Add support for Comet-style server side filtering

README.md

@@ -60,7 +60,24 @@ def handler(payload, root):
 gcn.listen(handler=handler)
 ```
 
-## Filtering
+## Server-Side Filtering
+
+VOEvent brokers that are powered by [Comet](https://comet.transientskp.org/) support [server-side filtering of alerts](https://comet.transientskp.org/en/stable/filtering.html). You configure the server-side filtering when you connect by supplying an [XPath expression](https://www.w3schools.com/xml/xpath_syntax.asp) in the optional `filter` argument for `gcn.listen`:
+
+```python
+gcn.listen(handler=handler, filter='insert-filter-here')
+```
+
+Here is a cheat sheet for some common filter expressions.
+
+| Filter expression | What it does |
+| - | - |
+| `//Param[@name="Packet_Type" and @value="115"]` | Pass only alerts of notice type 115 (`FERMI_GBM_FIN_POS`) |
+| `//Param[@name="Packet_Type" and @value="115"] and //Error2Radius<=6` | Pass only alerts of notice type 115 (`FERMI_GBM_FIN_POS`) with error radius less than or equal to 6° |
+| `//Param[@name="Packet_Type" and (@value="112" or @value="115")]` | Pass only alerts of notice type 112 (`FERMI_GBM_GND_POS`) or 115 (`FERMI_GBM_FIN_POS`) |
+| `starts-with(@ivorn, "ivo://gwnet/") and @role!="test"` | Pass only LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA gravitational-wave alerts that are not test alerts |
+
+## Client-Side Filtering
 
 You can also filter events by notice type using
 `gcn.include_notice_types` or `gcn.exclude_notice_types`.

gcn/cmdline.py

@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@
                         'provided, then loop over hosts until a connection '
                         'with one of them is established. '
                         '(default: %(default)s)')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--filter', help='Optional XPath expression for server-side event '
+        'filtering. Only supported by Comet brokers. See '
+        'https://comet.transientskp.org/en/stable/filtering.html for '
+        'supported syntax')
     parser.add_argument('--version', action='version',
                         version='pygcn ' + __version__)
     args = parser.parse_args(args)
@@ -85,7 +90,7 @@
 
     # Listen for GCN notices (until interrupted or killed)
     host, port = [list(_) for _ in zip(*args.addr)]
-    listen(host=host, port=port, handler=handlers.archive)
+    listen(host=host, port=port, handler=handlers.archive, filter=args.filter)
 
 
 def serve_main(args=None):

gcn/voeventclient.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import struct
 import time
 import itertools
+from xml.sax.saxutils import quoteattr
 
 from lxml.etree import fromstring, XMLSyntaxError
 
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
 
 def _get_now_iso8601():
     """Get current date-time in ISO 8601 format."""
-    return datetime.datetime.now().isoformat()
+    return datetime.datetime.now().isoformat() + "Z"
 
 
 def _open_socket(hosts_ports, iamalive_timeout, max_reconnect_timeout, log):
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@
     sock.sendall(_size_struct.pack(len(payload)) + payload)
 
 
-def _form_response(role, origin, response, timestamp):
+def _form_response(role, origin, response, timestamp, meta=''):
     """Form a VOEvent Transport Protocol packet suitable for sending an `ack`
     or `iamalive` response."""
     return (
@@ -133,11 +134,12 @@
         'Transport/v1.1 '
         'http://telescope-networks.org/schema/Transport-v1.1.xsd"><Origin>' +
         origin + '</Origin><Response>' + response +
-        '</Response><TimeStamp>' + timestamp +
-        '</TimeStamp></trn:Transport>').encode('UTF-8')
+        '</Response>' + '<Meta>' + meta + '</Meta>'
+        + '<TimeStamp>' + timestamp + '</TimeStamp></trn:Transport>'
+    ).encode('UTF-8')
 
 
-def _ingest_packet(sock, ivorn, handler, log):
+def _ingest_packet(sock, ivorn, handler, log, filter):
     """Ingest one VOEvent Transport Protocol packet and act on it, first
     sending the appropriate response and then calling the handler if the
     payload is a VOEvent."""
@@ -163,6 +165,13 @@
                              root.find("Origin").text, ivorn,
                              _get_now_iso8601()))
                 log.debug("sent iamalive response")
+            elif root.attrib["role"] == "authenticate" and filter is not None:
+                log.debug("received authenticate message")
+                _send_packet(sock, _form_response("authenticate",
+                             root.find("Origin").text, ivorn,
+                             _get_now_iso8601(),
+                             f'<Param name="xpath-filter" value={filter}/>'))
+                log.debug("sent authenticate response")
             else:
                 log.error(
                     'received transport message with unrecognized role: %s',
@@ -212,7 +221,7 @@
 
 def listen(host=("45.58.43.186", "68.169.57.253"), port=8099,
            ivorn="ivo://python_voeventclient/anonymous", iamalive_timeout=150,
-           max_reconnect_timeout=1024, handler=None, log=None):
+           max_reconnect_timeout=1024, handler=None, log=None, filter=None):
     """Connect to a VOEvent Transport Protocol server on the given `host` and
     `port`, then listen for VOEvents until interrupted (i.e., by a keyboard
     interrupt, `SIGINTR`, or `SIGTERM`).
@@ -233,10 +242,17 @@
     used for reporting the client's status. If `log` is not provided, a default
     logger will be used.
 
+    If `filter` is provided, then it is passed to the server as an
+    `XPath filtering expression
+    <https://comet.transientskp.org/en/stable/filtering.html>`_.
+
     Note that this function does not return."""
     if log is None:
         log = logging.getLogger('gcn.listen')
 
+    if filter is not None:
+        filter = quoteattr(filter)
+
     hosts_ports = itertools.cycle(zip(*_validate_host_port(host, port)))
 
     while True:
@@ -246,7 +262,7 @@
 
         try:
             while True:
-                _ingest_packet(sock, ivorn, handler, log)
+                _ingest_packet(sock, ivorn, handler, log, filter)
         except socket.timeout:
             log.warn("timed out")
         except socket.error: