HeartbeatRestService

Service returns heartbeat via HTTP/REST protocol.

Implements: RestService

Description

The HeartbeatRestService class allows you to create services that return heartbeat via HTTP/REST protocol.

Important points

  • The service responds on /heartbeat route (can be changed) with a string with the current time in UTC.
  • This service route can be used to perform health checks by loadbalancers and container orchestrators.

Configuration parameters

  • base_route: base route for remote URI (default: “")
  • route: route to heartbeat operation (default: “heartbeat”)
  • dependencies:
    • endpoint: override for HTTP Endpoint dependency
  • connection(s):
    • discovery_key: (optional) key to retrieve the connection from IDiscovery
    • protocol: connection protocol: http or https
    • host: host name or IP address
    • port: port number
    • uri: resource URI or connection string with all parameters in it

References

  • *:logger:*:*:1.0 - (optional) ILogger components to pass log messages
  • *:counters:*:*:1.0 - (optional) ICounters components to pass collected measurements
  • *:traces:*:*:1.0 - (optional) ITracer components to record traces
  • *:discovery:*:*:1.0 - (optional) IDiscovery services to resolve connection

Instance methods

configure

Configures component by passing configuration parameters.

configure(config: ConfigParams)

  • config: ConfigParams - configuration parameters to be set.

register

Registers all service routes in HTTP endpoint.

register()

heartbeat

Handles heartbeat requests

heartbeat(): str

  • returns: str - http response to the request.

Examples

service = HeartbeatService()
service.configure(ConfigParams.from_tuples("route", "ping",
    "connection.protocol", "http",
    "connection.host", "localhost",
    "connection.port", 8080))

service.open("123")
# ...

See also