Version: 3.4.0

http-poll

Run HTTP queries (GET and POST)

Example

action:

http-poll:
  address: http://httpbin.org/get
  raw: true

output:

{
  "args": {},
  "headers": {
    "Accept": "*/*",
    "Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Host": "httpbin.org",
    "User-Agent": "reqwest/0.9.22",
    "X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-5e4d24b6-4b01cb2acaf9e7a531b44d74"
  },
  "origin": "159.65.88.207",
  "url": "http://httpbin.org/get"
}

Field Name	Description	Type	Default
interval	How often to run the command	duration	-
cron	How often to run the command. Note that Hotrod uses a different format than Cron it includes a column for seconds. See full discussion	cron	-
immediate	Run as soon as invoked, instead of waiting for the specified cron interval	bool	false
random-offset	Sets a random offset to the schedule, then sticks to it	duration	0s
window	For resources that need a time window to be specified	Window	-
block	Block further input schedules from triggering if the pipe output is retrying	bool	false
retry	For operations that could potentially fail	Retry	-
batch	For when a number of output events need to be marked as belonging to a distinct group	Batch	-
url	The URL for this request	url	-
raw	Use for when data is text or already JSON	bool	false
document-mode	Collect all the output together as a single document (will affect batching on the output)	bool	false
ignore-line-breaks	Do not treat separate lines as distinct events	bool	false
headers	Headers to send with the query	array of maps	-
query	Query parameters to send with the query	array of maps	-
auth	Basic HTTP authentication (user:pass)	Auth	-
body	The payload to send	string	-
body-file	Same as `body` but contents as a file.	filename	-
method	HTTP method to use for the query (either 'get' or 'post')	string	get
response	Names for parts of response	ResponseResult	-
insecure	Ignore TLS certificate validation errors (This is unsafe to use)	bool	false

interval

How often to run the command

By default, interval: 0s which means: once. Note that scheduled inputs set document markers. See full discussion

Type: duration

Example

action:

exec:
  command: echo 'once a day'
  interval: 1d

cron

How often to run the command. Note that Hotrod uses a different format than Cron it includes a column for seconds. See full discussion

Type: cron

Example: Once a day

action:

exec:
  command: echo 'once a day'
  cron: '0 0 0 * * *'

Example: Once a day, using a convenient shortcut

action:

exec:
  command: echo 'once a day'
  cron: '@daily'

immediate

Run as soon as invoked, instead of waiting for the specified cron interval

Type: bool

Example: Run immediately on invocation, and thereafter at 10h every morning

action:

exec:
  command: echo 'hello'
  immediate: true
  cron: '0 0 10 * * *'

random-offset

Sets a random offset to the schedule, then sticks to it

This can help avoid the thundering herd problem, where you do not, for example, want to overload some service at 00:00:00

Type: duration

Example: Would fire up to a minute after every hour

action:

exec:
  command: echo 'hello'
  random-offset: 1m
  cron: '0 0 * * * *'

window

For resources that need a time window to be specified

Type: Window

Field Name	Description	Type	Default
size	Window size	duration	-
offset	Window offset	duration	0s
start-time	Allows the windowing to start at a specified time	time	-
highwatermark-file	Specify file where timestamp would be stored in order to resume, for when Pipe has been restarted	path	-

size

Window size

Type: duration

Example

action:

exec:
  command: echo 'one two'
  window:
    size: 1m

offset

Window offset

Type: duration

Example

action:

exec:
  command: echo 'one two'
  window:
    size: 1m
    offset: 10s

start-time

Allows the windowing to start at a specified time

It should in the following format: 2019-07-10 18:45:00.000 +0200

Type: time

Example

action:

exec:
  command: echo 'one two'
  window:
    size: 1m
    start-time: 10s

highwatermark-file

Specify file where timestamp would be stored in order to resume, for when Pipe has been restarted

Type: path

Example

action:

exec:
  command: echo 'one two'
  window:
    size: 1m
    highwatermark-file:: /tmp/mark.txt

block

Block further input schedules from triggering if the pipe output is retrying

Type: bool

retry

For operations that could potentially fail

Type: Retry

Field Name	Description	Type	Default
count	How many attempts to make before declaring failure	integer	-
pause	How long to pause before re-trying	duration	-
forever	Keep trying until success is declared	bool	false

count

How many attempts to make before declaring failure

Type: integer

Example

action:

exec:
  command: echo 'one two'
  retry:
    count: 1

output:

