http/rest collector examples
  • 07 Oct 2021
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Summary:

The purpose of this article is to give a some examples of how to use the http/rest collector

A full config with different http/rest colletors:

This section will be dedicated to a thorough explanation of the topic.

{
    "ConfigName" : "SDCC_SIM",
    "ConfigDescription" : "Example configuration w/http collector",
    "CheckpointInterval" : 600,
    "WaitForNTP" : true,
    "Collectors" : [
        {
            "comment": "Collecting from JSON formatted webserver", 
            "CollectorDescription": "Production simulation",
            "CollectorName": "production1",
            "ConnectRetryMax": 240,
            "ConnectRetryMin": 20,
            "HTTPGETAccess": {
                "HTTPGETTimeout": 4000,
                "HTTPGETs": [
                    {
                        "HTTPGETFormat": "json",
                        "HTTPGETID": 1,
                        "HTTPGETSampleInterval": 10,
                        "HTTPGETUrl": "http://10.0.0.249/index.php"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "Protocol": "Http/GET",
            "SamplePoints": [
                {
                    "HTTPGETValue": {
                        "HTTPGETREF": 1,
                        "Select": "/batch_id"
                    },
                    "SampleDBPriority": 99,
                    "SampleDataType": "string",
                    "SampleDescription": "The batch ID",
                    "SampleName": "batch_number",
                    "SamplesSaved":2,
                    "SampleUnit": ""
                },
                {
                    "HTTPGETValue": {
                        "HTTPGETREF": 1,
                        "Select": "/temp_sensor1"
                    },
                    "SampleDBPriority": 99,
                    "SampleDataType": "int16",
                    "SampleDescription": "Sensor 1 temperature",
                    "SampleName": "temp_sensor1",
                    "SamplesSaved":2,
                    "SampleUnit": "C"
                },
                {
                    "HTTPGETValue": {
                        "HTTPGETREF": 1,
                        "Select": "/rounds"
                    },
                    "SampleDBPriority": 99,
                    "SampleDataType": "int16",
                    "SampleDescription": "Number of cycles",
                    "SampleName": "cycles",
                    "SamplesSaved":2,
                    "SampleUnit": ""
                },
                {
                    "HTTPGETValue": {
                        "HTTPGETREF": 1,
                        "Select": "/pressure"
                    },
                    "SampleDBPriority": 99,
                    "SampleDataType": "int16",
                    "SampleDescription": "Pressure in valve1",
                    "SampleName": "pressure_valve1",
                    "SamplesSaved":2,
                    "SampleUnit": "Pa"
                },
                {
                    "HTTPGETValue": {
                        "HTTPGETREF": 1,
                        "Select": "/strokes"
                    },
                    "SampleDBPriority": 99,
                    "SampleDataType": "int16",
                    "SampleDescription": "Number of strokes",
                    "SampleName": "strokes_min",
                    "SampleUnit": ""
                },
                {
                    "HTTPGETValue": {
                        "HTTPGETREF": 1,
                        "Select": "/power_consumption"
                    },
                    "SampleDBPriority": 99,
                    "SampleDataType": "double",
                    "SampleDescription": "Power consumption",
                    "SampleName": "power_consumption",
                    "SampleUnit": "A"
                },
                {
                    "HTTPGETValue": {
                        "HTTPGETREF": 1,
                        "Select": "/status"
                    },
                    "SampleDBPriority": 99,
                    "SampleDataType": "string",
                    "SampleDescription": "Status",
                    "SampleName": "status",
                    "SampleUnit": ""
                },
                {
                    "HTTPGETValue": {
                        "HTTPGETREF": 1,
                        "Select": "/total_count"
                    },
                    "SampleDBPriority": 99,
                    "SampleDataType": "int16",
                    "SampleDescription": "Total units",
                    "SampleName": "total_count",
                    "SampleUnit": ""
                },
                {
                    "HTTPGETValue": {
                        "HTTPGETREF": 1,
                        "Select": "/failures"
                    },
                    "SampleDBPriority": 99,
                    "SampleDataType": "int16",
                    "SampleDescription": "Number of unit failures",
                    "SampleName": "failures",
                    "SampleUnit": ""
                },
                {
                    "HTTPGETValue": {
                        "HTTPGETREF": 1,
                        "Select": "/runtime"
                    },
                    "SampleDBPriority": 99,
                    "SampleDataType": "int16",
                    "SampleDescription": "Runtime",
                    "SampleName": "runtime",
                    "SampleUnit": ""
                }
            ]
        },
{
            "comment": "Collecting from a simple JSON formatted webserver",
            "CollectorDescription": "Production simulation",
            "CollectorName": "fake",
            "ConnectRetryMax": 240,
            "ConnectRetryMin": 20,
            "HTTPGETAccess": {
                "HTTPGETTimeout": 2000,
                "HTTPGETs": [
                    {
                        "HTTPGETFormat": "json",
                        "HTTPGETID": 1,
                        "HTTPGETSampleInterval": 2,
                        "HTTPGETUrl": "http://10.0.0.249/fake.html"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "Protocol": "Http/GET",
            "SamplePoints": [
                {
                    "HTTPGETValue": {
                        "HTTPGETREF": 1,
                        "Select": "/status"
                    },
                    "SampleDataType": "string",
                    "SampleDescription": "PLC status",
                    "SampleName": "PLCStatus",
                    "SamplesSaved": 30
                }
            ]
        },
{
            "comment": "Collecting from a simple JSON formatted webserver",
            "CollectorDescription": "Production simulation 2",
            "CollectorName": "fake2",
            "ConnectRetryMax": 240,
            "ConnectRetryMin": 20,
            "HTTPGETAccess": {
                "HTTPGETTimeout": 2000,
                "HTTPGETs": [
                    {
                        "HTTPGETFormat": "raw",
                        "HTTPGETID": 1,
                        "HTTPGETSampleInterval": 2,
                        "HTTPGETUrl": "http://10.0.0.249/fake2.html"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "Protocol": "Http/GET",
            "SamplePoints": [
                {
                    "HTTPGETValue": {
                        "HTTPGETREF": 1,
                        "Select": "/Heading"
                    },
                    "SampleDataType": "string",
                    "SampleDescription": "PLC status",
                    "SampleName": "PLCStatusSTRING",
                    "SamplesSaved": 30
                },
{
                    "HTTPGETValue": {
                        "HTTPGETREF": 1,
                        "Select": "/Heading"
                    },
                    "SampleDataType": "data",
                    "SampleDescription": "PLC status",
                    "SampleName": "PLCStatusDATA",
                    "SamplesSaved": 30
                }
            ]
        },
{
            "CollectorDescription": "Production simulation",
            "CollectorName": "fakeGPS1",
            "ConnectRetryMax": 240,
            "ConnectRetryMin": 20,
            "HTTPGETAccess": {
                "HTTPGETTimeout": 2000,
                "HTTPGETs": [
                    {
                        "HTTPGETFormat": "json",
                        "HTTPGETID": 1,
                        "HTTPGETSampleInterval": 2,
                        "HTTPGETUrl": "http://10.0.0.249/fakeGPS.html"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "Protocol": "Http/GET",
            "SamplePoints": [
                {
                    "HTTPGETValue": {
                        "HTTPGETREF": 1,
                        "Select": "/lat"
                    },
                    "SampleDataType": "double",
                    "SampleDescription": "PLC status",
                    "SampleName": "LAT",
                    "SamplesSaved": 30
                },
{
                    "HTTPGETValue": {
                        "HTTPGETREF": 1,
                        "Select": "/lon"
                    },
                    "SampleDataType": "double",
                    "SampleDescription": "PLC status",
                    "SampleName": "LONG",
                    "SamplesSaved": 30
                }
            ]
        },
{
            "comment": "Collecting from a XML formatted webserver",
            "CollectorDescription": "Production simulation",
            "CollectorName": "fakeXML",
            "ConnectRetryMax": 240,
            "ConnectRetryMin": 20,
            "HTTPGETAccess": {
                "HTTPGETTimeout": 2000,
                "HTTPGETs": [
                    {
                        "HTTPGETFormat": "xml",
                        "HTTPGETID": 1,
                        "HTTPGETSampleInterval": 2,
                        "HTTPGETUrl": "http://10.0.0.249/fakeXML.html"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "Protocol": "Http/GET",
            "SamplePoints": [
{
                    "HTTPGETValue": {
                        "HTTPGETREF": 1,
                        "Select": "/value1"
                    },
                    "SampleDataType": "string",
                    "SampleDescription": "version",
                    "SampleName": "version",
                    "SamplesSaved": 30
                },
{
                    "HTTPGETValue": {
                        "HTTPGETREF": 1,
                        "Select": "/value2"
                    },
                    "SampleDataType": "string",
                    "SampleDescription": "number",
                    "SampleName": "number",
                    "SamplesSaved": 30
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "DataServers" : [
		{
		"ConnectRetryMax": 12,
		"ConnectRetryMin": 2,
		"DatasrvName": "DCC",
		"DatasrvProtocol": "SCI/SPD",
		"SCISPDParams": {
                             "PushInterval": 1,
                             "SCIServerAddr": "dcm-dcc.secomea.com",
                             "SPDPort": 443,
                             "Security": "TLS1.2",
                             "RootCAName": "DCC CA Certificate",
                             "DevCertName": "DCC Certificate",
                             "DevPkeyName": "DCC Private Key"
                                }
		}
    ]
}




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