diff --git a/ws/CMakeLists.txt b/ws/CMakeLists.txt
index d9fe3661..e231a322 100644
--- a/ws/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ws/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ add_executable(ws
   IXRedisClient.cpp
   IXSentryClient.cpp
   IXCobraConnection.cpp
+  IXCobraMetricsPublisher.cpp
+  IXCobraMetricsThreadedPublisher.cpp
 
   ws_http_client.cpp
   ws_ping_pong.cpp
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ add_executable(ws
   ws_redis_publish.cpp
   ws_redis_subscribe.cpp
   ws_cobra_subscribe.cpp
+  ws_cobra_publish.cpp
   ws_cobra_to_statsd.cpp
   ws_cobra_to_sentry.cpp
   ws.cpp)
diff --git a/ws/IXCobraConnection.cpp b/ws/IXCobraConnection.cpp
index d1165de1..072a7d55 100644
--- a/ws/IXCobraConnection.cpp
+++ b/ws/IXCobraConnection.cpp
@@ -389,6 +389,11 @@ namespace ix
         return _webSocket->getReadyState() == ix::WebSocket_ReadyState_Open;
     }
 
+    bool CobraConnection::isAuthenticated() const
+    {
+        return isConnected() && _authenticated;
+    }
+
     std::string CobraConnection::serializeJson(const Json::Value& value)
     {
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_jsonWriterMutex);
diff --git a/ws/IXCobraConnection.h b/ws/IXCobraConnection.h
index 1cc23e97..5f511267 100644
--- a/ws/IXCobraConnection.h
+++ b/ws/IXCobraConnection.h
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ namespace ix
         /// Returns true only if we're connected
         bool isConnected() const;
 
+        /// Returns true only if we're authenticated
+        bool isAuthenticated() const;
+
         /// Flush the publish queue
         bool flushQueue();
 
diff --git a/ws/IXCobraMetricsPublisher.cpp b/ws/IXCobraMetricsPublisher.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b804542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ws/IXCobraMetricsPublisher.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+/*
+ *  IXCobraMetricsPublisher.cpp
+ *  Author: Benjamin Sergeant
+ *  Copyright (c) 2017 Machine Zone. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include "IXCobraMetricsPublisher.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+
+namespace ix
+{
+    const int CobraMetricsPublisher::kVersion = 1;
+    const std::string CobraMetricsPublisher::kSetRateControlId = "cms_set_rate_control_id";
+    const std::string CobraMetricsPublisher::kSetBlacklistId = "cms_set_blacklist_id";
+
+    CobraMetricsPublisher::CobraMetricsPublisher() :
+        _enabled(false)
+    {
+    }
+
+    CobraMetricsPublisher::~CobraMetricsPublisher()
+    {
+        ;
+    }
+
+    void CobraMetricsPublisher::configure(const std::string& appkey,
+                                          const std::string& endpoint,
+                                          const std::string& channel,
+                                          const std::string& rolename,
+                                          const std::string& rolesecret,
+                                          bool enablePerMessageDeflate)
+    {
+        // Configure the satori connection and start its publish background thread
+        _cobra_metrics_theaded_publisher.start();
+
+        _cobra_metrics_theaded_publisher.configure(appkey, endpoint, channel,
+                                                   rolename, rolesecret,
+                                                   enablePerMessageDeflate);
+    }
+
+    Json::Value& CobraMetricsPublisher::getGenericAttributes()
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_device_mutex);
+        return _device;
+    }
+
+    void CobraMetricsPublisher::setGenericAttributes(const std::string& attrName,
+                                                      const Json::Value& value)
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_device_mutex);
+        _device[attrName] = value;
+    }
+
+    void CobraMetricsPublisher::enable(bool enabled)
+    {
+        _enabled = enabled;
+    }
+
+    void CobraMetricsPublisher::setBlacklist(const std::vector<std::string>& blacklist)
+    {
+        _blacklist = blacklist;
+        std::sort(_blacklist.begin(), _blacklist.end());
+
+        // publish our blacklist
+        Json::Value data;
