switchboard.py

"""
Class that receives alerts, and dispatches them to the registered endpoint.
"""

from twisted.logger import Logger
log = Logger()

from exception import DuplicateChannel, InvalidChannel

class Switchboard(object):
    def __init__(self,):
        """Return a new Switchboard instance."""
        self.input_channels = {}
        self.output_channels = {}
        log.info('Canarytokens switchboard started')


    def add_input_channel(self, name=None, channel=None):
        """Register a new input channel with the switchboard.

        Arguments:
        name -- unique name for the input channel
        formatters -- a dict in the form { TYPE: METHOD,...} used to lookup
                      the channel's format method depending on the alert type
        """
        if self.input_channels.has_key(name):
            raise DuplicateChannel()

        self.input_channels[name] = channel

    def add_output_channel(self, name=None, channel=None):
        """Register a new output channel with the switchboard.

        Arguments:
        name -- unique name for the input channel
        formatters -- a dict in the form { TYPE: METHOD,...} used to lookup
                      the channel's format method depending on the alert type
        """
        if self.output_channels.has_key(name):
            raise DuplicateChannel()

        self.output_channels[name] = channel

    def dispatch(self, input_channel=None, canarydrop=None, **kwargs):
        """Calls the correct alerting method for the trigger and channel combination.

        For now it prints to stdout.

        TODO: this spawns threads to actually do the alerting

        Arguments:
        input_channel -- name of the channel on which the alert originated
        canarydrop -- a Canarydrop instance
        **kwargs -- passed to the channel instance's formatter methods
        """
        try:
            if not self.input_channels.has_key(input_channel):
                raise InvalidChannel()

            canarydrop.add_canarydrop_hit(input_channel=input_channel, **kwargs)

            if not canarydrop.alertable():
                log.warn('Token {token} is not alertable at this stage.'\
                        .format(token=canarydrop.canarytoken.value()))
                return

            #update accounting info
            canarydrop.alerting(input_channel=input_channel,**kwargs)

            for requested_output_channel in canarydrop.get_requested_output_channels():
                try:
                    output_channel = self.output_channels[requested_output_channel]
                    output_channel.send_alert(canarydrop=canarydrop,
                                              input_channel=self.input_channels[input_channel],
                                              **kwargs)
                except KeyError as e:
                    raise Exception('Error sending alert: {err}'.format(err=e.message))
        except Exception as e:
            log.error('Exception occurred in switchboard dispatch: {err}'.format(err=e))