Telemetry

This very simple app retrieves and posts json contents to a mongodb.

Build and Install

git clone git@github.com:bendhouseart/telemetry.git
cd telemetry
poetry install
    If you receive error regarding python version, change it in pyproject.toml and run poetry lock --no-update
poetry build
pip install dist/telemetry-0.1.0.tar.gz

Setup for your environment

After installing in the previous step run the setup-telemetry command and follow the prompt:

(telemetry-LxPB_LWP-py3.11) setup-telemetry                                          
Enter the path to the .env file (/Users/galassiae/.telemetry.env): 
Enter the connection string to the mongodb database (127.0.0.1:27417): 
Enter the name of the mongodb user (): 
Enter the name of the database (telemetry): 
Enter the name of the collection (telemetry): 
Enable rate limiting? [y/n]: n
The .env file already exists
MONGO_DB_ADDRESS='127.0.0.1:27417'
MONGO_DB_USER='telemetry'
MONGO_DB_NAME='telemetry'
MONGO_DB_COLLECTION='telemetry'
TELEMETRY_RATE_LIMITING='False'

Override existing .env file? [y/n]: y

Running this app

This app can started using the start-telemetry command after installation via pip:

start-telemetry

Or it can be run directly with:

uvicorn telemetry:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 80

Post a JSON to the database

curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{ "what":"myjson","its":"toogood" }' -X POST 127.0.0.1:8000/telemetry/

Additionally there are two very simple scripts that illustrate how to post and get using this app:

bash telemetry/curl_post.sh
bash telemetry/curl_get.sh

Some additional notes for interacting with the mongodb directly or starting this app

start uvicorn/run this app

uvicorn telemetry:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 80

to get into monash/mongodb interface run

mongosh

to connect to telemetry database

first show all dbs

show dbs

select the telemetry db for use

use telemetry

and to show all items in the selected telemetry db

db.telemetry.find()