- customisable time format

- custom messages
- configure threshold count instead of uptime %

config.go

@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 type CachetMonitor struct {
-	SystemName  string                   `json:"system_name"`
+	SystemName  string                   `json:"system_name" yaml:"system_name"`
+	DateFormat  string                   `json:"date_format" yaml:"date_format"`
 	API         CachetAPI                `json:"api"`
 	RawMonitors []map[string]interface{} `json:"monitors" yaml:"monitors"`
 
-	Monitors []MonitorInterface `json:"-" yaml:"-"`
-
-	Immediate bool `json:"-" yaml:"-"`
+	Monitors  []MonitorInterface `json:"-" yaml:"-"`
+	Immediate bool               `json:"-" yaml:"-"`
 }
 
 // Validate configuration
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ func (cfg *CachetMonitor) Validate() bool {
 		cfg.SystemName = getHostname()
 	}
 
+	if len(cfg.DateFormat) == 0 {
+		cfg.DateFormat = DefaultTimeFormat
+	}
+
 	if len(cfg.API.Token) == 0 || len(cfg.API.URL) == 0 {
 		logrus.Warnf("API URL or API Token missing.\nGet help at https://github.com/castawaylabs/cachet-monitor")
 		valid = false
@@ -74,3 +78,11 @@ func GetMonitorType(t string) string {
 
 	return t
 }
+
+func getTemplateData(monitor *AbstractMonitor) map[string]interface{} {
+	return map[string]interface{}{
+		"SystemName": monitor.config.SystemName,
+		"API":        monitor.config.API,
+		"Monitor":    monitor,
+	}
+}