NAME
BGPmon::Fetch::Archive
The BGPmon::Fetch::Archive module, to connect to an online archive of BGP files, download XML files and read XML messages one at a time.
SYNOPSIS
The BGPmon::Fetch::Archive module provides functionality to connect to an BGP archive and read one XML message at a time.
use BGPmon::Fetch::Archive;
my $ret = init_bgpdata('scratch_dir' => '/tmp/',
'ignore_incomplete_data' => 1, 'ignore_data_errors' => 0);
my $ret = connect_archive('archive.netsec.colostate.edu/collectors/bgpdata-netsec/',
1234567890,2345678901);
my $xml_msg = read_xml_message();
my $ret = is_connected();
my $num_read = messages_read();
my $num_files = files_read();
my $uptime = uptime();
my $ret = close_connection();
my $downtime = connection_endtime();
my $duration = connection_duration();
EXPORT
init_bgpdata connect_archive read_xml_message close_connection is_connected messages_read files_read uptime connection_endtime connection_duration get_error_code get_error_message get_error_msg
SUBROUTINES/METHODS
init_bgpdata
Initializes the scratch directory and error-checking flags for the next archive connection. Input: The location to create a scratch directory in (default is /tmp) Whether to ignore potentially incomplete data (default is to check) Whether to ignore all data errors (must also specify ignore incomplete data flag as well) (default is to check) Output: 0 if initialization fails 1 if initialization succeeds Usage: my $ret = init_bgpdata('scratch_dir' => '/tmp', 'ignore_incomplete_data' => 1, 'ignore_data_errors' => 0);
connect_archive
Connects to an online archive.
Input: archive URL page for some collector (i.e. "archive.netsec.colostate.edu/bgpdata-netsec/") start/end (UNIX timestamps corresponding to the data interval the user wants)
Output: 0 on success, 1 on failure
Usage: my $ret = connect_archive( 'archive.netsec.colostate.edu/collectors/bgpdata-netsec', 1234567890, 2345678901);
read_xml_message
Reads the next XML message from the data source that is in the interval.
Input: None, but assumes connect_archive has been called
Output: The next XML message from the archive "stream" or undef
Usage: my $msg = read_xml_message();
close_connection
Function to close and delete any files and reset the module's state variables
Usage: close_connection();
is_connected
Function to report whether currently connected to an archive.
messages_read
Get number of messages read.
Usage: my $num_msgs = messages_read();
files_read
Get the number of files read.
Usage: my $num_files = files_read();
uptime
Returns number of seconds the connection has been up. If the connection is down, return 0.
Usage: my $time = uptime();
connection_endtime
Returns the time the connection ended . If the connection is up, return 0.
Usage: my $time = connection_endtime();
connection_duration
Returns the total time the last connection was up for. If the connection is up, returns 0.
NOTE: If a connection is currently established, call uptime().
Usage: my $dur = connection_duration();
get_error_code
Get the error code for a given function
Input : the name of the function whose error code we should report
Output: the function's error code or UNDEFINED_ARGUMENT if the user did not supply a function or INVALID_FUNCTION_SPECIFIED if the user provided an invalid function
Usage: my $err_code = get_error_code("connect_archive");
get_error_message
Get the error message of a given function
Input : the name of the function whose error message we should report
Output: the function's error message or UNDEFINED_ARGUMENT if the user did not supply a function or INVALID_FUNCTION_SPECIFIED if the user provided an invalid function
Usage: my $err_msg = get_error_message("read_xml_message");
get_error_msg
Shorthand call for get_error_message
ERROR CODES AND MESSAGES The following error codes and messages are defined:
0: No Error
'No Error'
401: A subroutine was missing an expected argument
'Undefined Argument(s)'
402: There is no active connection to an archive
'Not connected to an archive'
403: There is a currently-active connection to an archive
'Already connected to an archive'
404: The module was unable to find an HTML index page
or any download links on the index page
'Unable to find an index page'
405: A system call failed
'System call failed'
406: An invalid value was passed to a subroutine as an argument
'Invalid value given for argument'
407: The connection could not be initialized, either by a failure
to set the scratch directory, ignore-error flags, or
the first update file could not be loaded.
'Failed to initialize connection to archive'
408: A filesystem 'open' command failed
'File operation failed'
409: There was a failure trying to download a file
'Failed to download file'
410: An invalid XML message was read, or the end of the archive was read
'Invalid message read'
411: An invalid function name was passed to get_error_[code/message/msg]
'Invalid function specified'
412: User tried to ignore all data errors, but was checking for
incomplete data
'Cannot have ignore_incomplete_data off with ignore_data_errors on'
AUTHOR
Jason Bartlett, <bartletj at cs.colostate.edu>
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bgpmon at netsec.colostate.edu
, or through the web interface at http://bgpmon.netsec.colostate.edu.
SUPPORT
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc BGPmon::Fetch::Archive
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2012 Colorado State University
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
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File: Archive.pm
Authors: Jason Bartlett, Kaustubh Gadkari, Dan Massey, Cathie Olschanowsky
Date: 10 October 2013