+        Json::Value metrics;
+        for (auto&& metric : blacklist)
+        {
+            metrics.append(metric);
+        }
+        data["blacklist"] = metrics;
+        push(kSetBlacklistId, data);
+    }
+
+    bool CobraMetricsPublisher::isMetricBlacklisted(const std::string& id) const
+    {
+        return std::binary_search(_blacklist.begin(), _blacklist.end(), id);
+    }
+
+    void CobraMetricsPublisher::setRateControl(
+        const std::unordered_map<std::string, int>& rate_control)
+    {
+        for (auto&& it : rate_control)
+        {
+            if (it.second >= 0)
+            {
+                _rate_control[it.first] = it.second;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // publish our rate_control
+        Json::Value data;
+        Json::Value metrics;
+        for (auto&& it : _rate_control)
+        {
+            metrics[it.first] = it.second;
+        }
+        data["rate_control"] = metrics;
+        push(kSetRateControlId, data);
+    }
+
+    bool CobraMetricsPublisher::isAboveMaxUpdateRate(const std::string& id) const
+    {
+        // Is this metrics rate controlled ?
+        auto rate_control_it = _rate_control.find(id);
+        if (rate_control_it == _rate_control.end()) return false;
+
+        // Was this metrics already sent ?
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_last_update_mutex);
+        auto last_update = _last_update.find(id);
+        if (last_update == _last_update.end()) return false;
+
+        auto timeDeltaFromLastSend =
+            std::chrono::steady_clock::now() - last_update->second;
+
+        return timeDeltaFromLastSend < std::chrono::seconds(rate_control_it->second);
+    }
+
+    void CobraMetricsPublisher::setLastUpdate(const std::string& id)
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_last_update_mutex);
+        _last_update[id] = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+    }
+
+    uint64_t CobraMetricsPublisher::getMillisecondsSinceEpoch() const
+    {
+        auto now = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
+        auto ms =
+            std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(
+                now.time_since_epoch()).count();
+
+        return ms;
+    }
+
+    void CobraMetricsPublisher::push(const std::string& id,
+                                     const std::string& data,
+                                     bool shouldPushTest)
+    {
+        if (!_enabled) return;
+
+        Json::Value root;
+        Json::Reader reader;
+        if (!reader.parse(data, root)) return;
+
+        push(id, root, shouldPushTest);
+    }
+
+    void CobraMetricsPublisher::push(const std::string& id,
+                                     const CobraMetricsPublisher::Message& data)
+    {
+        if (!_enabled) return;
+
+        Json::Value root;
+        for (auto it : data)
+        {
+            root[it.first] = it.second;
+        }
+
+        push(id, root);
+    }
+
+    bool CobraMetricsPublisher::shouldPush(const std::string& id) const
+    {
+        if (!_enabled) return false;
+        if (isMetricBlacklisted(id)) return false;
+        if (isAboveMaxUpdateRate(id)) return false;
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    void CobraMetricsPublisher::push(const std::string& id,
+                                     const Json::Value& data,
+                                     bool shouldPushTest)
+    {
+        if (shouldPushTest && !shouldPush(id)) return;
+
+        setLastUpdate(id);
+
+        Json::Value msg;
+        msg["id"] = id;
+        msg["data"] = data;
+        msg["session"] = _session;
+        msg["version"] = kVersion;
+        msg["timestamp"] = getMillisecondsSinceEpoch();
+
+        {
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_device_mutex);
+            msg["device"] = _device;
+        }
+
+        // Now actually enqueue the task
+        _cobra_metrics_theaded_publisher.push(msg);
+    }
+
+    void CobraMetricsPublisher::setPublishMode(CobraConnectionPublishMode publishMode)
+    {
+        _cobra_metrics_theaded_publisher.setPublishMode(publishMode);
+    }
+
+    bool CobraMetricsPublisher::flushQueue()
+    {
