Butler includes a very basic UDP client, which can be used to send test messages to Butler’s UDP servers.
This can be useful when debugging a Butler server, when adding new UDP handlers etc.
The client is built using node.js, and is found in the src/udp_client directory.
Run the app to show its help text (in this case the UDP client is executed on a Mac):
$ node udp_client.js
Usage: node udp_client.js [options]
This app sends messages to the UDP server(s) built into Butler (or any other UDP
server)
Options:
--version Show version number [boolean]
-i, --ip IP address of UDP server message will be sent to [required]
-p, --port Port on UDP server [required]
-m, --msg Message to send [default: "Test message"]
-h, --help Show help [boolean]
Missing required arguments: i, p
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Testing the failed task UDP server
Sending a message to port 9998 will test the UDP server responsible for handling task failure messages:
Sending a message to Butler looks like this (with a fake IP address):
$ node udp_client.js --ip 1.2.3.4 -p 9998 -m "Abc;123;456;test"
UDP message sent to 1.2.3.4:9998, 16 bytes.
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The resulting Slack message looks like this:
