Generator.md

Input: Generator

The Generator input can be used to Generate log files for test purposes.

Parameters

The following parameters are allowed when configuring the test log Generator.

Parameter	Type	Description	Details	Default
type	string	Message type		Win32-InputGen
message	string	Message format to send		Hello, World!
count	integer	Number of messages to generate	0 - Infinite, otherwise that number	0
rate	integer	Sleep time between generated messages	Milliseconds	10
codec	object	Codec to use

Example: Generate 100000 "Hello Win32-InputGen" messages

{
    "TimberWinR": {
        "Inputs": {
            "Generator": [
                {
                   "message":  "Hello %{type}",
                   "count": 100000
                }
            ]
		}
	}
}

Fields

After a successful parse of the generated line, the following fields are added:

Name	Type	Description
Message	STRING	Text line content