def increase_counter(self, *path, **kwargs):
        """Increase a counter.

        This method increases a counter within the application's
        namespace.  Each element of `path` is converted to a string
        and normalized before joining the elements by periods.  The
        normalization process is little more than replacing periods
        with dashes.

        :param path: elements of the metric path to incr
        :keyword int amount: amount to increase the counter by.  If
            omitted, the counter is increased by one.

        """
        self.application.statsd.send(path, kwargs.get('amount', '1'), 'c')
Increase a counter.

        This method increases a counter within the application's
        namespace.  Each element of `path` is converted to a string
        and normalized before joining the elements by periods.  The
        normalization process is little more than replacing periods
        with dashes.

        :param path: elements of the metric path to incr
        :keyword int amount: amount to increase the counter by.  If
            omitted, the counter is increased by one.