+        return _cobra_metrics_theaded_publisher.flushQueue();
+    }
+
+    void CobraMetricsPublisher::suspend()
+    {
+        _cobra_metrics_theaded_publisher.suspend();
+    }
+
+    void CobraMetricsPublisher::resume()
+    {
+        _cobra_metrics_theaded_publisher.resume();
+    }
+
+    bool CobraMetricsPublisher::isConnected() const
+    {
+        return _cobra_metrics_theaded_publisher.isConnected();
+    }
+
+    bool CobraMetricsPublisher::isAuthenticated() const
+    {
+        return _cobra_metrics_theaded_publisher.isAuthenticated();
+    }
+
+} // namespace ix
diff --git a/ws/IXCobraMetricsPublisher.h b/ws/IXCobraMetricsPublisher.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d2fa369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ws/IXCobraMetricsPublisher.h
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+/*
+ *  IXCobraMetricsPublisher.h
+ *  Author: Benjamin Sergeant
+ *  Copyright (c) 2017 Machine Zone. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "IXCobraMetricsThreadedPublisher.h"
+
+#include <jsoncpp/json/json.h>
+
+#include <string>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <chrono>
+
+namespace ix
+{
+    class CobraMetricsPublisher
+    {
+    public:
+        CobraMetricsPublisher();
+        ~CobraMetricsPublisher();
+
+        /// Thread safety notes:
+        ///
+        /// 1. _enabled, _blacklist and _rate_control read/writes are not protected by a mutex
+        /// to make shouldPush as fast as possible. _enabled default to false.
+        ///
+        /// The code that set those is ran only once at init, and
+        /// the last value to be set is _enabled, which is also the first value checked in shouldPush,
+        /// so there shouldn't be any race condition.
+        ///
+        /// 2. The queue of messages is thread safe, so multiple metrics can be safely pushed on multiple threads
+        ///
+        /// 3. Access to _last_update is protected as it needs to be read/write.
+        ///
+
+        /// Configuration / set keys, etc...
+        /// All input data but the channel name is encrypted with rc4
+        void configure(const std::string& appkey,
+                       const std::string& endpoint,
+                       const std::string& channel,
+                       const std::string& rolename,
+                       const std::string& rolesecret,
+                       bool enablePerMessageDeflate);
+
+        /// Setter for the list of blacklisted metrics ids.
+        /// That list is sorted internally for fast lookups
+        void setBlacklist(const std::vector<std::string>& blacklist);
+
+        /// Set the maximum rate at which a metrics can be sent. Unit is seconds
+        /// if rate_control = { 'foo_id': 60 },
+        /// the foo_id metric cannot be pushed more than once every 60 seconds
+        void setRateControl(const std::unordered_map<std::string, int>& rate_control);
+
+        /// Configuration / enable/disable
+        void enable(bool enabled);
+
+        /// Simple interface, list of key value pairs where typeof(key) == typeof(value) == string
+        typedef std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> Message;
+        void push(const std::string& id,
+                  const CobraMetricsPublisher::Message& data = CobraMetricsPublisher::Message());
+
+        /// Richer interface using json, which supports types (bool, int, float) and hierarchies of elements
+        ///
+        /// The shouldPushTest argument should be set to false, and used in combination with the shouldPush method
+        /// for places where we want to be as lightweight as possible when collecting metrics. When set to false,
+        /// it is used so that we don't do double work when computing whether a metrics should be sent or not.
+        void push(const std::string& id,
+                  const Json::Value& data,
+                  bool shouldPushTest = true);
+
+        /// Interface used by lua. msg is a json encoded string.
+        void push(const std::string& id,
+                  const std::string& data,
+                  bool shouldPushTest = true);
+
+        /// Tells whether a metric can be pushed.
