About Eventsources
Eventsources in Godspeed framework captures event and allows you to define entry or trigger points of application. For ex. the type: express eventsource will allow you to expose your application through REST API or a type: cron eventsource will allow to schedule a recurring call to a workflow.
The eventsources listen on the incoming events. They process incoming event as per the middleware set by you, including authentication. Finally, they transform it to Godspeed's standard GSCloudEvent object, which is then made available to the event handlers and subsequent child workflows.
To have a look at supported eventsources and understanding their implementation, refer Godspeed's gs-plugins mono-repo. For ex. Kafka**
Types of eventsources
Based on functionality and the nature of the information they provide to the system, eventsources can be divided as below.
- Eventsource
- It can act only as an eventsource
- has its own client initialization
- Eg,. Express
- DataSource as an eventsource
- It can act as eventsource as well as a datasource
- shares the client with the corresponding datasource
- eg., Kafka, RabbitMQ
How to use an eventsource in Godspeed project?
You can use Godspeed CLI to browse and install plugins which are published and maintained by Godspeed.
godspeed plugin add
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┌──────┬────────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │ Name │ Description │
├──────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ❯◯ │ cron-as-eventsource │ Cron as eventsource plugin for Godspeed Framework │
├──────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ◯ │ aws-as-datasource │ aws as datasource plugin for Godspeed Framework │
├──────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ◯ │ excel-as-datasource │ excel as datasource plugin for Godspeed Framework │
├──────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ◯ │ mailer-as-datasource │ mailer as datasource plugin for Godspeed Framework │
├──────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ◯ │ kafka-as-datasource-as-eventsource │ kafka as datasource-as-eventsource plugin for Godspeed Framework │
└──────┴────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
To understand the actions taken when selecting the pre-defined plugins and their respective functionalities, please refer this document.
To learn more about Event sources in Godspeed, please watch the video provided below…