HTTP-Request

Purpose

http_request(str)

Performs a 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 a 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")
}

See also

Help with configuring/using Rsyslog:

  • Mailing list - best route for general questions
  • GitHub: rsyslog source project - detailed questions, reporting issues that are believed to be bugs with Rsyslog
  • Stack Exchange (View, Ask) - experimental support from rsyslog community

See also

Contributing to Rsyslog: