Fake Data Scheduler script, example of POSTing data directly to the InfluxDB HTTP API

fake_data_scheduler.sh

#!/bin/bash

__randomWithRange() {
# http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/randomvar.html
# USAGE: __randomWithRange FLOOR CEILING
local number=0   #initialize
while [ "$number" -le $1 ]
do
  number=$RANDOM
  let "number %= $2"  # Scales $number down within $RANGE.
done
echo $number
}
declare url='http://weatherspot.us:8086/db/weather/series?u=root&p=root'


declare temperature="$(__randomWithRange 65 76)"
declare humidity="$(__randomWithRange 25 45)"
declare pressure="$(__randomWithRange 40 75)"
declare lighting="$(__randomWithRange 35 65)"

declare json="[{\"name\" : \"Downtown\",\"columns\" : [\"temperature\", \"humidity\", \"pressure\", \"lighting\"],\"points\" : [[${temperature}, ${humidity}, ${pressure}, ${lighting}]]}]"

echo "URL:"
echo ${url}
echo "POSTING:"
echo ${json}

curl -X POST "${url}" --data "${json}"