Boomcatch failing when forwarder is provided

[sameer2904]

Hi,

I am trying to implement boomcatch either as a standalone or as a middleware in my node project. FOr the standalone I am using this command to run:-

boomcatch --host 127.0.0.1 --port 3001 --path /perf/beacon --forwarder http --fwdUrl /perf/beacon --fwdPort 3000 --fwdMethod POST --fwdHost 127.0.0.1

but this is failing for the reason:

/usr/local/lib/node_modules/boomcatch/node_modules/check-types/src/check-types.js:643
throw new Error(message || 'Assertion failed');
^

Error: Invalid string
at assertImpl (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/boomcatch/node_modules/check-types/src/check-types.js:643:19)
at assertPredicate (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/boomcatch/node_modules/check-types/src/check-types.js:638:9)
at Function.match (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/boomcatch/node_modules/check-types/src/check-types.js:632:13)
at verifyForwarderOptions (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/boomcatch/src/index.js:254:26)
at verifyOptions (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/boomcatch/src/index.js:173:5)
at Object.exports.listen (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/boomcatch/src/index.js:130:9)
at runServer (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/boomcatch/src/cli.js:90:10)
at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/boomcatch/src/cli.js:30:1)
at Module._compile (module.js:635:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:646:10)

But if I remove it works but the beacon data captured, I need to make a post call another node project to save it. But its not making the call. This node has the api POST -- localhost:3000/perf/beacon.

Can you please suggest what is the issues here.

[jpw]

Hi sameer2904,

Thanks for raising the issue.

boomcatch --host 127.0.0.1 --port 3001 --path /perf/beacon --forwarder http --fwdUrl /perf/beacon --fwdPort 3000 --fwdMethod POST --fwdHost 127.0.0.1

I think the problem is here: --fwdUrl /perf/beacon -- that argument needs to be a URL, but /perf/beacon is a path. So for example, something like --fwdUrl http://127.0.0.1/perf/beacon should work

It does seem to me boomcatch could output a more useful error message though...