Networking module for personal IoT projects.
The localthingsnet(work) Project is a Python module for applications that require a simple way of communication with other devices in the same (local) network. Based on socket this module provides server-client interactions through one or multiple sockets and multi-layered networks are also possible. Everything regarding the socket setup, binding/connecting and receiving is handled by the module. Apart from transmitting data, predefined requestables and commands can be used to get certain data from the other instance or execute scripts on the other machine.
Clone or download the repository and put the localthingsnet folder in the
lib folder of your python installation so that it can be imported with
import localthingsnet.network as ltn.
The repository holds an examples folder with demonstrations notebooks that explain the functionality of the module in depth. There are also short summaries that present the most important functions.
Apart from that a simple example is shown below:
# Initiate server
s = Server()
s.startServer()
# Initiate and connect client
c = Client()
c.connect(s.addr)
# Interact with server
c.sendMsg("Hello Server")
c.sendMsg("s.help()")
data = c.sendRequest(c.clientsocks[s.addr[1]], 'Serverdata')
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