[MDEP-658] Send dependency tree output to HTTP endpoints

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 3.1.1
• Component/s: tree
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Esteban Cristóbal Rodríguez
• Created: 09/Aug/19 14:57
• Updated: 07/Mar/20 12:46
• Resolved: 07/Mar/20 12:37

Description

Apart from writing the dependency tree on console or in a file, it would be useful if it could be sent over HTTP to be processed by a third-party service, such a ELK stack or some other tool that could process it.

After a quick overview of the source code, it seems that the following task should be made to implement this enhancement:

• Define a new property to store the service URL.
• Apply the Strategy and Abstract Factory design patterns to implement in an extensible way the runtime selection of dependency tree output.
• Define properties to store authentication data required by HTTP endpoints.
• Implement support for HTTP authentication: basic on a first step, and OAuth2 later on.