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# FolderWatcher Binding

This binding is intended to monitor a local folder, FTP and S3 bucket and their subfolders and notify of new files.

# Supported Things

The binding support three types of things: localfolder, ftpfolder, s3bucket and azureblob.

# Thing Configuration

The localfolder thing has the following configuration options:

Parameter Name Description Required Default value
localDir Local Directory Local directory to be watched yes n/a
listHiddenLocal List Hidden Allow listing of hidden files yes No
pollIntervalLocal Polling interval in seconds Interval for polling folder changes yes 60
listRecursiveLocal List Sub Folders Allow listing of sub folders yes No

The ftpfolder thing has the following configuration options:

Parameter Name Description Required Default value
ftpAddress FTP server IP address of FTP server yes n/a
ftpPort FTP port Port of FTP server yes 21
secureMode FTP Security FTP Security yes None
ftpUsername Username FTP user name yes n/a
ftpPassword Password FTP password yes n/a
ftpDir RootDir Root directory to be watched yes n/a
listRecursiveFtp List Sub Folders Allow listing of sub folders yes No
listHidden List Hidden Allow listing of hidden files yes false
connectionTimeout Connection timeout in seconds Connection timeout for FTP request yes 30
pollInterval Polling interval in seconds Interval for polling folder changes yes 60
diffHours Time stamp difference in hours How many hours back to analyze yes 24

The s3bucket thing has the following configuration options:

Parameter Name Description Required Default value
s3BucketName S3 Bucket Name Name of the S3 bucket to be watched yes n/a
s3Path S3 Path S3 path (folder) to be monitored no n/a
pollIntervalS3 Polling Interval Interval for polling S3 bucket changes, in seconds yes 60
awsKey AWS Access Key AWS access key no n/a
awsSecret AWS Secret AWS secret no n/a
awsRegion AWS Region AWS region of S3 bucket yes ""
s3Anonymous Anonymous Connection Connect anonymously (works for public buckets) yes true

The azureblob thing has the following configuration options:

Parameter Name Description Required Default value
azureAccountName Azure Account Name Name of the A zure account where the conaner located yes n/a
azureContainerName Azure Blob Container Name Name of the Azure container to be watched yes n/a
contanerPath Container Path Container path (folder) to be monitored no ""
pollIntervalAzure Polling Interval Interval for polling Azure contaner changes, in seconds yes 60
azureAnonymous Anonymous Connection Connect anonymously (works for public containers) no false
azureAccessKey Azure Access Access Key for Azure storage account no ""

# Events

This binding supports the following event:

Channel Type ID Item Type Description
newfile String A new file name discovered

# Full Example

Thing configuration:

folderwatcher:localfolder:myLocalFolder [ localDir="/myfolder", pollIntervalLocal=60, listHiddenLocal="false", listRecursiveLocal="false" ]
folderwatcher:ftpfolder:myLocalFolder   [ ftpAddress="X.X.X.X", ftpPort=21, secureMode="EXPLICIT", ftpUsername="username", ftpPassword="password", ftpDir="/myfolder/",  listHidden="true", listRecursiveFtp="true", connectionTimeout=33, pollInterval=66, diffHours=25 ]
folderwatcher:s3bucket:myS3bucket       [ s3BucketName="mypublic-bucket", pollIntervalS3=60, awsRegion="us-west-1", s3Anonymous="true" ]

# Using in a Rule

Local folder example:

rule "New Local file"
when
    Channel "folderwatcher:localfolder:myLocalFolder:newfile" triggered
then
    logInfo("NewLocalFile", receivedEvent.toString())
end

FTP example:

rule "New FTP file"
when
    Channel "folderwatcher:ftpfolder:myFTPFolder:newfile" triggered
then
    logInfo("NewFTPFile", receivedEvent.toString())
end

S3 bucket example:

rule "New S3 file"
when
    Channel "folderwatcher:s3bucket:myS3bucket:newfile" triggered
then
    logInfo("NewS3File", receivedEvent.toString())
end

Azure Blob container example:

rule "New Azure file"
when
    Channel "folderwatcher:azureblob:myAzureBlob:newfile" triggered
then
    logInfo("NewAzureFile", receivedEvent.toString())
end
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