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socket

Connects to a (tcp/udp/unix) server and sends a continuous stream of data, dividing messages according to the specified codec.

# Config fields, showing default values
output:
  label: ""
  socket:
    network: ""
    address: ""
    codec: lines

Batches and Multipart Messages​

When writing multipart (batched) messages using the lines codec the last message ends with double delimiters. E.g. the messages "foo", "bar" and "baz" would be written as:

foo\n
bar\n
baz\n

Whereas a multipart message [ "foo", "bar", "baz" ] would be written as:

foo\n
bar\n
baz\n\n

This enables consumers of this output feed to reconstruct the original batches. However, if you wish to avoid this behaviour then add a split processor before messages reach this output.

Fields​

network​

The network type to connect as.

Type: string
Default: ""
Options: unix, tcp, udp.

address​

The address (or path) to connect to.

Type: string
Default: "" 

# Examples


address: /tmp/benthos.sock


address: localhost:9000

codec​

The way in which the bytes of messages should be written out into the output data stream. It's possible to write lines using a custom delimiter with the delim:x codec, where x is the character sequence custom delimiter.

Type: string
Default: "lines"

OptionSummary
all-bytesOnly applicable to file based outputs. Writes each message to a file in full, if the file already exists the old content is deleted.
appendAppend each message to the output stream without any delimiter or special encoding.
linesAppend each message to the output stream followed by a line break.
delim:xAppend each message to the output stream followed by a custom delimiter.
# Examples


codec: lines


codec: "delim:\t"


codec: delim:foobar