{"_raw":"one two"}

pause

How long to pause before re-trying

Accepts human-friendly formats, like 1m (for 1 minute) and 4h (for 4 hours)

Type: duration

Example

action:

exec:
  command: echo 'one two'
  retry:
    count: 6
    pause: 10s

output:

{"_raw":"one two"}

forever

Keep trying until success is declared

Accepts human-friendly formats, like 1m (for 1 minute) and 4h (for 4 hours)

Type: bool

Example

action:

exec:
  command: echo 'one two'
  retry:
    forever: true

output:

{"_raw":"one two"}

batch

For when a number of output events need to be marked as belonging to a distinct group

Type: Batch

Field Name	Description	Type	Default
uuid-field	Field where generated uuid, the unique marker for the group, will be stored	field	-
invocation-time-field	Field where invocation time will be stored	field	-
completion-time-field	Field where completion (end of execution) time will be stored	field	-
begin-marker-field	Field used to mark first event in the group	field	-
end-marker-field	Field used to mark last event in the group	field	-
line-count-field	Field used to store the line count of the batch	field	-
line-num-field	Field used to store the line number of the batch	field	-

uuid-field

Field where generated uuid, the unique marker for the group, will be stored

Type: field

Example

action:

exec:
  command: |
    for n in $(seq 3)
    do
      echo $n
    done
  no-strip-linefeeds: true
  batch:
    uuid-field: marker
  interval: 1m

output:

{"_raw":"foo","line-count":3,"line-num":1,"marker":"f3308aa9-6f56-4cc1-8782-c4231ff254b8"}
{"_raw":"2","line-count":3,"line-num":2,"marker":"f3308aa9-6f56-4cc1-8782-c4231ff254b8"}
{"_raw":"3","line-count":3,"line-num":3,"marker":"f3308aa9-6f56-4cc1-8782-c4231ff254b8"}

Example: For cases where event count is known, a simple counter is used, instead of uuid (useful for testing)

action:

exec:
  command: echo foo
  no-strip-linefeeds: true
  count: 3
  batch:
    uuid-field: marker
  interval: 1m

output:

{"_raw":"1","line-count":3,"line-num":1,"marker":"1"}
{"_raw":"2","line-count":3,"line-num":2,"marker":"1"}
{"_raw":"3","line-count":3,"line-num":3,"marker":"1"}
{"_raw":"1","line-count":3,"line-num":1,"marker":"2"}
{"_raw":"2","line-count":3,"line-num":2,"marker":"2"}
{"_raw":"3","line-count":3,"line-num":3,"marker":"2"}
{"_raw":"1","line-count":3,"line-num":1,"marker":"3"}
{"_raw":"2","line-count":3,"line-num":2,"marker":"3"}
{"_raw":"3","line-count":3,"line-num":3,"marker":"3"}

invocation-time-field

Field where invocation time will be stored

Type: field

Example

action:

exec:
  command: |
    for n in $(seq 3)
    do
      echo $n
    done
  no-strip-linefeeds: true
  batch:
    invocation-time-field: begin
  interval: 1m

output:

{"_raw":"1","line-count":3,"line-num":1,"begin":"2020-01-17T09:55:09.135Z"}
{"_raw":"2","line-count":3,"line-num":2,"begin":"2020-01-17T09:55:09.135Z"}
{"_raw":"3","line-count":3,"line-num":3,"begin":"2020-01-17T09:55:09.135Z"}

completion-time-field

Field where completion (end of execution) time will be stored

Type: field

Example

action:

exec:
  command: |
    for n in $(seq 3)
    do
      echo $n
    done
  no-strip-linefeeds: true
  batch:
    invocation-time-field: begin
    completion-time-field: end
  interval: 1m

output:

{"_raw":"1","begin":"2020-01-17T10:02:14.302Z","end":"2020-01-17T10:02:14.301Z","line-count":3,"line-num":1}
{"_raw":"2","begin":"2020-01-17T10:02:14.302Z","end":"2020-01-17T10:02:14.301Z","line-count":3,"line-num":2}
{"_raw":"3","begin":"2020-01-17T10:02:14.302Z","end":"2020-01-17T10:02:14.301Z","line-count":3,"line-num":3}

begin-marker-field

Field used to mark first event in the group

Type: field

Example

action:

exec:
  command: |
    for n in $(seq 3)
    do
      echo $n
    done
  no-strip-linefeeds: true
  batch:
    begin-marker-field: begin
  interval: 1m

output:

