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alerta.endpoint() function

alerta.endpoint() is a user-contributed function maintained by the package author.

alerta.endpoint() sends alerts to Alerta using data from input rows.

Usage

alerta.endpoint is a factory function that outputs another function. The output function requires a mapFn parameter.

mapFn

A function that builds the object used to generate the POST request. Requires an r parameter.

mapFn accepts a table row (r) and returns an object that must include the following fields:

  • resource
  • event
  • severity
  • service
  • group
  • value
  • text
  • tags
  • attributes
  • type
  • timestamp

For more information, see alerta.alert() parameters.

Function type signature
(
    apiKey: string,
    url: string,
    ?environment: A,
    ?origin: B,
) => (
    mapFn: (
        r: C,
    ) => {
        D with
        value: O,
        type: N,
        timestamp: M,
        text: L,
        tags: K,
        severity: J,
        service: I,
        resource: H,
        group: G,
        event: F,
        attributes: E,
    },
) => (<-tables: stream[C]) => stream[{C with _sent: string}]

For more information, see Function type signatures.

Parameters

url

(Required) (Required) Alerta URL.

apiKey

(Required) (Required) Alerta API key.

environment

Alert environment. Default is "". Valid values: “Production”, “Development”, or empty string (default).

origin

Alert origin. Default is "InfluxDB".

Examples

Send critical alerts to Alerta

import "contrib/bonitoo-io/alerta"
import "influxdata/influxdb/secrets"

apiKey = secrets.get(key: "ALERTA_API_KEY")
endpoint =
    alerta.endpoint(
        url: "https://alerta.io:8080/alert",
        apiKey: apiKey,
        environment: "Production",
        origin: "InfluxDB",
    )

crit_events =
    from(bucket: "example-bucket")
        |> range(start: -1m)
        |> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == "statuses" and status == "crit")

crit_events
    |> endpoint(
        mapFn: (r) => {
            return {r with
                resource: "example-resource",
                event: "example-event",
                severity: "critical",
                service: r.service,
                group: "example-group",
                value: r.status,
                text: "Status is critical.",
                tags: ["ex1", "ex2"],
                attributes: {},
                type: "exampleAlertType",
                timestamp: now(),
            }
        },
    )()

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