp" --pods "%pods%" --tmpdir "..\tmp"
+
+
+
+
+pause
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diff --git a/plogdownloader/extractAppAsgLogsWith7z.py b/plogdownloader/extractAppAsgLogsWith7z.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd86ffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plogdownloader/extractAppAsgLogsWith7z.py
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+from zipfile import ZipFile
+import os
+from os import listdir
+from os.path import getsize, isdir, isfile, join, dirname
+import sys
+import getopt
+import re
+import shutil
+from subprocess import call,check_call
+import time
+
+# S:\Working\ahr\Python36\python S:\Working\ahr\giru\plog-downloader\extractAppAsgLogsWith7z.py -e "*/performance*log*" -o S:\Working\ahr\giru\tmp\9323982100316752\extracted\vaprjrey01 -i S:\Working\ahr\giru\tmp\9323982100316752\logs\vaprjrey01
+
+def extract(inputDir, outputDir, pattern):
+    zips = listZips(inputDir)
+    zips.sort()
+    print("zips: %s" % zips);
+    zipToOutputDir = mapZipToOutputDir(zips, outputDir)
+    print("zipToOutputDir: %s" % zipToOutputDir);
+    extractFiles(zipToOutputDir, pattern)
+    
+
+def extractFiles(zipToOutputDir, pattern):
+    for zipFile, outputDir in zipToOutputDir:
+        # 7z e archive.zip -o outputdir *.xml *.dll
+        cmd = ["C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7z.exe", "e", zipFile, "-y", "-o%s"%outputDir, pattern]
+        print(cmd)
+        check_call(cmd)
+        extractZippedLogs(outputDir)
+        removeLogsCreatedAfterRolling(outputDir)
+        #with ZipFile(zipFile, 'r') as myzip:
+        #    members = myzip.namelist()
+        #    filteredMembers = filterMembers(members, pattern)
+        #    filteredMembers = filterExisting(filteredMembers, outputDir, myzip)
+        #    filteredMembers.sort()
+        #    if len(filteredMembers) == 0:
+        #        continue
+        #    print("extracting ",filteredMembers, "-> " +outputDir)
+        #    myzip.extractall(outputDir, filteredMembers)
+        #    extractZippedLogs(filteredMembers, outputDir)
+        #    removeLogsCreatedAfterRolling(filteredMembers, outputDir)
+
+def extractZippedLogs(outputDir):
+    
+    from os import walk
+    zips = []
+    for (dirpath, dirnames, filenames) in walk(outputDir):
+        for name in filenames:
+            if name.endswith(".zip"):
+                zips.append(join(dirpath, name))
+    
+    
+    print ("extract2: %s" % zips)
+    for zipFile in zips:
+        extractFile(zipFile, outputDir)
+        remove_file(zipFile)
+            
+def extractFile(zipFile, outputDir):
+    attempt = 0
+    while attempt < 10:
+        if not os.path.isfile(zipFile):
+            print("extractFile: %s is not a file" % zipFile)
+            return
+        try:
+            attempt += 1
+            cmd = ["C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7z.exe", "e", zipFile, "-y", "-o%s"%  outputDir]
+            print("attempt %d: %s" % (attempt,cmd))
+            check_call(cmd)
+            return
+        except:
+            print("extraction failed")
+            time.sleep(1)
+    if attempt >= 10:
+        print("aborted after 10 failed attempts")
+        sys.exit(2)
+            
+def removeLogsCreatedAfterRolling(outputDir):
+    if not os.path.isdir(outputDir):
+        return
+    logfiles = [f for f in listdir(outputDir) if isfile(join(outputDir, f))]
+    for member in logfiles:
+        file = join(outputDir, member)
+        print("check if %s has just been rolled" % file)
+        if member.endswith('performance.log'):
+            lastLine = readLastLine(file)
+            print("lastLine: %s)" % lastLine)
+            if re.match(".*\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d 00:1.*", lastLine.decode('utf8')):
+                attempt = 0
+                while os.path.isfile(file):
+                    attempt += 1
+                    print("attempt %d removing %s, because it was just rolled" % (attempt, file))
+                    try:
+                        os.remove(file)
+                    except: 
+                        print("failed to delete")
+                        time.sleep(1)
+        
+def readLastLine(file):
+    with open(file, 'rb') as f:
+        for line in f:
+            f.seek(-2, os.SEEK_END)     # Jump to the second last byte.
