viam.services.generic.client

Classes

GenericClient

gRPC client for the Generic service.

Functions

do_command(→ Mapping[str, viam.utils.ValueTypes])

Convenience method to allow service clients to execute do_command functions

Module Contents

class viam.services.generic.client.GenericClient(name: str, channel: grpclib.client.Channel)[source]

Bases: viam.services.generic.generic.Generic, viam.resource.rpc_client_base.ReconfigurableResourceRPCClientBase

gRPC client for the Generic service.

channel
client
async do_command(command: Mapping[str, Any], *, timeout: float | None = None, **kwargs) Mapping[str, Any][source]

Send/receive arbitrary commands.

service = SERVICE.from_robot(robot=machine, "builtin")  # replace SERVICE with the appropriate class

my_command = {
  "cmnd": "dosomething",
  "someparameter": 52
}

# Can be used with any resource, using the motion service as an example
await service.do_command(command=my_command)
Parameters:

command (Dict[str, ValueTypes]) – The command to execute

Returns:

Result of the executed command

Return type:

Dict[str, ValueTypes]

classmethod from_robot(robot: viam.robot.client.RobotClient, name: str) typing_extensions.Self

Get the service named name from the provided robot.

async def connect() -> RobotClient:
    # Replace "<API-KEY>" (including brackets) with your API key and "<API-KEY-ID>" with your API key ID
    options = RobotClient.Options.with_api_key("<API-KEY>", "<API-KEY-ID>")
    # Replace "<MACHINE-URL>" (included brackets) with your machine's connection URL or FQDN
    return await RobotClient.at_address("<MACHINE-URL>", options)

async def main():
    robot = await connect()

    # Can be used with any resource, using the motion service as an example
    motion = MotionClient.from_robot(robot=machine, name="builtin")

    robot.close()
Parameters:
  • robot (RobotClient) – The robot

  • name (str) – The name of the service

Returns:

The service, if it exists on the robot

Return type:

Self

classmethod get_resource_name(name: str) viam.proto.common.ResourceName

Get the ResourceName for this Resource with the given name

# Can be used with any resource, using an arm as an example
my_arm_name = Arm.get_resource_name("my_arm")
Parameters:

name (str) – The name of the Resource

Returns:

The ResourceName of this Resource

Return type:

ResourceName

get_operation(kwargs: Mapping[str, Any]) viam.operations.Operation

Get the Operation associated with the currently running function.

When writing custom resources, you should get the Operation by calling this function and check to see if it’s cancelled. If the Operation is cancelled, then you can perform any necessary (terminating long running tasks, cleaning up connections, etc. ).

Parameters:

kwargs (Mapping[str, Any]) – The kwargs object containing the operation

Returns:

The operation associated with this function

Return type:

viam.operations.Operation

async close()

Safely shut down the resource and prevent further use.

Close must be idempotent. Later configuration may allow a resource to be “open” again. If a resource does not want or need a close function, it is assumed that the resource does not need to return errors when future non-Close methods are called.

await component.close()
async viam.services.generic.client.do_command(channel: grpclib.client.Channel, name: str, command: Mapping[str, viam.utils.ValueTypes], *, timeout: float | None = None, **kwargs) Mapping[str, viam.utils.ValueTypes][source]

Convenience method to allow service clients to execute do_command functions

Parameters:
  • channel (Channel) – A gRPC channel

  • name (str) – The name of the component

  • command (Dict[str, Any]) – The command to execute

Returns:

The result of the executed command

Return type:

Dict[str, Any]