+        /// A metric can be pushed if it satisfies those conditions:
+        ///
+        /// 1. the metrics system should be enabled
+        /// 2. the metrics shouldn't be black-listed
+        /// 3. the metrics shouldn't have reached its rate control limit at this "sampling"/"calling" time
+        bool shouldPush(const std::string& id) const;
+
+        /// Get generic information json object
+        Json::Value& getGenericAttributes();
+
+        /// Set generic information values
+        void setGenericAttributes(const std::string& attrName,
+                                  const Json::Value& value);
+
+        /// Set a unique id for the session. A uuid can be used.
+        void setSession(const std::string& session) { _session = session; }
+
+        /// Get the unique id used to identify the current session
+        const std::string& getSession() const { return _session; }
+
+        /// Return the number of milliseconds since the epoch (~1970)
+        uint64_t getMillisecondsSinceEpoch() const;
+
+        /// Set satori connection publish mode
+        void setPublishMode(CobraConnectionPublishMode publishMode);
+
+        /// Flush the publish queue
+        bool flushQueue();
+
+        /// Lifecycle management. Free resources when backgrounding
+        void suspend();
+        void resume();
+
+        /// Tells whether the socket connection is opened
+        bool isConnected() const;
+
+        /// Returns true only if we're authenticated
+        bool isAuthenticated() const;
+
+    private:
+
+        /// Lookup an id in our metrics to see whether it is blacklisted
+        /// Complexity is logarithmic
+        bool isMetricBlacklisted(const std::string& id) const;
+
+        /// Tells whether we should drop a metrics or not as part of an enqueuing
+        /// because it exceed the max update rate (it is sent too often)
+        bool isAboveMaxUpdateRate(const std::string& id) const;
+
+        /// Record when a metric was last sent. Used for rate control
+        void setLastUpdate(const std::string& id);
+
+        ///
+        /// Member variables
+        ///
+
+        CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher _cobra_metrics_theaded_publisher;
+
+        /// A boolean to enable or disable this system
+        /// push becomes a no-op when _enabled is true
+        bool _enabled;
+
+        /// A uuid used to uniquely identify a session
+        std::string _session;
+
+        /// The _device json blob is populated once when configuring this system
+        /// It record generic metadata about the client, run (version, device model, etc...)
+        Json::Value _device;
+        mutable std::mutex _device_mutex; // protect access to _device
+
+        /// Metrics control (black list + rate control)
+        std::vector<std::string> _blacklist;
+        std::unordered_map<std::string, int> _rate_control;
+        std::unordered_map<std::string, std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::steady_clock>> _last_update;
+        mutable std::mutex _last_update_mutex; // protect access to _last_update
+
+        // const strings for internal ids
+        static const std::string kSetRateControlId;
+        static const std::string kSetBlacklistId;
+
+        /// Our protocol version. Can be used by subscribers who would want to be backward compatible
+        /// if we change the way we arrange data
+        static const int kVersion;
+    };
+
+} // namespace ix
diff --git a/ws/IXCobraMetricsThreadedPublisher.cpp b/ws/IXCobraMetricsThreadedPublisher.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a400e48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ws/IXCobraMetricsThreadedPublisher.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+/*
+ *  IXCobraMetricsThreadedPublisher.cpp
+ *  Author: Benjamin Sergeant
+ *  Copyright (c) 2017 Machine Zone. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include "IXCobraMetricsThreadedPublisher.h"
+#include <ixwebsocket/IXSetThreadName.h>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <cmath>
+#include <cassert>
+#include <iostream>
+
+
+namespace ix
+{
+    CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher::CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher() :
+        _stop(false)
+    {
+        _cobra_connection.setEventCallback(
+            []
+            (ix::CobraConnectionEventType eventType,
+             const std::string& errMsg,
+             const ix::WebSocketHttpHeaders& headers,
+             const std::string& subscriptionId)
+            {
+                std::stringstream ss;
+
+                if (eventType == ix::CobraConnection_EventType_Open)
+                {
+                    ss << "Handshake headers" << std::endl;
+
+                    for (auto it : headers)
+                    {
+                        ss << it.first << ": " << it.second << std::endl;
+                    }
+                }
+                else if (eventType == ix::CobraConnection_EventType_Authenticated)
+                {
+                    ss << "Authenticated";
+                }
+                else if (eventType == ix::CobraConnection_EventType_Error)
+                {
+                    ss << "Error: " << errMsg;
+                }
+                else if (eventType == ix::CobraConnection_EventType_Closed)
+                {
+                    ss << "Connection closed: " << errMsg;
+                }
+                else if (eventType == ix::CobraConnection_EventType_Subscribed)
+                {
+                    ss << "Subscribed through subscription id: " << subscriptionId;
+                }
+                else if (eventType == ix::CobraConnection_EventType_UnSubscribed)
+                {
+                    ss << "Unsubscribed through subscription id: " << subscriptionId;
+                }
+
+                std::cerr << ss.str() << std::endl;
+        });
+    }
+
+    CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher::~CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher()
+    {
+        // The background thread won't be joinable if it was never
+        // started by calling CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher::start
+        if (!_thread.joinable()) return;
+
+        _stop = true;
+        _condition.notify_one();
+        _thread.join();
+    }
+
+    void CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher::start()
+    {
+        if (_thread.joinable()) return; // we've already been started
+
+        _thread = std::thread(&CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher::run, this);
+    }
+
+    void CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher::configure(const std::string& appkey,
+                                                  const std::string& endpoint,
+                                                  const std::string& channel,
+                                                  const std::string& rolename,
+                                                  const std::string& rolesecret,
+                                                  bool enablePerMessageDeflate)
+    {
+        _channel = channel;
+
+        ix::WebSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions webSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions(enablePerMessageDeflate);
+        _cobra_connection.configure(appkey, endpoint,
+                                    rolename, rolesecret,
+                                    webSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions);
+    }
+
+    void CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher::pushMessage(MessageKind messageKind,
+                                                    const Json::Value& msg)
+    {
+        // Now actually enqueue the task
+        {
+            // acquire lock
+            std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(_queue_mutex);
+
+            // add the task
+            _queue.push(std::make_pair(messageKind, msg));
+        } // release lock
+
+        // wake up one thread
+        _condition.notify_one();
+    }
+
+    void CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher::setPublishMode(CobraConnectionPublishMode publishMode)
+    {
+        _cobra_connection.setPublishMode(publishMode);
+    }
+
+    bool CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher::flushQueue()
+    {
+        return _cobra_connection.flushQueue();
+    }
+
+    void CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher::run()
+    {
+        setThreadName("CobraMetricsPublisher");
+
+        Json::Value channels;
+        channels.append(std::string());
+        channels.append(std::string());
+        const std::string messageIdKey("id");
+
+        _cobra_connection.connect();
+
+        while (true)
+        {
+            Json::Value msg;
+            MessageKind messageKind;
+
+            {
+                std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(_queue_mutex);
+
+                while (!_stop && _queue.empty())
+                {
+                    _condition.wait(lock);
+                }
+                if (_stop)
+                {
+                    _cobra_connection.disconnect();
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                auto item = _queue.front();
+                _queue.pop();
+
+                messageKind = item.first;
+                msg = item.second;
+            }
+
+            switch (messageKind)
+            {
+                case MessageKind::Suspend:
+                {
+                    _cobra_connection.suspend();
+                    continue;
+                }; break;
+
+                case MessageKind::Resume:
+                {
+                    _cobra_connection.resume();
+                    continue;
+                }; break;
+
+                case MessageKind::Message:
+                {
+                    ;
+                }; break;
+            }
+
+            //
+            // Publish to multiple channels. This let the consumer side
+            // easily subscribe to all message of a certain type, without having
+            // to do manipulations on the messages on the server side.