+            while f.read(1) != b"\n":   # Until EOL is found...
+                #print f.tell()
+                if f.tell() <= 2:
+                    break;
+                f.seek(-2, os.SEEK_CUR) # ...jump back the read byte plus one more.
+            last = f.readline()         # Read last line.
+            #print "%s -> %s" % (file, last)
+    return last
+
+           
+def filterExisting(filteredMembers, outputDir, myzip):
+    result = []
+    for member in filteredMembers:
+        file = join(outputDir, member)
+        if not isfile(file):
+            result.append(member)
+            continue
+        zipInfo = myzip.getinfo(member)
+        zipFileSize = zipInfo.file_size
+        fileSize = getsize(file)
+        if zipFileSize != fileSize:
+            result.append(member)
+        else:
+            print("skip: " +  member + " (file exists and has the same size)")
+    return result
+       
+       
+def filterMembers(members, pattern):
+    result = []
+    for member in members:
+        if pattern.match(member):
+            result.append(member)
+    return result
+
+
+def mapZipToOutputDir(zips, outputDir):
+    result = []
+
+    for zipFileName in zips:
+        date = extractDate(zipFileName)
+        instanceId = extractInstanceId(zipFileName)
+        if date and instanceId:
+            # why did I have a version with date AND instanceId ???
+            # result.append((zipFileName, join(outputDir, date, instanceId)))
+            result.append((zipFileName, join(outputDir, instanceId)))
+
+    return result
+
+def extractInstanceId(zipFileName):
+    # pre 5.14 pattern: axcng-service_i-0ccd20213cffb9fc3_001201.zip
+    # post 5.14 pattern: axcng-service_i-09c26757fd0b61c12_172_19_113_219_VAPFINRA01AA001_2018-04-14_090701.zip
+    pattern = re.compile(".*axcng-.*_i-([a-zA-Z0-9]+)_.*.zip")
+    match = pattern.match(zipFileName)
+    if match:
+        instanceId = match.group(1)
+    else:
+        instanceId = False
+    return instanceId
+
+def extractDate(zipFileName):
+    # axcng-service_i-0376ad122c7fa2bbc_172_28_1_153_VADTRANS01AA001_2018-08-17_095022.zip
+    #pattern = re.compile(".*(/|\\\\)([0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2})(/|\\\\).*zip")
+    pattern = re.compile(".*_([0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2})_[0-9]{6}\.zip")
+    match = pattern.match(zipFileName)
+    if match:
+        date = match.group(1)
+    else:
+        print("no date" , zipFileName)
+        date = False
+    return date
+
+def listZips(directory):
+    zips = []
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(directory):
+        for name in files:
+            print(join(root, name))
+            zips.append(join(root,name))
+    return zips
+
+def remove_file(file):
+    if os.path.isfile(file):
+        os.remove(file)
+    
+
+
+def help(returnValue):
+    print(sys.argv[0] + ' -i <directory> -o <directory> [-e <expression>]')
+    print('Examples: ')
+    print(sys.argv[0] + ' -e ".*/performance.log.*" -i logs\\vapaccen01 -o extracted\\vapaccen01')
+    print(sys.argv[0] + ' -e ".*/performance.log.*" -i logs\\vapaccen01 -o d:\\ws\\pdb\\logs\\vapaccen01')
+    sys.exit(returnValue)
+
+def main(argv):
+    expression = '.*'
+    inputDir = ''
+    outputDir = ''
+    try:
+        opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv,"he:i:o:",["expression", "input=", "output="])
+    except getopt.GetoptError:
+        help(2)
+    for opt, arg in opts:
+        if opt == '-h':
+            help(0)
+        elif opt in ("-e", "--expression"):
+            expression = arg
+        elif opt in ("-i", "--input"):
+            inputDir = arg
+        elif opt in ("-o", "--output"):
+            outputDir = arg
+    print('Input directory is "' + inputDir + '"')
+    print('Ouput directory is "' + outputDir + '"')
+
