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.. _Events:
Events (v0.10.2+)
=================
The events mechanism allows **lnav** to be automated based on events that
occur during processing. For example, filters could be added only when a
particular log file format is detected instead of always installing them.
Events are published through the :ref:`lnav_events<table_lnav_events>` SQLite
table. Reacting to events can be done by creating a SQLite trigger on the
table and inspecting the content of the event.
Trigger Example
---------------
The following is an example of a trigger that adds an out filter when a
syslog file is loaded. You can copy the code into an :file:`.sql` file and
install it by running :code:`lnav -i my_trigger.sql`.
.. code-block:: sql
:caption: my_trigger.sql
:linenos:
CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS add_format_specific_filters
AFTER INSERT ON lnav_events WHEN
-- Check the event type
jget(NEW.content, '/$schema') =
'https://lnav.org/event-file-format-detected-v1.schema.json' AND
-- Only create the filter when a given format is seen
jget(NEW.content, '/format') = 'syslog_log' AND
-- Don't create the filter if it's already there
NOT EXISTS (
SELECT 1 FROM lnav_view_filters WHERE pattern = 'noisy message')
BEGIN
INSERT INTO lnav_view_filters (view_name, enabled, type, pattern) VALUES
('log', 1, 'OUT', 'noisy message');
END;
.. _event_reference:
Reference
---------
The following tables describe the schema of the event JSON objects.
.. jsonschema:: ../schemas/event-file-open-v1.schema.json#
:lift_description:
.. jsonschema:: ../schemas/event-file-format-detected-v1.schema.json#
:lift_description:
.. jsonschema:: ../schemas/event-log-msg-detected-v1.schema.json#
:lift_description: