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New Contributor III

8 years ago

File Listener Functionality

Does snapLogic provide any sort of file listener functionality to start a pipeline?

Former Employee

8 years ago

You might want to look into the FilePoller snap. You can then use a PipelineExecute snap to kick off a pipeline.

New Contributor II

7 years ago

i think fileListener is diff from filePoller. i think the filelistener feature is very important. Many integration tools (like iWay and IIB) have this feature.

tstack
Former Employee
7 years ago

tochen_snap:

i think fileListener is diff from filePoller. i think the filelistener feature is very important. Many integration tools (like iWay and IIB) have this feature.

Can you explain how it is different? What behavior is missing from the FilePoller?
- tochen_snap
  New Contributor II
  7 years ago
  The FileListener should be something like JMSConsumer. The FileListener processes a file only once and It need to remove out/delete the file after processed.
- tochen_snap
  New Contributor II
  7 years ago
  The FileListener should be something like JMSConsumer. The FileListener processes a file only once. The processed files need to be deleted or moved out. This is very important. The FilePoller just polls the folder. Each time the polling result is the same.
  - tstack
    Former Employee
    7 years ago
    
    tochen_snap:
    
    The FileListener should be something like JMSConsumer . The FileListener processes a file only once . The processed files need to be deleted or moved out. This is very important. The FilePoller just polls the folder. Each time the polling result is the same.
    
    Indeed, the poller should only be outputting a document if the file changed since the last time it was seen. I’ll follow up on that.