Method run

contrib/examples/sensors/sample_sensor.py:35–50

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        pass

    def run(self):
        # This is where the crux of the sensor work goes.
        # This is called once by the system.
        # (If you want to sleep for regular intervals and keep
        # interacting with your external system, you'd inherit from PollingSensor.)
        # For example, let's consider a simple flask app. You'd run the flask app here.
        # You can dispatch triggers using sensor_service like so:
        # self.sensor_service(trigger, payload, trace_tag)
        #   # You can refer to the trigger as dict
        #   # { "name": ${trigger_name}, "pack": ${trigger_pack} }
        #   # or just simply by reference as string.
        #   # i.e. dispatch(${trigger_pack}.${trigger_name}, payload)
        #   # E.g.: dispatch('examples.foo_sensor', {'k1': 'stuff', 'k2': 'foo'})
        #   # trace_tag is a tag you would like to associate with the dispatched TriggerInstance
        #   # Typically the trace_tag is unique and a reference to an external event.
        pass

    def cleanup(self):
        # This is called when the st2 system goes down. You can perform cleanup operations like