now we could run: sca start -a xx -a yy -f tools/agents.json

scalpels/cli/actions/start.py

@@ -2,22 +2,38 @@
 #-*- coding:utf-8 -*-
 # Author: Kun Huang <academicgareth@gmail.com>
 
+import os
+import json
 from scalpels.db import api as db_api
 
-def _parse_agent_from_config(config):
+def _parse_agents_from_args(config):
+    parsed_agents = set()
     if config.get("agent") is None:
-        return config
-    parsed_agents = []
+        return parsed_agents
     for ag in config.get("agent"):
-        parsed_agents.extend(ag.split(","))
+        parsed_agents |= set(ag.split(","))
     config.update({"agent":parsed_agents})
-    return config
+    return parsed_agents
 
 
+def _parse_agents_from_file(config):
+    parsed_agents = set()
+    if config.get("file") is None:
+        return parsed_agents
+    fpath = config.get("file")
+    if not os.path.isfile(fpath):
+        return parsed_agents
+    with open(fpath) as f:
+        data = json.load(f)
+    for ag in data["agents"]:
+        parsed_agents.add(ag["name"])
+    return parsed_agents
+
 def run(config):
-    config = _parse_agent_from_config(config)
     print "command start: %s" % config
-    data = [config]
+    agents = _parse_agents_from_args(config)
+    agents |= _parse_agents_from_file(config)
+    data = {"agents": list(agents)}
     rets = []
     ret = db_api.result_create(data)
     rets.append(ret.uuid)

tools/agents.json

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "agents": [
+        {
+            "name": "mysql"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "rabbit"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "traffic"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "rpctraffic"
+        }
+    ]
+}