dan1elhughes/telethings

🕸️💡 Telegraf input plugin to read data from a Webthings IOT gateway.

telethings

Telegraf input plugin to read data from a Webthings IOT gateway.

Getting started

Create an authorization token on your Gateway

On your Gateway, navigate to Developer and create an authorization token with monitor access.

Add to Telegraf

Todo: Get the binary

Add a new input section in telegraf.conf:

[[inputs.exec]]
  name_override = "webthings"
  commands = ["/path/to/telethings -t <TOKEN> -u <GATEWAY_URL>"]
  timeout = "5s"
  data_format = "json"
  tag_keys = ["name"]

Development

Building the binary

telethings is packaged using pkg.

• npm run build creates binaries in the dist directory.