+    if not os.path.isdir(inputDir):
+        print("input dir is not a directory")
+        help(2)
+    if not isdir(outputDir):
+        print("output dir is not a directory")
+        help(2)
+    print("extract")
+    extract(inputDir, outputDir, expression)
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main(sys.argv[1:])
diff --git a/plogdownloader/performance_to_json.py b/plogdownloader/performance_to_json.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ef20c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plogdownloader/performance_to_json.py
@@ -0,0 +1,404 @@
+import re
+import os
+from os.path import join
+import sys
+import getopt
+from zipfile import ZipFile
+from multiprocessing import Pool, cpu_count
+import time
+import socket
+
+import uuid
+import json
+import requests
+from requests_toolbelt.multipart.encoder import MultipartEncoder
+import shutil
+
+
+def print_pod_host_and_source(inputZips):
+    pods = {}
+    for inputZip in inputZips:
+        with ZipFile(inputZip, 'r') as zip:
+            members = zip.namelist()
+            #print(members)
+            for path in members:
+                #print(path)
+                dirs = path.split("/")
+                if len(dirs) < 3:
+                    continue
+                source = dirs[0]
+                pod = dirs[1]
+                host = dirs[2]
+                if host == '':
+                    continue
+
+                if not pod in pods:
+                    pods[pod] = {}
+                if not host in pods[pod]:
+                    pods[pod][host] = set()
+                pods[pod][host].add(source)
+                #print("%s -> %s" % (pod, host))
+    for pod in pods:
+        for host in pods[pod]:
+            print("%s -> %s - %s" % (pod, host, pods[pod][host]))
+    return pods
+
+
+def walk(input_zip, pods2hosts2sources, dest_host, dest_port, additional_tags):
+    tasks = split_into_tasks( pods2hosts2sources)  # returns [(path_in_zip, pod, host), ...]
+    futures = start_tasks(input_zip, tasks, dest_host, dest_port, additional_tags)
+    wait_for_futures(futures)
+        
+
+def get_files(root_dir):
+    result = []
+    for dirName, subdirList, fileList in os.walk(root_dir):
+        for fname in fileList:
+            result.append((root_dir, dirName, fname))
+    return result
+
+
+def split_into_tasks(pods2hosts2sources):
+    result = []
+    for pod in pods2hosts2sources:
+        for host in pods2hosts2sources[pod]:
+            for source in pods2hosts2sources[pod][host]:
+                relative_path_in_zip = "%s%s%s%s%s" % (source, "/", pod, "/", host)
+                result.append( (relative_path_in_zip, source, pod, host) )
+    return result
+
+
+def start_tasks(input_zip, tasks, dest_host, dest_port, additional_tags):
+    pool = Pool(processes=max(cpu_count()-3, 1))
+    #pool = Pool(processes=2)
+    futures = []
+    for task in tasks:
+        (path_in_zip, source, pod, host) = task
+        future = pool.apply_async(transform_and_send_logs, (input_zip, path_in_zip,source, pod, host, dest_host, dest_port, additional_tags))
+        futures.append(future)
+    return futures
+
+
+def wait_for_futures(futures):
+    for future in futures:
+        description = future.get(timeout=3600)
+        print("done: %s" % description);
+
+
+def to_iso(date):
+    return date.replace(',', '.').replace(' ', 'T') + "Z"
+
+
+def get_build_from_file_in_zip(zip, file_in_zip):
+    with zip.open(file_in_zip, "r") as f:
+        first_line = f.readline().decode('utf-8')
+        return get_build(first_line)
+
+
+# 2017-09-28 00:00:00,041 [long-running-executor-2-thread-789] INFO  com.recommind.framework.logging.BuildInfoLayout null - HOSTNAME='VAPFINRA01AP001.rmcloud.int (172.19.10.132)', BUILD='AXC_5.12_442(348cf5a22ee69be3a8e17fc42b79de3c4f2d7875)@AXC_5.12_BRANCH/fixes/AXC-40211', JAVA=
