commlib-cli

Broker-transparent CLI for ReqResp and PubSub communication using commlib-py.

Installation

If you don't already have commlib-py please proceed before installing this CLI.

If you don't use pipsi, you're missing out. Here are installation instructions.

Install in userspace in devel mode (Working on a fix to work via pip installation)

$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ python setup.py develop --user

Usage

To use it:

[I] ➜ commlib-cli --help
Usage: commlib-cli [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  CLI for broker-based communication using commlib-py

Options:
  --host TEXT       Broker ip/domain
  -p, --port TEXT   Broker port
  -t, --btype TEXT  Broker port
  --vhost TEXT      AMQP Broker port
  --db INTEGER      Redis Broker port
  --username TEXT   Broker auth username
  --password TEXT   Broker auth password
  --help            Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  pub   Publisher
  rpcc  RPC Client
  rpcs  RPC Service
  sub   Subscriber

Examples

ReqResp/RPC Communication

In a terminal run the AMQP RPC Service

commlib-cli --btype amqp rpcs 'ops.motion.move_by_vel'

In a terminal call the AMQP RPC Service

commlib-cli --btype amqp rpcc 'ops.motion.move_by_vel' '{"linear_vel": 1.0, "angular_vel": 0.0}'

PubSub Communication

In a terminal run the MQTT Subscriber

commlib-cli --btype mqtt sub 'sensors.temperature.tmps1'

In a terminal call the MQTT Publisher

commlib-cli --btype mqtt pub --rate 1 'sensors.temperature.tmps1' '{"temperature": 22.3}'