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Generate

Generate is an input component that generates test data.

Configuration​

context​

The context is a JSON object that will be used to generate the data. The JSON object will be serialized to bytes and sent as message content.

type: string

count​

The total number of data points to generate. If not specified, the generator will run indefinitely until manually stopped.

type: integer

optional: true

interval​

The interval is the time between each data point.

type: string

example: 1ms, 1s, 1m, 1h, 1d

batch_size​

The batch size is the number of data points to generate at each interval. If the remaining count is less than batch_size, only the remaining messages will be sent.

type: integer

default: 1

Examples​

  - input:
      type: "generate"
      context: '{ "timestamp": 1625000000000, "value": 10, "sensor": "temp_1" }'
      interval: 1ms
      batch_size: 1000
      count: 10000  # Optional: generate 10000 messages in total