channel

Channel Trigger

This trigger provides your flogo application the ability to start an action via a named engine channel

Installation

flogo install github.com/project-flogo/contrib/trigger/channel

Configuration

Handler Settings:

Name	Type	Description
channel	string	The internal engine channel - REQUIRED

Output:

Name	Type	Description
data	any	The data pulled from the channel

Example Configurations

Triggers are configured via the triggers.json of your application. The following are some example configuration of the Channel Trigger.

Run Flow

Configure the Trigger to handle an event received on the 'test' channel

{
  "triggers": [
    {
      "id": "flogo-channel",
      "ref": "github.com/project-flogo/contrib/trigger/channel",
      "handlers": [
        {
          "settings": {
            "channel": "test"
          },
          "action": {
            "ref": "github.com/project-flogo/flow",
            "settings": {
                "flowURI": "res://flow:testflow"
            }       
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Note: a channel must be defined in the app in order to use it in a trigger or activity. A channel is specified by "<name>:<buffer size>"

"channels": [
  "test:5"
]