Chef activity: Get Recipes The Get Recipes activity retrieves all recipes stored in a version of a cookbook. Unlike the Get Cookbook Data activity, the Get Recipes activity does not get attribute information. The activity stores retrieved recipes in the recipes sensor script variable as an array of JavaScript objects. Each object in this array contains the following fields, as well as all fields returned by the Chef Request activity: Table 1. Array object fields Object Definition cookbook_name The name of the cookbook, passed in the Cookbook data activity input variable cookbook_version The version of the cookbook, passed in the Cookbook data activity input variable recipes An array of JavaScript objects that lists the recipes contained in the cookbook. Each object in this array contains the name of a single recipe and the description of that recipe Table 2. Results table Result Definition Success The Chef request was successful Failure The Chef request failed, the Chef server was unavailable, or the Chef server rejected the supplied credentials Table 3. Input variables table Field Description Cookbook data An array of JavaScript objects that lists the cookbooks to get recipes from. Each object in the array contains the following fields: cookbook_name: the name of the cookbook to get recipes from. cookbook_version: the version of the cookbook to get recipes from.
Chef activity: Get Recipes The Get Recipes activity retrieves all recipes stored in a version of a cookbook. Unlike the Get Cookbook Data activity, the Get Recipes activity does not get attribute information. The activity stores retrieved recipes in the recipes sensor script variable as an array of JavaScript objects. Each object in this array contains the following fields, as well as all fields returned by the Chef Request activity: Table 1. Array object fields Object Definition cookbook_name The name of the cookbook, passed in the Cookbook data activity input variable cookbook_version The version of the cookbook, passed in the Cookbook data activity input variable recipes An array of JavaScript objects that lists the recipes contained in the cookbook. Each object in this array contains the name of a single recipe and the description of that recipe Table 2. Results table Result Definition Success The Chef request was successful Failure The Chef request failed, the Chef server was unavailable, or the Chef server rejected the supplied credentials Table 3. Input variables table Field Description Cookbook data An array of JavaScript objects that lists the cookbooks to get recipes from. Each object in the array contains the following fields: cookbook_name: the name of the cookbook to get recipes from. cookbook_version: the version of the cookbook to get recipes from.
