Add ThrottlePeriod param to give possibility to choose period for evi…

README.md

@@ -214,9 +214,13 @@ Standard out is also another file in Linux. `logLevel` refers to the application
 `trace`, `debug`, `info`, `warn`, `error`, `fatal` and `panic`. When not specified, default level is set to `info`. You
 can use the following configuration as an example.
 
+By default, events emit with eventime > 5seconds since catching are not collected.
+You can set this period with trottlePeriod in seconds. Consider to increase time of seconds to catch more events like "Backoff".
+
 ```yaml
 logLevel: error
 logFormat: json
+trottlePeriod: 5
 route:
   routes:
     - match:

main.go

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	engine := exporter.NewEngine(&cfg, &exporter.ChannelBasedReceiverRegistry{})
-	w := kube.NewEventWatcher(kubeconfig, cfg.Namespace, engine.OnEvent)
+	w := kube.NewEventWatcher(kubeconfig, cfg.Namespace, cfg.ThrottlePeriod, engine.OnEvent)
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	leaderLost := make(chan bool)

pkg/exporter/config.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	// TODO: I am not sure what to do here.
 	LogLevel       string                    `yaml:"logLevel"`
 	LogFormat      string                    `yaml:"logFormat"`
+	ThrottlePeriod int64					 `yaml:"throttlePeriod" default:"5""`
 	Namespace      string                    `yaml:"namespace"`
 	LeaderElection kube.LeaderElectionConfig `yaml:"leaderElection"`
 	Route          Route                     `yaml:"route"`

pkg/kube/watcher.go

@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ type EventWatcher struct {
 	labelCache      *LabelCache
 	annotationCache *AnnotationCache
 	fn              EventHandler
+	throttlePeriod  time.Duration
 }
 
-func NewEventWatcher(config *rest.Config, namespace string, fn EventHandler) *EventWatcher {
+func NewEventWatcher(config *rest.Config, namespace string, throttlePeriod int64, fn EventHandler) *EventWatcher {
 	clientset := kubernetes.NewForConfigOrDie(config)
 	factory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(clientset, 0, informers.WithNamespace(namespace))
 	informer := factory.Core().V1().Events().Informer()
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ func NewEventWatcher(config *rest.Config, namespace string, fn EventHandler) *Ev
 		labelCache:      NewLabelCache(config),
 		annotationCache: NewAnnotationCache(config),
 		fn:              fn,
+		throttlePeriod:  time.Second*time.Duration(throttlePeriod),
 	}
 
 	informer.AddEventHandler(watcher)
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ func (e *EventWatcher) OnUpdate(oldObj, newObj interface{}) {
 func (e *EventWatcher) onEvent(event *corev1.Event) {
 	// TODO: Re-enable this after development
 	// It's probably an old event we are catching, it's not the best way but anyways
-	if time.Since(event.LastTimestamp.Time) > time.Second*5 {
+	if time.Since(event.LastTimestamp.Time) > e.throttlePeriod {
 		return
 	}