package v1 import ( "encoding/json" "github.com/coreos/etcd/store" "net/http" ) // Watches a given key prefix for changes. func WatchKeyHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, s Server) error { var err error vars := mux.Vars(req) key := "/" + vars["key"] // Create a command to watch from a given index (default 0). sinceIndex := 0 if req.Method == "POST" { sinceIndex, err = strconv.ParseUint(string(req.FormValue("index")), 10, 64) if err != nil { return etcdErr.NewError(203, "Watch From Index", store.UndefIndex, store.UndefTerm) } } // Start the watcher on the store. c, err := s.Store().Watch(key, false, sinceIndex, s.CommitIndex(), s.Term()) if err != nil { return etcdErr.NewError(500, key, store.UndefIndex, store.UndefTerm) } event := <-c event, _ := event.(*store.Event) response := eventToResponse(event) b, _ := json.Marshal(response) w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK) w.Write(b) return nil }