Delay event processing


#1 LukeOrins
Hi everyone! I`m trying to delay an event processing for a second, i.e.: if an event has a description I'll delay the output for a period. I found the sleep method in the Documentation, but it's not working as intended. Below is how my input is configured: Module im_file File "%LOGPATH%" ReadFromLast TRUE Recursive FALSE if ($raw_event =~ /UPDATE/) { parse_json(); } else if ($raw_event =~ /DELETE/) { sleep(2000) # wait 2 seconds before processing this event parse_json(); } Is is possible to delay/wait for a few seconds before processing an event? Thank you in advance!
#2 rafDeactivated Nxlog ✓
#1 LukeOrins
Hi everyone! I`m trying to delay an event processing for a second, i.e.: if an event has a description I'll delay the output for a period. I found the sleep method in the Documentation, but it's not working as intended. Below is how my input is configured: <Input input_file> Module im_file File "%LOGPATH%" ReadFromLast TRUE Recursive FALSE <Exec> if ($raw_event =~ /UPDATE/) { parse_json(); } else if ($raw_event =~ /DELETE/) { sleep(2000) # wait 2 seconds before processing this event parse_json(); } </Exec> </Input> Is is possible to delay/wait for a few seconds before processing an event? Thank you in advance!

Hello,

Have you tried the sleep() procedure? It takes a number of microseconds as an argument - I suppose it might help with your task. The docs are here:

https://nxlog.co/docs/nxlog-ce/nxlog-reference-manual.html#core_proc_sleep

Regards,

Rafal