{"_raw":"1","begin":true,"line-count":3,"line-num":1}
{"_raw":"2","line-count":3,"line-num":2}
{"_raw":"3","line-count":3,"line-num":3}

end-marker-field

Field used to mark last event in the group

Type: field

Example

action:

exec:
  command: |
    for n in $(seq 3)
    do
      echo $n
    done
  no-strip-linefeeds: true
  batch:
    begin-marker-field: begin
    end-marker-field: end
  interval: 1m

output:

{"_raw":"1","begin":true,"line-count":3,"line-num":1}
{"_raw":"2","line-count":3,"line-num":2}
{"_raw":"3","end":true,"line-count":3,"line-num":3}

line-count-field

Field used to store the line count of the batch

Type: field

line-num-field

Field used to store the line number of the batch

Type: field

url

The URL for this request

Type: url

raw

Use for when data is text or already JSON

Type: bool

Example

action:

http-poll:
  address: http://httpbin.org/get
  raw: true

output:

{
  "args": {},
  "headers": {
    "Accept": "*/*",
    "Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Host": "httpbin.org",
    "User-Agent": "reqwest/0.9.22",
    "X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-5e4d24b6-4b01cb2acaf9e7a531b44d74"
  },
  "origin": "159.65.88.207",
  "url": "http://httpbin.org/get"
}

Example

action:

http-poll:
  address: http://httpbin.org/get
  raw: "false"

output:

{"_raw":"{"}
{"_raw":"  \"args\": {}, "}
{"_raw":"  \"headers\": {"}
{"_raw":"    \"Accept\": \"*/*\", "}
{"_raw":"    \"Accept-Encoding\": \"gzip\", "}
{"_raw":"    \"Content-Type\": \"application/json\", "}
{"_raw":"    \"Host\": \"httpbin.org\", "}
{"_raw":"    \"User-Agent\": \"reqwest/0.9.22\", "}
{"_raw":"    \"X-Amzn-Trace-Id\": \"Root=1-5e4d2a2d-0a1a9703fbf66d686b1ded16\""}
{"_raw":"  }, "}
{"_raw":"  \"origin\": \"159.65.88.207\", "}
{"_raw":"  \"url\": \"http://httpbin.org/get\""}
{"_raw":"}"}

document-mode

Collect all the output together as a single document (will affect batching on the output)

Type: bool

ignore-line-breaks

Do not treat separate lines as distinct events

Type: bool

Example

action:

http-poll:
  address: http://httpbin.org/get
  ignore-line-breaks: true

output:

{"_raw":"{\n  \"args\": {}, \n  \"headers\": {\n    \"Accept\": \"*/*\", \n    \"Accept-Encoding\": \"gzip\", \n    \"Content-Type\": \"application/json\", \n    \"Host\": \"httpbin.org\", \n    \"User-Agent\": \"reqwest/0.9.22\", \n    \"X-Amzn-Trace-Id\": \"Root=1-5e4d2aa5-34b8cc9f7cfd296d2f78f4de\"\n  }, \n  \"origin\": \"159.65.88.207\", \n  \"url\": \"http://httpbin.org/get\"\n}\n"}

headers

Headers to send with the query

Type: array of maps

Example

action:

http-poll:
  address: http://httpbin.org/get
  raw: true
  headers:
    - custom-header: some data

output:

{
  "args": {},
  "headers": {
    "Accept": "*/*",
    "Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Custom-Header": "some data",
    "Host": "httpbin.org",
    "User-Agent": "reqwest/0.9.22",
    "X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-5e4d2c52-9a3ee870293e2d002828bdb0"
  },
  "origin": "159.65.88.207",
  "url": "http://httpbin.org/get"
}

query

Query parameters to send with the query

Type: array of maps

Example

action:

http-poll:
  address: http://httpbin.org/get
  raw: true
  query:
    - one: '1'
    - two: '2'

output:

