docs: def _send(key, value, metric_type):
      """Send the specified value to the statsd daemon via UDP without a
      direct socket connection.
  
      :param str value: The properly formatted statsd counter value
  
      """
      if STATSD_PREFIX:
          key = '.'.join([STATSD_PREFIX, key])
      try:
          STATSD_SOCKET.sendto('{0}:{1}|{2}'.format(key,
                                                    value,
                                                    metric_type).encode(),
                               STATSD_ADDR)
      except socket.error:
          LOGGER.exception(SOCKET_ERROR)