Backends

Stdout (default)

The default behavior of Situation is to print the final payload to stdout.

CLIYAML

situation --backends.stdout.enabled=false

backends:
    stdout:
        enabled: false

Warning

Due to a bug in a third party library, the enabled attribute cannot be changed in the configuration file (see this issue)

File

The payload can also be stored in a file.

CLIYAML

situation --backends.file.enabled=true --backends.file.format=json --backends.file.path=/tmp/situation.json

backends:
    file:
        enabled: true
        format: json
        path: /tmp/situation.json

HTTP

Finally, the http backend is very convenient to send the payload (json) directly to a remote server.

CLIYAML

situation --backends.http.enabled=true --backends.http.url=http://localhost:8000/situation/ --backends.http.method=POST --backends.http.header.content-type=application/json --backends.http.header.authorization="Bearer <APIKEY>" 

backends:
    http:
        enabled: true
        url: http://localhost:8000/situation/
        method: POST
        header:
            content-type: application/json
            authorization: "Bearer <APIKEY>"