MongoDB GridFS

Since Camel 2.18

Both producer and consumer are supported

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml for this component:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-mongodb-gridfs</artifactId>
    <version>x.y.z</version>
    <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

URI format

mongodb-gridfs:connectionBean?database=databaseName&bucket=bucketName[&moreOptions...]

MongoDB GridFS options

The MongoDB GridFS component supports 3 options, which are listed below.

Name Description Default Type

bridgeErrorHandler (consumer)

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

boolean

lazyStartProducer (producer)

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

boolean

basicPropertyBinding (advanced)

Whether the component should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities

false

boolean

The MongoDB GridFS endpoint is configured using URI syntax:

mongodb-gridfs:connectionBean

with the following path and query parameters:

Path Parameters (1 parameters):

Name Description Default Type

connectionBean

Required Name of com.mongodb.client.MongoClient to use.

String

Query Parameters (18 parameters):

Name Description Default Type

bucket (common)

Sets the name of the GridFS bucket within the database. Default is fs.

fs

String

database (common)

Required Sets the name of the MongoDB database to target

String

readPreference (common)

Sets a MongoDB ReadPreference on the Mongo connection. Read preferences set directly on the connection will be overridden by this setting. The com.mongodb.ReadPreference#valueOf(String) utility method is used to resolve the passed readPreference value. Some examples for the possible values are nearest, primary or secondary etc.

ReadPreference

writeConcern (common)

Set the WriteConcern for write operations on MongoDB using the standard ones. Resolved from the fields of the WriteConcern class by calling the WriteConcern#valueOf(String) method. The value can be one of: ACKNOWLEDGED, W1, W2, W3, UNACKNOWLEDGED, JOURNALED, MAJORITY

WriteConcern

bridgeErrorHandler (consumer)

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

boolean

delay (consumer)

Sets the delay between polls within the Consumer. Default is 500ms

500

long

fileAttributeName (consumer)

If the QueryType uses a FileAttribute, this sets the name of the attribute that is used. Default is camel-processed.

camel-processed

String

initialDelay (consumer)

Sets the initialDelay before the consumer will start polling. Default is 1000ms

1000

long

persistentTSCollection (consumer)

If the QueryType uses a persistent timestamp, this sets the name of the collection within the DB to store the timestamp.

camel-timestamps

String

persistentTSObject (consumer)

If the QueryType uses a persistent timestamp, this is the ID of the object in the collection to store the timestamp.

camel-timestamp

String

query (consumer)

Additional query parameters (in JSON) that are used to configure the query used for finding files in the GridFsConsumer

String

queryStrategy (consumer)

Sets the QueryStrategy that is used for polling for new files. Default is Timestamp. The value can be one of: TimeStamp, PersistentTimestamp, FileAttribute, TimeStampAndFileAttribute, PersistentTimestampAndFileAttribute

TimeStamp

QueryStrategy

exceptionHandler (consumer)

To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this option is not in use. By default the consumer will deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

ExceptionHandler

exchangePattern (consumer)

Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange. The value can be one of: InOnly, InOut, InOptionalOut

ExchangePattern

lazyStartProducer (producer)

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

boolean

operation (producer)

Sets the operation this endpoint will execute against GridFs.

String

basicPropertyBinding (advanced)

Whether the endpoint should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities

false

boolean

synchronous (advanced)

Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used, or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported).

false

boolean

Configuration of database in Spring XML

The following Spring XML creates a bean defining the connection to a MongoDB instance.

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
    <bean id="mongoBean" class="com.mongodb.Mongo">
        <constructor-arg name="host" value="${mongodb.host}" />
        <constructor-arg name="port" value="${mongodb.port}" />
    </bean>
</beans>

Sample route

The following route defined in Spring XML executes the operation findOne on a collection.

Get a file from GridFS

<route>
  <from uri="direct:start" />
  <!-- using bean 'mongoBean' defined above -->
  <to uri="mongodb-gridfs:mongoBean?database=${mongodb.database}&amp;operation=findOne" />
  <to uri="direct:result" />
</route>

GridFS operations - producer endpoint

count

Returns the total number of file in the collection, returning an Integer as the OUT message body.

// from("direct:count").to("mongodb-gridfs?database=tickets&operation=count");
Integer result = template.requestBodyAndHeader("direct:count", "irrelevantBody");
assertTrue("Result is not of type Long", result instanceof Integer);

You can provide a filename header to provide a count of files matching that filename.

Map<String, Object> headers = new HashMap<String, Object>();
headers.put(Exchange.FILE_NAME, "filename.txt");
Integer count = template.requestBodyAndHeaders("direct:count", query, headers);

listAll

Returns an Reader that lists all the filenames and their IDs in a tab separated stream.

// from("direct:listAll").to("mongodb-gridfs?database=tickets&operation=listAll");
Reader result = template.requestBodyAndHeader("direct:listAll", "irrelevantBody");

filename1.txt   1252314321
filename2.txt   2897651254

findOne

Finds a file in the GridFS system and sets the body to an InputStream of the content. Also provides the metadata has headers. It uses Exchange.FILE_NAME from the incoming headers to determine the file to find.

// from("direct:findOne").to("mongodb-gridfs?database=tickets&operation=findOne");
Map<String, Object> headers = new HashMap<String, Object>();
headers.put(Exchange.FILE_NAME, "filename.txt");
InputStream result = template.requestBodyAndHeaders("direct:findOne", "irrelevantBody", headers);

create

Creates a new file in the GridFs database. It uses the Exchange.FILE_NAME from the incoming headers for the name and the body contents (as an InputStream) as the content.

// from("direct:create").to("mongodb-gridfs?database=tickets&operation=create");
Map<String, Object> headers = new HashMap<String, Object>();
headers.put(Exchange.FILE_NAME, "filename.txt");
InputStream stream = ... the data for the file ...
template.requestBodyAndHeaders("direct:create", stream, headers);

remove

Removes a file from the GridFS database.

// from("direct:remove").to("mongodb-gridfs?database=tickets&operation=remove");
Map<String, Object> headers = new HashMap<String, Object>();
headers.put(Exchange.FILE_NAME, "filename.txt");
template.requestBodyAndHeaders("direct:remove", "", headers);

Spring Boot Auto-Configuration

When using mongodb-gridfs with Spring Boot make sure to use the following Maven dependency to have support for auto configuration:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-mongodb-gridfs-starter</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
  <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

The component supports 4 options, which are listed below.

Name Description Default Type

camel.component.mongodb-gridfs.basic-property-binding

Whether the component should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities

false

Boolean

camel.component.mongodb-gridfs.bridge-error-handler

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

Boolean

camel.component.mongodb-gridfs.enabled

Whether to enable auto configuration of the mongodb-gridfs component. This is enabled by default.

Boolean

camel.component.mongodb-gridfs.lazy-start-producer

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

Boolean
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