def _set_metrics_from_json(self, metrics_json, metrics, tags):
        """
        Parse the JSON response and set the metrics
        """
        for status, (metric_name, metric_type) in iteritems(metrics):
            metric_status = metrics_json.get(status)

            if metric_status is not None:
                self._set_metric(metric_name, metric_type, metric_status, tags=tags)