mist-cloud-comm-tools

Basic development and debugging tools for interacting with the Mist AMQP broker.

Tools

mist-cloud-sender

The sender can be used send messages into the message exchange. The message can be constructed for any source / gateway / destination and direction.

Send a message to the cloud from 0000000000000001 to 0015001500150015 through 1122334455667788:

mist-cloud-sender --cloud -w 1122334455667788
                  -s 0000000000000001 -d 0015001500150015
                  -m 3fEE -p AABBCCDD`

Send a message to the mist to 0000000000000001 from 0015001500150015 through 1122334455667788:

mist-cloud-sender --mist -w 1122334455667788
                  -s 0015001500150015 -d 0000000000000001
                  -m 3fEE -p AABBCCDD`

mist-cloud-sniffer

The sniffer can be used to listen in on communications. It can be configured to listen to messages going in either direction.

To sniff messages coming from gateway 1122334455667788 to the cloud: mist-cloud-sniffer --gateway 1122334455667788 --cloud

To sniff messages going to gateway 1122334455667788 from the cloud: mist-cloud-sniffer --gateway 1122334455667788 --mist

Server and credentials

The tools require access to the AMQP broker, the server, username and password can be passed on the command line with --server, --username and --password or set in the environment:

export MIST_RABBITMQ_SERVER=sever.somewhere.net
export MIST_RABBITMQ_USER=username
export MIST_RABBITMQ_PASSWORD=password

Command-line parameters override the environment values.

Build the package

Make sure you have an up-to-date PyPA build: python3 -m pip install --upgrade build

Build the package: python3 -m build

Install the package: python3 -m pip install dist/mist_cloud_comm_tools-X.Y.Z-py3-none-any.whl