Have a file input to periodically check for files

[antipopp]

I'm trying to build a configuration that among other things should periodically check the specified path for a file, but I'm lost on how to implement this.

I've tried to mix it up with a generate and sequence input, hoping the former would trigger the file one but it doesn't work.

input:
  sequence:
    inputs:
      - generate:
          mapping: |
            root = {
              "auto": true
            }
          interval: 10s
      - file:
          paths: ["./*.json"]
          scanner:
            lines: {}
          delete_on_finish: false

ouput:
   stdout: {}

Using a broker also has the same faith, the file input is run only once while the generate keeps going with its behavior.
Has anybody found any workaround on this other than cronifying the execution of the config?

[mihaitodor]

Hey @antipopp 👋 You can wrap the input in a read_until input with check: false and restart_input: true. If you need to sleep a bit between runs, you can keep the sequence and wrap that in the read_until input, but you’ll have to set count: 1 under generate and attach a sleep processor followed by a mapping: root = deleted() to get rid of the message that generate creates.

[antipopp]

Thanks!