Dubee Adnan is looking into the go-CLI changes on how we show the output of the two http requests, one for the get on the trigger entity and the other to the lifecycle READ He also looking into changes for nodejs library
There are intial PRs opened here: go-CLI https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk/pull/2893 client-js https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk-client-js/pull/80 -- Carlos On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 10:37 AM Carlos Santana <[email protected]> wrote: > James > For max triggers was something introduce for alarms, now that > maxtrigger default have being change from 1000 to infinite we have not > seeing users having problems. > I will propose we deprecate the maxTrigger field and instead work on some > use cases, that will not required the need for max Triggers. > > Jason on my team is working on some enhancements for alarms package. > For example > 1. having a startDate and stopDate to cron > 2. a runOnce trigger, where is trigger is only fired once on a specific > date > 3. interval today cron is not interval but at the hour mark, for example > we have users requesting ability to fire a trigger every 12 minutes, > starting at a specific date, and not fired after a certain date > > With this enhancement the need for maxTrigger field is not need it anymore > in my opinion, also maxTrigger is not persistent across reboots of the feed > provider. > > There is also another semi related feature of giving the ability in the > CLI to build on top like a runOnce Action (wsk action invoke myaction > --once --date $date) > > We can discuss today at the tech interchange this topic also. > Here are some slides I jot down to illustrate in a single place what we > are working on > https://ibm.box.com/v/OpenWhisk-Feed-Management > https://ibm.box.com/v/OpenWhisk-Alarms-Updates-Q4-17 > > -- Carlos > > > On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 11:44 AM James Thomas <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> It's good to see parts of this are already being implemented. >> >> What about the "max triggers" issues that were raised? >> >> It will be important to properly document the changes to the API to allow >> other people to implement providers. >> >> >> >> On 20 October 2017 at 23:52, Carlos Santana <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Hi James >> > >> > Me and Adnan [1] from my team started to look into this last week. >> > >> > He implemented the lifecycle "READ" in the kafka feed action, >> > The feed action will be invoke in the similar manner as "CREATE" and >> > "DELETE" but only requiring the `auth` to be pass and of course the >> > `lifecycleEvent: READ` and the triggerName >> > You can see it here >> > https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk-package- >> > kafka/blob/master/action/messageHubFeed.js#L23 >> > The PR that introduce this is here: >> > >> https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk-package-kafka/pull/217/files >> > >> > if you have the kafka setup locally you can test it via invoking the >> action >> > directly >> > >> > But we want to provide this in the CLI also, so when you do a "wsk >> trigger >> > get mykafkatrigger" it will detect the annotation and do an extra >> request >> > to get the trigger info from the the provider. >> > >> > He was going to do same API for alarms, and cloudant trigger to >> implement >> > the "READ" lifecycle >> > And then look for someone that knows the go CLI code to add the the >> extra >> > request to "trigger get" >> > >> > Probably we need to doc this lifecycle in the feed.md >> > >> > For the update the thinking is to use the same design. >> > To use a lifecycle "UPDATE" to the feed action to change the >> configuration >> > >> > Also there is a need when an api key is revoke, to tell the feed >> provider >> > to update replace all the trigger with the old key, and use the new key >> > >> > [1]: https://github.com/abaruni >> > >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 10:39 AM James Thomas <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > > Users are running into limitations of the current feed provider API. >> > Could >> > > we collect requirements, potentials solutions and work on an update to >> > the >> > > API to support some of the new features? >> > > >> > > Looking back through the Github issues, I've tried to capture >> high-level >> > > requirements and solutions that have already been identified, included >> > > below. >> > > >> > > *Requirements* >> > > >> > > ** Support retrieving state about triggers registered with provider* >> > > >> > > This is the most common requirement. Feed providers only support >> > > "CREATE/DELETE" operations. Users want to be able to retrieve current >> > state >> > > of triggers from the provider. For example, this would allow people to >> > > number of triggers left to fire when maxTriggers is defined. >> > > >> > > Related issues: >> > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk/issues/1925 >> > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk/issues/1398 >> > > >> > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk-package- >> > alarms/issues/86#issuecomment-325204467 >> > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk/issues/471 >> > > >> > > ** Add "delete trigger after max" option to enable auto-removing >> triggers >> > > that won't be fired anymore. * >> > > >> > > Numerous feeds now support a "maxTriggers" to limit the number of >> trigger >> > > activations. What happens once this limit has been reached? There's >> been >> > > discussion about removing "dangling" triggers versus disabling and >> how to >> > > surface this to the user. Should this option be baked into the API? >> > > >> > > This is relevant for an update to the "alarm" package to support >> > "one-off" >> > > triggers. >> > > Related issues: >> > > >> https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk-package-alarms/issues/89 >> > > >> > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk-package- >> > alarms/issues/86#issuecomment-325204467 >> > > >> > > ** Add support for updating feeds?* >> > > >> > > As the API only supports "create and "delete" operations, what happens >> > when >> > > someone needs to update a trigger feed, e.g. updating cron schedule >> for >> > > alarm package. This behaviour will left be left to the feed provider >> to >> > > define. Having to "delete then re-create" creates the potential for >> lost >> > > events. >> > > >> > > Related issues: >> > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk/issues/1925 >> > > >> > > *What other requirements do people have?* >> > > >> > > *Potential Solutions* >> > > >> > > ** Extend provider API with new operations.* >> > > >> > > Add support for STATUS and UPDATE operations in addition to CREATE and >> > > DELETE. >> > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk/issues/1925 >> > > >> > > * *Add "health" or "status" action to feed packages* >> > > >> > > Would handle returning status for user registered triggers. >> > > >> > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk/issues/ >> > 1925#issuecomment-297727773 >> > > >> > > *Next Steps* >> > > >> > > ** Gather more requirements/solutions* >> > > >> > > Hopefully people can do this on the mailing to come up with other >> > > requirements and solutions to enhance the feed provider API. >> > > >> > > ** Define a more feed provider API spec?* >> > > >> > > Existing documentation for the feed provider API is very short and >> > > informal. Would it be helpful to have a more official document as we >> move >> > > to a broader API? This would hopefully encourage others to create new >> > feed >> > > providers. >> > > >> > > >> https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk/blob/master/docs/feeds.md# >> > implementing-feed-actions >> > > >> > > ** Update existing feed providers to support new features* >> > > >> > > If we can agree on an extended feed provider API, the existing >> packages >> > can >> > > be reviewed for updating where relevant. >> > > >> > > Hopefully this message can spark some discussion, feeds are a really >> > > important part of the openwhisk platform. I'm happy to also introduce >> > this >> > > on the video call next week? >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Regards, >> > > James Thomas >> > > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> James Thomas >> >
