From 346dabf82308c1a606e057cf8beb81c2b5459779 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Hager <chris@linuxuser.at>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 13:54:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] support plain text message api

---
 cmd/system-api/server.go | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmd/system-api/server.go b/cmd/system-api/server.go
index 2a2d2f6..a18d3fc 100644
--- a/cmd/system-api/server.go
+++ b/cmd/system-api/server.go
@@ -162,6 +162,21 @@ func (s *Server) handleGetEvents(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	s.eventsLock.RLock()
 	defer s.eventsLock.RUnlock()
 
+	// respond either as JSON or plain text
+	if r.URL.Query().Get("format") == "text" {
+		// write events as plain text response
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain")
+		for _, event := range s.events {
+			_, err := w.Write([]byte(event.ReceivedAt.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05 UTC") + " \t " + event.Message + "\n"))
+			if err != nil {
+				s.log.Error("Failed to write event", "err", err)
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				return
+			}
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
 	// write events as JSON response
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(s.events)