code: def _send(self, message):
          
  
          # An option to lowercase the entire message
          if self.lowercase_metric_names:
              message = message.lower()
  
          # convert the message into a pickled payload.
          message = self.str2listtuple(message)
  
          try:
              self.socket.sendall(message)
          # Capture missing socket.
          except socket.gaierror as error:
              raise GraphiteSendException(
                  "Failed to send data to %s, with error: %s" %
                  (self.addr, error))  # noqa
  
          # Capture socket closure before send.
          except socket.error as error:
              raise GraphiteSendException(
                  "Socket closed before able to send data to %s, "
                  "with error: %s" %
                  (self.addr, error))  # noqa
  
          except Exception as error:
              raise GraphiteSendException(
                  "Unknown error while trying to send data down socket to %s, "
                  "error: %s" %
                  (self.addr, error))  # noqa
  
          return "sent %d long pickled message" % len(message)
docs: Given a message send it to the graphite server.