openshift-docs/modules/serverless-containersource-guidelines.adoc

// Module included in the following assemblies:
//
// * /serverless/eventing/event-sources/serverless-custom-event-sources.adoc

:_content-type: REFERENCE
[id="serverless-containersource-guidelines_{context}"]
= Guidelines for creating a container image

Two environment variables are injected by the container source controller: `K_SINK` and `K_CE_OVERRIDES`. These variables are resolved from the `sink` and `ceOverrides` spec, respectively. Events are sent to the sink URI specified in the `K_SINK` environment variable. The message must be sent as a `POST` using the link:https://cloudevents.io/[`CloudEvent`] HTTP format.

.Example container images

The following is an example of a heartbeats container image:

[source,go]
----
package main

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"os"
	"strconv"
	"time"

	duckv1 "knative.dev/pkg/apis/duck/v1"

	cloudevents "github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2"
	"github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig"
)

type Heartbeat struct {
	Sequence int    `json:"id"`
	Label    string `json:"label"`
}

var (
	eventSource string
	eventType   string
	sink        string
	label       string
	periodStr   string
)

func init() {
	flag.StringVar(&eventSource, "eventSource", "", "the event-source (CloudEvents)")
	flag.StringVar(&eventType, "eventType", "dev.knative.eventing.samples.heartbeat", "the event-type (CloudEvents)")
	flag.StringVar(&sink, "sink", "", "the host url to heartbeat to")
	flag.StringVar(&label, "label", "", "a special label")
	flag.StringVar(&periodStr, "period", "5", "the number of seconds between heartbeats")
}

type envConfig struct {
	// Sink URL where to send heartbeat cloud events
	Sink string `envconfig:"K_SINK"`

	// CEOverrides are the CloudEvents overrides to be applied to the outbound event.
	CEOverrides string `envconfig:"K_CE_OVERRIDES"`

	// Name of this pod.
	Name string `envconfig:"POD_NAME" required:"true"`

	// Namespace this pod exists in.
	Namespace string `envconfig:"POD_NAMESPACE" required:"true"`

	// Whether to run continuously or exit.
	OneShot bool `envconfig:"ONE_SHOT" default:"false"`
}

func main() {
	flag.Parse()

	var env envConfig
	if err := envconfig.Process("", &env); err != nil {
		log.Printf("[ERROR] Failed to process env var: %s", err)
		os.Exit(1)
	}

	if env.Sink != "" {
		sink = env.Sink
	}

	var ceOverrides *duckv1.CloudEventOverrides
	if len(env.CEOverrides) > 0 {
		overrides := duckv1.CloudEventOverrides{}
		err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(env.CEOverrides), &overrides)
		if err != nil {
			log.Printf("[ERROR] Unparseable CloudEvents overrides %s: %v", env.CEOverrides, err)
			os.Exit(1)
		}
		ceOverrides = &overrides
	}

	p, err := cloudevents.NewHTTP(cloudevents.WithTarget(sink))
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create http protocol: %s", err.Error())
	}

	c, err := cloudevents.NewClient(p, cloudevents.WithUUIDs(), cloudevents.WithTimeNow())
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %s", err.Error())
	}

	var period time.Duration
	if p, err := strconv.Atoi(periodStr); err != nil {
		period = time.Duration(5) * time.Second
	} else {
		period = time.Duration(p) * time.Second
	}

	if eventSource == "" {
		eventSource = fmt.Sprintf("https://knative.dev/eventing-contrib/cmd/heartbeats/#%s/%s", env.Namespace, env.Name)
		log.Printf("Heartbeats Source: %s", eventSource)
	}

	if len(label) > 0 && label[0] == '"' {
		label, _ = strconv.Unquote(label)
	}
	hb := &Heartbeat{
		Sequence: 0,
		Label:    label,
	}
	ticker := time.NewTicker(period)
	for {
		hb.Sequence++

		event := cloudevents.NewEvent("1.0")
		event.SetType(eventType)
		event.SetSource(eventSource)
		event.SetExtension("the", 42)
		event.SetExtension("heart", "yes")
		event.SetExtension("beats", true)

		if ceOverrides != nil && ceOverrides.Extensions != nil {
			for n, v := range ceOverrides.Extensions {
				event.SetExtension(n, v)
			}
		}

		if err := event.SetData(cloudevents.ApplicationJSON, hb); err != nil {
			log.Printf("failed to set cloudevents data: %s", err.Error())
		}

		log.Printf("sending cloudevent to %s", sink)
		if res := c.Send(context.Background(), event); !cloudevents.IsACK(res) {
			log.Printf("failed to send cloudevent: %v", res)
		}

		if env.OneShot {
			return
		}

		// Wait for next tick
		<-ticker.C
	}
}
----

The following is an example of a container source that references the previous heartbeats container image:

[source,yaml]
----
apiVersion: sources.knative.dev/v1
kind: ContainerSource
metadata:
  name: test-heartbeats
spec:
  template:
    spec:
      containers:
        # This corresponds to a heartbeats image URI that you have built and published
        - image: gcr.io/knative-releases/knative.dev/eventing/cmd/heartbeats
          name: heartbeats
          args:
            - --period=1
          env:
            - name: POD_NAME
              value: "example-pod"
            - name: POD_NAMESPACE
              value: "event-test"
  sink:
    ref:
      apiVersion: serving.knative.dev/v1
      kind: Service
      name: example-service
...
----