Filecatalyst | Workload Automation

| Action | Endpoint | Method | |--------|----------|--------| | Trigger transfer | /api/transfer | POST | | Get transfer status | /api/transfer/id | GET | | List active transfers | /api/transfers | GET | | Create user | /api/users | POST |

Use a script that scrapes API and exposes metrics: filecatalyst workload automation

# Poll for completion while True: status = requests.get(f"API_BASE/transfer/transfer_id", headers=headers) if status.json()["state"] == "COMPLETED": break time.sleep(5) return True run_transfer("/data/sales.csv", "/incoming/sales.csv") run_transfer("/data/inventory.xml", "/incoming/inventory.xml") print("All workloads completed") 3. Advanced Workload Patterns Pattern 1: Parallel Transfers (Multi-Threaded) Use xargs or Python ThreadPoolExecutor to send multiple files simultaneously. Pattern 4: Error Handling & Retries Wrap CLI

*/30 * * * * /usr/local/bin/fta-cli --server backup.host --put /var/logs/system.log --target /logs/$(date +\%Y\%m\%d)/ >> /var/log/fc_cron.log 2>&1 Create XML task to run fta-cli with arguments. Pattern 4: Error Handling & Retries Wrap CLI calls with retry logic. filecatalyst workload automation

fta-cli --server hostname --port 21 --username user --password pass \ --put /local/file.txt --target /remote/destination/