On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Brad Nicholes <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On 10/5/2009 at 9:54 PM, in message > <[email protected]>, David Birdsong > <[email protected]> wrote: >> say this is my *.pyconf >> >> i'd like to be able to send a list through the config file to the >> paramateres that are passed at init time for my python gmond module. >> is there a syntax for allowing a list to be specified...something >> like: >> >> modules { >> module { >> name = "lb-monitor" >> language = "python" >> param server_pools { >> value = static-uploads, >> value = app-server >> } >> >> } >> >> and then in my python module: >> >> def metric_init(params): >> try: >> server_pools = params['lb-monitor'] >> except KeyError: >> return [] >> > > A param block can not take more than one value parameter. However you can do > what you are looking for by using the string "params" directive instead. For > example: > > modules { > module { > name = "lb-monitor" > language = "python" > params = "server_pools=static-uploads,app-server > server_foo=item1,item2,item3" > } > } > > In other words, if you use the "params" directive you can pass in a raw > string into the module. You have the freedom to format this string in anyway > that you want as long as your module knows how to parse the string. In this > case your python module will get one string parameter that contains the raw > string that you defined in your configuration file. The only thing left to > do is parse the string and create your list. > oh, of course. so simple and straight forward.
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