json-url-stdout

JSON url stdout

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This is a Sequence similar to json-url-output. It also pulls the data from JSON url every x seconds, but data is written to Instance stdout endpoint. Also one more argument is added → jsonPath.

The Sequence takes three arguments:

• jsonUrl - it is the address where the data in json format is available. List of free and open API that you can use as jsonUrl argument:

  • Predict age based on a name: https://api.agify.io?name=bella
  • Cocktail recipes: https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api/json/v1/1/search.php?s=margarita
  • Weather forecasts: http://www.7timer.info/bin/api.pl?lon=113.17&lat=23.09&product=astro&output=json
  • Random dog images: https://dog.ceo/api/breeds/image/random

• interval - time given in milliseconds (1s = 1000ms), with this parameter, we define how often the request is to be sent to the API, the time should be given in milliseconds, for example, providing this argument with a value of 5000 will result in sending the request every 5 seconds.

• jsonPath - it is the path indicating a specific element nested in the json body. The path points at the element which value we want to read.

Running

❗ Remember to setup transform-hub locally or use the platform's environment for the sequence deployment.

Sequence is ready to use, id doesn't use any external modules so no dependencies need to be installed.

Open the terminal and run the following commands:

# go to 'javascript' directory
cd javascript

# deploy 'json-url-output' Sequence
si seq deploy json-url-stdout --args [\"https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api/json/v1/1/search.php?s=margarita\",10000,\"drinks[0].strDrink\"]

# see the Instance stdout
si inst stdout -

Read Instance stdout

The result of called sequence's function is a value of key "strDrink" (in this case thi value is "Margarita"). It is printed out in the console using console.log(), it means that the Sequence writes it to stdout instance endpoint. Result:

$ si inst stdout -
Margarita
Margarita

The request is sent to API every 10 seconds, so the result will be printed out after every request until the Instance is stopped.