+            //
+            channels[0] = _channel;
+            if (msg.isMember(messageIdKey))
+            {
+                channels[1] = msg[messageIdKey];
+            }
+            _cobra_connection.publish(channels, msg);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher::push(const Json::Value& msg)
+    {
+        pushMessage(MessageKind::Message, msg);
+    }
+
+    void CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher::suspend()
+    {
+        pushMessage(MessageKind::Suspend, Json::Value());
+    }
+
+    void CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher::resume()
+    {
+        pushMessage(MessageKind::Resume, Json::Value());
+    }
+
+    bool CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher::isConnected() const
+    {
+        return _cobra_connection.isConnected();
+    }
+
+    bool CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher::isAuthenticated() const
+    {
+        return _cobra_connection.isAuthenticated();
+    }
+
+} // namespace ix
diff --git a/ws/IXCobraMetricsThreadedPublisher.h b/ws/IXCobraMetricsThreadedPublisher.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e119fca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ws/IXCobraMetricsThreadedPublisher.h
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/*
+ *  IXCobraMetricsThreadedPublisher.h
+ *  Author: Benjamin Sergeant
+ *  Copyright (c) 2017 Machine Zone. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "IXCobraConnection.h"
+
+#include <jsoncpp/json/json.h>
+
+#include <string>
+#include <queue>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <thread>
+#include <map>
+#include <atomic>
+#include <condition_variable>
+
+namespace ix
+{
+    class CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher
+    {
+    public:
+        CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher();
+        ~CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher();
+
+        /// Configuration / set keys, etc...
+        /// All input data but the channel name is encrypted with rc4
+        void configure(const std::string& appkey,
+                       const std::string& endpoint,
+                       const std::string& channel,
+                       const std::string& rolename,
+                       const std::string& rolesecret,
+                       bool enablePerMessageDeflate);
+
+        /// Start the worker thread, used for background publishing
+        void start();
+
+        /// Push a msg to our queue of messages to be published to cobra on the background
+        //  thread. Main user right now is the Cobra Metrics System
+        void push(const Json::Value& msg);
+
+        /// Set cobra connection publish mode
+        void setPublishMode(CobraConnectionPublishMode publishMode);
+
+        /// Flush the publish queue
+        bool flushQueue();
+
+        /// Lifecycle management. Free resources when backgrounding
+        void suspend();
+        void resume();
+
+        /// Tells whether the socket connection is opened
+        bool isConnected() const;
+
+        /// Returns true only if we're authenticated
+        bool isAuthenticated() const;
+
+    private:
+        enum class MessageKind
+        {
+            Message = 0,
+            Suspend = 1,
+            Resume = 2
+        };
+
+        /// Push a message to be processed by the background thread
+        void pushMessage(MessageKind messageKind,
+                         const Json::Value& msg);
+
+        /// Get a wait time which is increasing exponentially based on the number of retries
+        uint64_t getWaitTimeExp(int retry_count);
+
+        /// Debugging routine to print the connection parameters to the console
+        void printInfo();
+
+        /// Publish a message to satory
+        /// Will retry multiple times (3) if a problem occurs.
+        ///
+        /// Right now, only called on the publish worker thread.
+        void safePublish(const Json::Value& msg);
+
+        /// The worker thread "daemon" method. That method never returns unless _stop is set to true
+        void run();
+
+        /// Our connection to cobra.
+        CobraConnection _cobra_connection;
+
+        /// The channel we are publishing to
+        std::string _channel;
+
+        /// Internal data structures used to publish to cobra
+        /// Pending messages are stored into a queue, which is protected by a mutex
+        /// We used a condition variable to prevent the worker thread from busy polling
+        /// So we notify the condition variable when an incoming message arrives to signal
+        /// that it should wake up and take care of publishing it to cobra
+        /// To shutdown the worker thread one has to set the _stop boolean to true.