+def get_build(first_log_line):
+    build = "(?P<build>[^(]+)"
+    regex = ".*BUILD='%s" % (build)
+    pattern = re.compile(regex)
+    match = pattern.match(first_log_line)
+    result = match.group("build") if match else None
+    #print("%s -> %s" % (first_log_line, result))
+    return result
+
+
+
+def transform_and_send_logs(input_zip, path_in_zip, source, pod, host, dest_host, dest_port, additional_tags):
+    
+    print("start %s" % path_in_zip)
+
+    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    s.connect((dest_host, dest_port))
+
+    with ZipFile(input_zip, 'r') as zip:
+        members = zip.namelist()
+        for file_in_zip in members:
+            if file_in_zip.startswith(path_in_zip):
+                if file_in_zip.endswith(".log"):
+                    #print("%s -> %s" % (path_in_zip, file_in_zip))
+                    # TODO enable again (was only disabled to test metrics csv sending)
+                    #parse_and_send_performance_log_files(s, zip, file_in_zip, source, pod, host, additional_tags)
+                    print("skipping ingestion of log files for debugging reasons")
+                elif file_in_zip.endswith(".csv") and "performance." in file_in_zip:
+                    send_performance_csv(zip, file_in_zip, source, pod, host, additional_tags)
+                elif file_in_zip.endswith(".csv") and "metric" in file_in_zip:
+                    send_metric_csv(zip, file_in_zip, source, pod, host, additional_tags)
+                    #parse_and_send_metric_csv_files(s, zip, file_in_zip, source, pod, host, additional_tags)
+
+    s.close()
+    print("done %s" % path_in_zip)
+    return "pod: %s host: %s -> %s:%d" % (pod, host, dest_host, dest_port)
+
+
+def send_metric_csv(zip, file_in_zip, source, pod, host, additional_tags):
+
+    # #2020-04-21 00:03:10,002 HOSTNAME='172-28-6-197-VAPNYSE001AA101.rmcloud.int (127.0.1.1)', BUILD='AXC_5.17_1109(12356525fb304c6c9057fd83476620053f518c51)@AXC_5.17_BRANCH', JAVA='OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (12.0.1+12)', CLASSPATH='/opt/apache/tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar:/opt/apache/tomcat/bin/tomcat-juli.jar', PID='48'
+    # time;metric;value;project;trace_id
+    # 2020-04-21 00:03:18,951;assignments.batches.totalBatches;0;axcelerate.app_server_monitoring;k6m10054.esf4.3fsx7
+    
+    tags = additional_tags
+    tags['pod'] = pod
+    tags['host'] = host
+    tags['source'] = source
+    tags['type'] = "number"
+    tags['build'] = get_build_from_file_in_zip(zip, file_in_zip)
+    
+
+    csvSettings = json.dumps({
+        "timeColumn": "time",
+        "valueColumn": "value",
+        "comment": '#',
+        "separator": ';',
+        "columnDefinitions": {
+            "columns": {
+                "time": {},
+                "metric": {},
+                "value": {},
+                "project": {"postProcessors": ["LOWER_CASE"]},
+                "trace_id": {"ignore" : True}
+            }
+        },
+        "additionalTags": additional_tags
+    })
+
+    send_csv(zip, file_in_zip, csvSettings)
+
+
+def send_performance_csv(zip, file_in_zip, source, pod, host, additional_tags):
+    # #HOSTNAME='172-28-37-108-VAPBDCOM01AA001.rmcloud.int (127.0.1.1)', BUILD='AXC_5.17_1109(12356525fb304c6c9057fd83476620053f518c51)@AXC_5.17_BRANCH', JAVA='OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (12.0.1+12)', CLASSPATH='/opt/apache/tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar:/opt/apache/tomcat/bin/tomcat-juli.jar', PID='54'
+    # time;duration;method;project;user;trace_id
+    # 2020-04-21 00:02:11,329;0;HealthCheckService.isOperable;;;k6ufq4tg.8ert.110y8
+    tags = additional_tags
+    tags['pod'] = pod
+    tags['host'] = host
+    tags['source'] = source
+    tags['type'] = "duration"
+    tags['build'] = get_build_from_file_in_zip(zip, file_in_zip)
