HTTP-Request¶

Purpose¶

http_request(str)

Performs an HTTP request to target and returns the result of said request.

Note

this function is very slow and therefore we suggest using it only seldomly to insure adequate performance.

Example¶

The following example performs an HTTP request and writes the returned value to a file.

module(load="../plugins/imtcp/.libs/imtcp")
module(load="../plugins/fmhttp/.libs/fmhttp")
input(type="imtcp" port="13514")

template(name="outfmt" type="string" string="%$!%\n")

if $msg contains "msgnum:" then {
     set $.url = "http://www.rsyslog.com/testbench/echo-get.php?content=" & ltrim($msg);
     set $!reply = http_request($.url);
     action(type="omfile" file="rsyslog.out.log" template="outfmt")
}

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