Auto-Mate

Auto-mate is a automation tool that takes in JSON formatted files and runs a series of (mostly) HTTP commands based on them

Running Example

Currently, to run the below sample, simply build the program and run it with an argument that points to the location of ExampleInput.txt

Example

The below block features most of the existing features of Auto-Mate,

• A HTTPRequestAction action named location that takes in a url as it's option, this makes a call to the provided url and stores the response
• Following this another request is made named sunset this takes two specific fields from location, namely location.latitude and location.longtitude, the values get subtituted into the string and another request is made and it's response stored
• A GateAction then takes place, this essentially acts as an if check, if sunset.status gave the expected value (in this case "OK") then the code will continue, else it will stop here"
• Finally a PrintAction takes place, for our example it prints out the time that sunset occurs in the users location

{
  "actions": [
    {
      "type": "HTTPRequestAction",
      "name": "location",
      "options": {
        "url": "http://free.ipwhois.io/json/"
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "HTTPRequestAction",
      "name": "sunset",
      "options": {
        "url": "https://api.sunrise-sunset.org/json?lat={{location.latitude}}&lng={{location.longitude}}"
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "GateAction",
      "name": "gate",
      "options": {
        "value": "{{sunset.status}}",
	      "expected": "OK"
      }
    }
    {
      "type": "PrintAction",
      "name": "print",
      "options": {
        "message": "Sunset in {{location.city}}, {{location.country}} is at {{sunset.results.sunset}}"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Currently Supported Types

• HTTPRequestAction
• PrintAction
• GateAction

In theory it could support emails, which would act essentially like print actions, but sending the output to a specific email address, though this would require the infrastructure needed to send emails which is currently not implemented