+    
+
+    csvSettings = json.dumps({
+        "timeColumn": "time",
+        "valueColumn": "duration",
+        "comment": '#',
+        "separator": ';',
+        "columnDefinitions": {
+            "columns": {
+                "time": {},
+                "duration": {},
+                "method": {},
+                "project": {"postProcessors": ["LOWER_CASE"]},
+                "user": {"ignore" : True},
+                "trace_id": {"ignore" : True}
+            }
+        },
+        "additionalTags": additional_tags
+    })
+
+    send_csv(zip, file_in_zip, csvSettings)
+
+
+def send_csv(zip, file_in_zip, csvSettings):
+    print(csvSettings)
+    os.makedirs('tmp', exist_ok=True)
+    tmp_folder = join('tmp',str(uuid.uuid4()))
+    try:
+        # zip file does not support seeking - this forces us to extract the file
+        csvFileToSend= zip.extract(file_in_zip, tmp_folder)
+            
+        with open(csvFileToSend, 'rb') as data:
+            m = MultipartEncoder(
+                fields={
+                    'file': ('0.csv', data, 'text/csv'),
+                    'settings': ('csvReaderSettings.json', csvSettings , 'application/json')
+                })
+
+            r = requests.post('http://localhost:17333/api/data?waitUntilFinished=true', data=m,
+                headers={
+                    'Accept': 'text/plain, application/json, application/*+json, */*',
+                    'Content-Type': m.content_type.replace("form-data", "mixed;charset=UTF-8")
+            })
+            print("response:")
+            print(r)
+    finally:
+        shutil.rmtree(tmp_folder)
+
+
+
+
+def parse_and_send_metric_csv_files(socket, zip, file_in_zip, source, pod, host, additional_tags):
+    date = "(?P<date>\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d \d\d:\d\d:\d\d,\d\d\d)"
+    method = "(?P<method>[\S]+)"
+    duration = "(?P<duration>\d+)"
+    status = "(?P<status>[\w]+)"
+    project = "project=(?P<project>[^\s,\]]+)"
+
+    regex = "%s.*- Executed %s in %s ms %s" % (date, method, duration, status)
+    regex_project = ".*%s" % project
+
+    pattern = re.compile(regex)
+    pattern_project = re.compile(regex_project)
+
+    
+    with zip.open(file_in_zip, "r") as f:
+        first_line = f.readline().decode('utf-8')
+        build = get_build(first_line)
+
+        # example
+        # time;metric;value;project;trace_id
+        # 2018-10-31 09:36:12,428;applicationSync.applications;75;;jnwyp2jc.2f
+
+
+        csv_header_line = f.readline().decode('utf-8')
+        #print(csv_header_line)
+        header_columns = csv_header_line.split(";")
+
+        time_index = header_columns.index("time")
+        metric_index = header_columns.index("metric")
+        value_index = header_columns.index("value")
+        project_index = header_columns.index("project")
+        
+
+        for line in f:
+            line = line.decode('utf-8')
+            cols = line.split(";")
+
+            event = {
+                "@timestamp": to_iso(cols[time_index]),
+                "pod": pod,
+                "host": host,
+                "source": source,
+                "type": "number",
+                "metric" : cols[metric_index],
+                "duration" : int(cols[value_index]),
+            }
+            if cols[project_index]:
+                event["project"] = cols[project_index].lower()
+            if build:
+                event["build"] = build
+            
+            event.update(additional_tags)
+
+            out_line = str(event).replace("'", '"').encode('utf-8')
+            #print(out_line)
+            socket.sendall(out_line)
+            socket.sendall(b'\n')
+
+def parse_and_send_performance_log_files(socket, zip, file_in_zip, source, pod, host, additional_tags):
+    date = "(?P<date>\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d \d\d:\d\d:\d\d,\d\d\d)"
