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sensu.event() function

sensu.event() is a user-contributed function maintained by the package author.

sensu.event() sends a single event to the Sensu Events API.

Function type signature
(
    apiKey: string,
    checkName: string,
    text: A,
    url: string,
    ?entityName: string,
    ?handlers: B,
    ?namespace: string,
    ?state: string,
    ?status: C,
) => int where C: Equatable

For more information, see Function type signatures.

Parameters

url

(Required) Base URL of Sensu API without a trailing slash.

Example: http://localhost:8080

apiKey

(Required) Sensu API Key.

checkName

(Required) Check name.

Use alphanumeric characters, underscores (_), periods (.), and hyphens (-). All other characters are replaced with an underscore.

text

(Required) Event text.

Mapped to output in the Sensu Events API request.

handlers

Sensu handlers to execute. Default is [].

status

Event status code that indicates state. Default is 0.

Status codeState
0OK
1WARNING
2CRITICAL
Any other valueUNKNOWN or custom state

state

Event state. Default is "passing" for 0 status and "failing" for other statuses.

Accepted values:

  • "failing"
  • "passing"
  • "flapping"

namespace

Sensu namespace. Default is "default".

entityName

Event source. Default is influxdb.

Use alphanumeric characters, underscores (_), periods (.), and hyphens (-). All other characters are replaced with an underscore.

Examples

Send the last reported status to Sensu

import "influxdata/influxdb/secrets"
import "contrib/sranka/sensu"

apiKey = secrets.get(key: "SENSU_API_KEY")

lastReported =
    from(bucket: "example-bucket")
        |> range(start: -1m)
        |> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == "statuses")
        |> last()
        |> findRecord(fn: (key) => true, idx: 0)

sensu.event(
    url: "http://localhost:8080",
    apiKey: apiKey,
    checkName: "diskUsage",
    text: "Disk usage is **${lastReported.status}**.",
)

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