post event clean up and simple version

Author: 03cranec

README.md

@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ You can use this method you use to send an event to Sysdig Cloud. The events you
 **Success Return Value**  
 A dictionary describing the new event.  
 **Example**  
+[examples/post_event_simple.py](examples/post_event_simple.py)
 [examples/post_event.py](examples/post_event.py).  
 
 #### `update_notification_resolution(self, notification, resolved)`

examples/post_event.py

@@ -6,45 +6,37 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import json
+import argparse
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0])), '..'))
 from sdcclient import SdcClient
 
 #
 # Parse arguments
 #
-if len(sys.argv) < 3:
-    print 'usage: %s <sysdig-token> <name> [description] [severity] [scope] [tags]' % sys.argv[0]
-    print ' sysdig-token: You can find your token at https://app.sysdigcloud.com/#/settings/user'
-    print ' severity: syslog style from 0 (high) to 7 (low)'
-    print ' scope: metadata, in Sysdig Cloud format, of nodes to associate with the event, eg: \'host.hostName = "ip-10-1-1-1" and container.name = "foo"\''
-    print ' tags: dictionary of arbitrary key-value pairs, eg: \'{"app":"my_app", "file":"text.py"}\''
-    sys.exit(1)
-
-sdc_token = sys.argv[1]
-name = sys.argv[2]
-kwargs = {}
-
-if len(sys.argv) > 3:
-    kwargs['description'] = sys.argv[3]
-
-if len(sys.argv) > 4:
-    kwargs['severity'] = int(sys.argv[4])
-
-if len(sys.argv) > 5:
-    kwargs['event_filter'] = sys.argv[5] 
+# Usage: post_event.py [-h] [-d DESCRIPTION] [-s SEVERITY] [-c SCOPE] [-t TAGS] sysdig_token name
+#
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument('-d','--description')
+parser.add_argument('-s','--severity', help='syslog style from 0 (high) to 7 (low)')
+parser.add_argument('-c','--scope', help='metadata, in Sysdig Cloud format, of nodes to associate with the event, eg: \'host.hostName = "ip-10-1-1-1" and container.name = "foo"\'')
+parser.add_argument('-t','--tags', help='dictionary of arbitrary key-value pairs, eg: \'{"app":"my_app", "file":"text.py"}\'')
+parser.add_argument('sysdig_token', help='You can find your token at https://app.sysdigcloud.com/#/settings/user')
+parser.add_argument('name')
+args = parser.parse_args()
 
-if len(sys.argv) > 6:
-    kwargs['tags'] = json.loads(sys.argv[6])
+tags=None
+if args.tags:
+    tags=json.loads(args.tags)
 
 #
 # Instantiate the SDC client
 #
-sdclient = SdcClient(sdc_token)
+sdclient = SdcClient(args.sysdig_token)
 
 #
 # Post the event using post_event(self, name, description=None, severity=None, event_filter=None, tags=None)
 #
-res = sdclient.post_event(name, **kwargs)
+res = sdclient.post_event(args.name, args.description, args.severity, args.scope, tags)
 
 #
 # Return the result

examples/post_event_simple.py

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Post a user event to Sysdig Cloud
+#
+
+import os
+import sys
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0])), '..'))
+from sdcclient import SdcClient
+
+#
+# Parse arguments
+#
+if len(sys.argv) < 4:
+    print 'usage: %s <sysdig-token> name description [severity]' % sys.argv[0]
+    print 'You can find your token at https://app.sysdigcloud.com/#/settings/user'
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+sdc_token = sys.argv[1]
+name = sys.argv[2]
+description = sys.argv[3]
+
+severity = 6
+if len(sys.argv) < 4:
+    severity = int(sys.argv[4])
+
+#
+# Instantiate the SDC client
+#
+sdclient = SdcClient(sdc_token)
+
+#
+# Post the event
+#
+res = sdclient.post_event(name, description, severity, tags={"tag1" : "value1"})
+
+#
+# Return the result
+#
+if res[0]:
+    print 'Event Posted Successfully'
+else:
+    print res[1]
+    sys.exit(1)