+    method = "(?P<method>[\S]+)"
+    duration = "(?P<duration>\d+)"
+    status = "(?P<status>[\w]+)"
+    project = "project=(?P<project>[^\s,\]]+)"
+
+    regex = "%s.*- Executed %s in %s ms %s" % (date, method, duration, status)
+    regex_project = ".*%s" % project
+
+    pattern = re.compile(regex)
+    pattern_project = re.compile(regex_project)
+    
+    with zip.open(file_in_zip, "r") as f:
+        first_line = f.readline().decode('utf-8')
+        build = get_build(first_line)
+
+        for line in f:
+            line = line.decode('utf-8')
+            match = pattern.match(line)
+            match_project = pattern_project.match(line)
+
+            if match:
+                event = {
+                    "@timestamp": to_iso(match.group("date")),
+                    "pod": pod,
+                    "host": host,
+                    "source": source,
+                    "type": "time",
+                    "method" : match.group("method"),
+                    "duration" : int(match.group("duration")),
+                    "status" : match.group("status"),
+                }
+                if match_project:
+                    event["project"] = match_project.group("project").lower()
+                if build:
+                    event["build"] = build
+                    
+                event.update(additional_tags)
+
+                out_line = str(event).replace("'", '"').encode('utf-8')
+                #print(out_line)
+                socket.sendall(out_line)
+                socket.sendall(b'\n')
+
+def to_map(serialized_map):
+    if serialized_map == "":
+        return {}
+    
+    result = {}
+    tags = serialized_map.split(";")
+    
+    for tag in tags:
+        key_value = tag.split("=")
+        if len(key_value) == 2:
+            result[key_value[0]] = key_value[1]
+    
+    return result
+    
+
+def help(returnValue):
+    print(sys.argv[0] + ' -i <directory> -h <host> -p <port>')
+    print('Examples: ')
+    print(sys.argv[0] + ' -i "/path/to/logs" -h "localhost" -p 17333')
+    sys.exit(returnValue)
+
+
+def main(argv):
+    input_zips = []
+    host='localhost'
+    port=17333
+    try:
+        opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv,"i:h:p:",["input", "host", "port"])
+    except getopt.GetoptError:
+        help(2)
+    for opt, arg in opts:
+        if opt == '--help':
+            help(0)
+        elif opt in ("-i", "--input"):
+            if os.path.isdir(arg):
+                input_zips = [join(arg, f) for f in os.listdir(arg) if os.path.isfile(join(arg, f)) and f.endswith(".zip")]
+            else:
+                input_zips = arg.split(' ')
+        elif opt in ("-h", "--host"):
+            host = arg
+        elif opt in ("-p", "--port"):
+            print(arg)
+            port = int(arg)
+    print('Input file(s) is "' + str(input_zips) + '"')
+
+    for input_zip in input_zips:
+        if not os.path.isfile(input_zip) or not input_zip.endswith(".zip"):
+            print("input file is not a zip file: %s"% (input_zip))
+            help(2)
+
+
+    if None == re.match('.+', host):
+        print("host must not be empty, but was %s" % host)
+        help(2)
+        
+    pods2hosts2sources = print_pod_host_and_source(input_zips)
+    answer = input("continue y or n ?")
+    if answer == 'y':
+        additional_tags = to_map(input("additional tags (e.g. test=lt_axc_5.16.02;keyword=RiC): "))
+        print("using additional tags: %s" % additional_tags)
+        start = time.time()
+        for input_zip in input_zips:
+            print("start Zip: %s" % input_zip)
+            walk(input_zip, pods2hosts2sources, host, port, additional_tags)
+        end = time.time()
+        print("duration %s seconds" % (end - start))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main(sys.argv[1:])