add_attribute/dedupe_lookups not working about nri-flex

[Kav91]

Hey @gabrielnewrelic, dedupe_lookups is available to the new native lookups.
In the info about that feature the hyperlink refers to this implementation here -> https://github.com/newrelic/nri-flex/blob/master/docs/basics/functions.md#lookups

Your example is using a lookup generated from store_lookups. This is now simplified with the doc mentioned.

add_attribute is for building new attributes from existing attributes, the functionality is different to custom_attributes.

eg.

integrations:
  - name: nri-flex
    interval: 30s
    config:
      name: addTest
      apis:
        - url: https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users/1
          add_attribute:
            newAttr: myNewAttr_${name}_${username}_${email}

I don't believe there is any issue here, but we should improve the docs to direct users to look at the new lookup feature first. Let me know if that all makes sense or if there is still any issues.

[gabrielnewrelic]

Hi Kav, thank you for the prompt reply. So I tried a few different things with dedupe_lookups:

- event_type: JenkinJobsLookup
    url: /api/json?tree=jobs[name]
    ignore_output: true
- event_type: JenkinsBuilds
    url: /job/${lookup.JenkinJobsLookupSample:name}/api/json?tree=allBuilds[*]
    dedupe_lookups:
      - name

also tried without Sample

- event_type: JenkinJobsLookup
     url: /api/json?tree=jobs[name]
     ignore_output: true
- event_type: JenkinsBuilds
     url: /job/${lookup.JenkinJobsLookup:name}/api/json?tree=allBuilds[*]
     dedupe_lookups:
       - name

It is not recognizing the variable and return nothing on the second call. I can send you the full example if you want to replicate. Thank you