{
  "args": {
    "one": "1",
    "two": "2"
  },
  "headers": {
    "Accept": "*/*",
    "Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Host": "httpbin.org",
    "User-Agent": "reqwest/0.9.22",
    "X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-5e4d2c52-9a3ee870293e2d002828bdb0"
  },
  "origin": "159.65.88.207",
  "url": "http://httpbin.org/get?one=1&two=2"
}

auth

Basic HTTP authentication (user:pass)

Type: Auth

Example

action:

http-poll:
  address: http://httpbin.org/get
  raw: true
  auth:
    username: user
    password: pass

output:

{
  "args": {},
  "headers": {
    "Accept": "*/*",
    "Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
    "Authorization": "Basic dXNlcjpwYXNz",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Host": "httpbin.org",
    "User-Agent": "reqwest/0.9.22",
    "X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-5e4d2c52-9a3ee870293e2d002828bdb0"
  },
  "origin": "159.65.88.207",
  "url": "http://httpbin.org/get"
}

Field Name	Description	Type	Default
username	Name of User	string	-
password	Password	string	-

username

Name of User

Type: string

password

Password

Type: string

body

The payload to send

Only applies to 'post'. "application/json" is default content type

Type: string

Example

action:

http-poll:
  address: http://httpbin.org/post
  raw: true
  body: some content
  method: post

output:

{
  "args": {},
  "data": "some content",
  "files": {},
  "form": {},
  "headers": {
    "Accept": "*/*",
    "Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
    "Content-Length": "12",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Host": "httpbin.org",
    "User-Agent": "reqwest/0.9.22",
    "X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-5e4d2c52-9a3ee870293e2d002828bdb0"
  },
  "json": null,
  "origin": "159.65.88.207",
  "url": "http://httpbin.org/post"
}

body-file

Same as body but contents as a file.

Type: filename

method

HTTP method to use for the query (either 'get' or 'post')

Type: string

Example

action:

http-poll:
  address: http://httpbin.org/get
  method: get

Example: A POST

action:

http-poll:
  address: http://httpbin.org/post
  method: post

response

Names for parts of response

By default, data is assumed to be JSON, set json to false if not. Next few examples assume localhost returns {"msg":"hello"}

Type: ResponseResult

Field Name	Description	Type	Default
json	Return response in JSON format as single line-delimited event	bool	true
status-field	Field to store HTTP status code	field	-
headers-field	Field to store response headers	field	-
response-field	Field to store the body of the response	field	_raw

json

Return response in JSON format as single line-delimited event

Like raw, but guarantees that the JSON is on one line

Type: bool

Example

action:

http-poll:
  address: http://localhost:3030
  response:
    json: false

output:

{"_raw":"{\"msg\":\"hello\"}"}

status-field

Field to store HTTP status code

Type: field

Example

action:

http-poll:
  address: http://localhost:3030
  response:
    status-field: status

output:

{"_raw":{"msg":"hello"},"status":200}

headers-field

Field to store response headers

Type: field

Example

action:

http-poll:
  address: http://localhost:3030
  response:
    headers-field: response-headers

output:

{"_raw":{"msg":"hello"},"headers":{"content-length":"15","content-type":"text/plain; charset=utf-8","date":"Fri, 24 Apr 2020 14:05:14 GMT"}}

response-field

Field to store the body of the response

Type: field

Example

action:

http-poll:
  address: http://localhost:3030
  response:
    status-field: status
    response-field: body

output:

{"body":{"msg":"hello"},"status":200}

insecure

Ignore TLS certificate validation errors (This is unsafe to use)

Type: bool

http-poll

interval​

cron​

immediate​

random-offset​

window​

size​

offset​

start-time​

highwatermark-file​

block​

retry​

count​

pause​

forever​

batch​

uuid-field​

invocation-time-field​

completion-time-field​

begin-marker-field​

end-marker-field​

line-count-field​

line-num-field​

url​

raw​

document-mode​

ignore-line-breaks​

headers​

query​

auth​

username​

password​

body​

body-file​

method​

response​

json​

status-field​

headers-field​

response-field​

insecure​

interval

cron

immediate

random-offset

window

size

offset

start-time

highwatermark-file

block

retry

count

pause

forever

batch

uuid-field

invocation-time-field

completion-time-field

begin-marker-field

end-marker-field

line-count-field

line-num-field

url

raw

document-mode

ignore-line-breaks

headers

query

auth

username

password

body

body-file

method

response

json

status-field

headers-field

response-field

insecure