+        /// This is done in the destructor
+        std::queue<std::pair<MessageKind, Json::Value>> _queue;
+        mutable std::mutex _queue_mutex;
+        std::condition_variable _condition;
+        std::atomic<bool> _stop;
+        std::thread _thread;
+    };
+
+} // namespace ix
diff --git a/ws/ws.cpp b/ws/ws.cpp
index a2ca0337..8a8ba8c6 100644
--- a/ws/ws.cpp
+++ b/ws/ws.cpp
@@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     cobraSubscribeApp->add_option("channel", channel, "Channel")->required();
     cobraSubscribeApp->add_option("--pidfile", pidfile, "Pid file");
 
+    CLI::App* cobraPublish = app.add_subcommand("cobra_publish", "Cobra publisher");
+    cobraPublish->add_option("--appkey", appkey, "Appkey");
+    cobraPublish->add_option("--endpoint", endpoint, "Endpoint");
+    cobraPublish->add_option("--rolename", rolename, "Role name");
+    cobraPublish->add_option("--rolesecret", rolesecret, "Role secret");
+    cobraPublish->add_option("channel", channel, "Channel")->required();
+    cobraPublish->add_option("--pidfile", pidfile, "Pid file");
+    cobraPublish->add_option("path", path, "Path to the file to send")
+        ->required()->check(CLI::ExistingPath);
+
     CLI::App* cobra2statsd = app.add_subcommand("cobra_to_statsd", "Cobra to statsd");
     cobra2statsd->add_option("--appkey", appkey, "Appkey");
     cobra2statsd->add_option("--endpoint", endpoint, "Endpoint");
@@ -228,6 +238,12 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
                                            rolename, rolesecret,
                                            channel);
     }
+    else if (app.got_subcommand("cobra_publish"))
+    {
+        return ix::ws_cobra_publish_main(appkey, endpoint,
+                                         rolename, rolesecret,
+                                         channel, path);
+    }
     else if (app.got_subcommand("cobra_to_statsd"))
     {
         return ix::ws_cobra_to_statsd_main(appkey, endpoint,
diff --git a/ws/ws.h b/ws/ws.h
index e574ef12..050c1d9b 100644
--- a/ws/ws.h
+++ b/ws/ws.h
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ namespace ix
                                 const std::string& rolesecret,
                                 const std::string& channel);
 
+    int ws_cobra_publish_main(const std::string& appkey,
+                              const std::string& endpoint,
+                              const std::string& rolename,
+                              const std::string& rolesecret,
+                              const std::string& channel,
+                              const std::string& path);
+
     int ws_cobra_to_statsd_main(const std::string& appkey,
                                 const std::string& endpoint,
                                 const std::string& rolename,
diff --git a/ws/ws_cobra_publish.cpp b/ws/ws_cobra_publish.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3696870a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ws/ws_cobra_publish.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ *  ws_cobra_publish.cpp
+ *  Author: Benjamin Sergeant
+ *  Copyright (c) 2019 Machine Zone, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <thread>
+#include <atomic>
+#include <jsoncpp/json/json.h>
+#include "IXCobraMetricsPublisher.h"
+
+namespace ix
+{
+    int ws_cobra_publish_main(const std::string& appkey,
+                              const std::string& endpoint,
+                              const std::string& rolename,
+                              const std::string& rolesecret,
+                              const std::string& channel,
+                              const std::string& path)
+    {
+        CobraMetricsPublisher cobraMetricsPublisher;
+        cobraMetricsPublisher.enable(true);
+
+        bool enablePerMessageDeflate = true;
+        cobraMetricsPublisher.configure(appkey, endpoint, channel,
+                                        rolename, rolesecret, enablePerMessageDeflate);
+
+        while (!cobraMetricsPublisher.isAuthenticated()) ;
+
+        std::ifstream f(path);
+        std::string str((std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(f)),
+                         std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());
+
+        Json::Value data;
+        Json::Reader reader;
+        if (!reader.parse(str, data)) return 1;
+
+        cobraMetricsPublisher.push(std::string("foo_id"), data);
+
+        // Wait a bit for the message to get a chance to be sent
+        // there isn't any ack on publish right now so it's the best we can do
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+}