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Version: 0.13.0 (stable)

SmartModules Quickstart

SmartModules are the basic building blocks for transformations in Fluvio, allowing users to define custom functions for processing or transforming streaming data. They provide a flexible way to tailor data handling to meet particular needs, enhancing Fluvio's capabilities.

Prerequisites

This tutorial assumes that Fluvio is installed. Follow the Fluvio - Quickstart to get set up. You can follow along using a local cluster, the webhook section however requires a Cloud cluster.

See list of available SmartModules

$ fluvio hub sm list
  SMARTMODULE                              Visibility
  infinyon/jolt@x.y.z                      public
  infinyon/json-sql@x.y.z                  public
  infinyon/regex-filter@x.y.z              public
  ...
info

All versions are marked with x.y.z in the docs. Please use the number returned by the fluvio hub sm list command.

Download SmartModules

SmartModules must be downloaded before they can be used. Afterwards, downloaded SmartModules are available for your Producers and Consumers.

$ fluvio hub smartmodule download infinyon/regex-filter@x.y.z
downloading infinyon/regex-filter@x.y.z to infinyon-regex-filter-x.y.z.ipkg
... downloading complete
... checking package
trying connection to fluvio router.infinyon.cloud:9003
... cluster smartmodule install complete

Use SmartModule with Producer and Consumer

You can specify a SmartModule to use with fluvio produce and fluvio consume. Let's create a topic cats:

$ fluvio topic create cats
$ fluvio produce cats
> cat
Ok!
> dog
Ok!
> Cat

This consumer is using the SmartModule we just downloaded with --smartmodule, and is also configuring it with --params/-e.

$ fluvio consume -Bd --smartmodule infinyon/regex-filter@x.y.z --params regex='[Cc]at' cats
cats
Cats

The --transforms-file flag are for more complex transformations defined in a YAML file. See the Transformation Chaining page for more detail.

Use Multiple Transformations

Smartmodules handle chained transformations via a transforms.yaml file. Order matters here, so infinyon/jolt@x.y.z is first and infinyon/regex-filter@x.y.z is second.

transforms:
  - uses: infinyon/jolt@x.y.z
    with:
      spec:
        - operation: shift
          spec:
            fact: "animal.fact"
            length: "length"
  - uses: infinyon/regex-filter@x.y.z
    with:
      regex: "[Cc]at"
$ fluvio consume --transforms-file ./my-transforms.yaml cats

We'll leave this example as an exercise for the reader. Checkout Cloud Tutorials for additional examples.

See list of Downloaded SmartModules

$ fluvio smartmodule list
  SMARTMODULE                  SIZE
  infinyon/regex-filter@x.y.z  312.7 KB

Delete SmartModules

$ fluvio sm delete infinyon/json-sql@x.y.z
smartmodule "infinyon/json-sql@x.y.z" deleted

Use SmartModule with Connector

You can define transforms when you create connectors with transforms

apiVersion: 0.1.0
meta:
  version: x.y.z
  name: cat-facts
  type: http-source
  topic: cat-facts
  secrets:
    - name: AUTHORIZATION_TOKEN
http:
  endpoint: "https://catfact.ninja/fact"
  interval: 10s
  headers:
    - "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.AUTHORIZATION_TOKEN }}"
    - "Cache-Control: no-cache"
transforms:
  - uses: infinyon/jolt@x.y.z
    with:
      spec:
        - operation: shift
          spec:
            fact: "animal.fact"
            length: "length"
  - uses: infinyon/regex-filter@x.y.z
    with:
      regex: "[Cc]at"

Everything is in the config file. You create a connector as usual.

$ fluvio cloud connector create --config connector-example.yaml

Use SmartModule with Webhooks

You may also use SmartModules with Webhooks. This is a cloud-only feature.

meta:
  name: my-webhook
  topic: my-topic
transforms:
  - uses: infinyon/jolt@x.y.z
    with:
      spec:
        - operation: shift
          spec:
            fact: "animal.fact"
            length: "length"
  - uses: infinyon/regex-filter@x.y.z
    with:
      regex: "[Cc]at"
webhook:
  outputParts: body

The webhook configurations are applied using fluvio cloud CLI.

fluvio cloud webhook create --config example-webhook.yaml

For additional information, checkout Webhook Basics tutorial.

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