Geneos - How do I use Node.js with the API plugin?

npm install xmlrpc

// Must be installed via npm before running this script
var xmlrpc = require('xmlrpc');
 
// For I am the XMLRPC client, I need to contact my XMLRPC server (in our case the NetProbe)
// So let's us creates a XML-RPC client. Pass the host information on which netprobe server to
// make the XML-RPC calls. {host: <Netprobe hostname>, port: <Netprobe port>, path: '/xmlrpc'}
var client = xmlrpc.createClient({host: 'nysupsvr06', port: 53945, path: '/xmlrpc'});
 
// Sends a method call to the XML-RPC netprobe server to create the view
// To keep in mind to create a view ['Dataview Name', 'Dataview grouping']
client.methodCall('InfraSvr06.myAPI.createview', ['Node-queues','NodeJS'], function (error, value)
{
if (error) {
 
// You can comment this part out, but I suggest to keep for debug purposes
// and to understand any error that may come your way. I will be using this through out the Node.js script
console.log('error:', error);
console.log('req headers:', error.req && error.req._header);
console.log('res code:', error.res && error.res.statusCode);
console.log('res body:', error.body);
} else {
 
// Expose value/response
console.log('value:', value);
}
});
 
// Let's do a headline
client.methodCall('InfraSvr06.myAPI.NodeJS-Node-queues.addHeadline', ['totalQueues'], function (error, value)
{
if (error) {
console.log('error:', error);
console.log('req headers:', error.req && error.req._header);
console.log('res code:', error.res && error.res.statusCode);
console.log('res body:', error.body);
} else {
console.log('value:', value);
}
});
 
// Let's do another headline!
client.methodCall('InfraSvr06.myAPI.NodeJS-Node-queues.addHeadline', ['queuesOffline'], function (error, value)
{
if (error) {
console.log('error:', error);
console.log('req headers:', error.req && error.req._header);
console.log('res code:', error.res && error.res.statusCode);
console.log('res body:', error.body);
} else {
console.log('value:', value);
}
});
 
// Using a multi-dimensional array for our Dataview
var DataviewMatrix = [
["queueName", "currentSize", "maxSize", "currentUtilisation", "status"], // Keep in mind, the First is actually your column headings
["queue1", "332", "30000", "0.11", "online"], // This is where you will be starting your first row.
["queue2", "0", "90000", "0", "offline"],
["queue3", "7331", "45000", "0.16", "online"]
];
 
// You have to send one parameter a time to the updateEntireTable call
// This part varies from language to language
// var YourVarName = [DataviewMatrix];
var MyView = [DataviewMatrix];
 
// The matrix of our Dataview.
client.methodCall('InfraSvr06.myAPI.NodeJS-Node-queues.updateEntireTable', MyView, function (error, value)
{
if (error) {
console.log('error:', error);
console.log('req headers:', error.req && error.req._header);
console.log('res code:', error.res && error.res.statusCode);
console.log('res body:', error.body);
} else {
console.log('value:', value);
}
});
 
// Updating the first headline with data
var params = ["totalQueues", 3];
client.methodCall('InfraSvr06.myAPI.NodeJS-Node-queues.updateHeadline', [params[0], params[1]], function (error, value)
{
if (error) {
console.log('error:', error);
console.log('req headers:', error.req && error.req._header);
console.log('res code:', error.res && error.res.statusCode);
console.log('res body:', error.body);
} else {
console.log('value:', value);
}
});
 
// Updating the second headline with data
var params = ["queuesOffline", 1];
client.methodCall('InfraSvr06.myAPI.NodeJS-Node-queues.updateHeadline', [params[0], params[1]], function (error, value)
{
if (error) {
console.log('error:', error);
console.log('req headers:', error.req && error.req._header);
console.log('res code:', error.res && error.res.statusCode);
console.log('res body:', error.body);
} else {
console.log('value:', value);
}
});
 
// Boolean for our timed loop
// You can have this set to false to turn off the loop
var bSendTestData = true;
var ViewCell = 'queue2.currentSize'; // Imagine this as a "x.y" coordinates, we're updating "row name"."column name"
var HeadlineCell = 'queuesOffline'; // Updating the headline cell as well
 
// Setting the first interval as 0
var index = 0;
setInterval(function(){
// Keep incrementing by one
index++;
client.methodCall('InfraSvr06.myAPI.NodeJS-Node-queues.updateTableCell', [ViewCell, index], function (error, value)
{
if (error) {
console.log('error:', error);
console.log('req headers:', error.req && error.req._header);
console.log('res code:', error.res && error.res.statusCode);
console.log('res body:', error.body);
} else {
console.log('value:', value);
}
});
client.methodCall('InfraSvr06.myAPI.NodeJS-Node-queues.updateHeadline', [HeadlineCell, index], function (error, value)
{
if (error) {
console.log('error:', error);
console.log('req headers:', error.req && error.req._header);
console.log('res code:', error.res && error.res.statusCode);
console.log('res body:', error.body);
} else {
console.log('value:', value);
}
});
}, 1000)