Simulate random errors

The on_simulate: command will only be used by the automation editor’s simulator. It can be useful when you want to test a command without actually executing it. You can further use simulate_success: and simulate_error: to mock their respective outcomes.

In this example, we are randomly simulating both successful and failed HTTP requests.

• automation
• policy

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  start:
    http.request/get:
      output: http_response
      inputs:
        method: GET
        url: https://cerb.ai/
      on_simulate:
        decision:
          outcome/error500:
            if@bool: {{0 == random(1)}}
            then:
              simulate.error:
                status_code@int: 500
                body: Error!
          outcome/ok200:
            then:
              simulate.success:
                status_code@int: 200
                body: Success!
      on_error:
        log.error: This is an error message
      on_success:
  
  

  The random(1) function returns a value of 0 or 1 (50% chance of either outcome).

  simulate.success: mocks the http.request: response and triggers the on_success: event.

  simulate.error: triggers the on_error: event. This way you can test failure modes on command and make sure your error handling works as intended.

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  commands:
    http.request:
      deny/method@bool: {{inputs.method not in ['GET']}}
      allow@bool: yes