require 'fluent/plugin/input'
​
module Fluent::Plugin
  class ExampleInput < Input
    Fluent::Plugin.register_input('example', self)
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    # 1. load parser helper
    helpers :parser
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    # omit shutdown and other plugin API
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    def configure(conf)
      super
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      # 2. Create parser plugin instance
      @parser = parser_create
    end
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    def start
      super
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      # use parser helper in combination with other plugin helpers usually
      timer_execute(:example_timer, 10) do
        read_raw_data do |text|
          # 3. call @parser.parse(text) to parse raw data
          @parser.parse(text) do |time, record|
            router.emit(tag, time, record)
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

# Create parser plugin instance using <parse> section in fluent.conf during configure phase
@parser = parser_create
@parser.parse(text) do |time, record|
  ...
end
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# Create JSON parser
@json_parser = parser_create(usage: 'parser_in_example_json', type: 'json')
@json_parser.parse(json) do |time, record|
  ...
end
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# Create MessagePack paser
@msgpack_parser = parser_create(usage: 'parser_in_example_msgpack', type: 'msgpack')
@msgpack_parser.parse(msgpack_binary) do |time, record|
   ...
end