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socket-request
Advanced tools
socket_request is build and parses HTTP requests with unix domain sockets.
socket_request is available on PyPI:
pip3 install socket-request
Officially supports Python 3.7+.
import socket_request
docker = socket_request.DockerSock(unix_socket="/var/run/docker.sock")
docker.get_docker_images()
import socket_request
control_chain = socket_request.ControlChain(unix_socket="./cli.sock")
control_chain.stop()
control_chain.start()
$ control_chain --help
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version : 1.0.11
base_dir: /app/icon2-node
usage: control_chain [-h] [-s unixsocket] [-d] [-t timeout] [-w wait_state]
[-r retry] [-ws] [-ap auto_prepare] [-p payload_file]
[-f] [-i] [--seedAddress SEEDADDRESS] [-b BASE_DIR]
[-pd payload dict]
{start,stop,reset,leave,view_chain,view_system_config,join,backup,backup_list,restore,chain_config,system_config,ls,prune}
Command Line Interface for control_chain
positional arguments:
{start,stop,reset,leave,view_chain,view_system_config,join,backup,backup_list,restore,chain_config,system_config,ls,prune}
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-s unixsocket, --unixsocket unixsocket
unix domain socket path (default:
/app/icon2-node/data/cli.socket)
-d, --debug debug mode. (default: False)
-t timeout, --timeout timeout
timeout (default: 60)
-w wait_state, --wait-state wait_state
wait_state (default: True)
-r retry, --retry retry
wait_state (default: True)
-ws, --wait-socket wait for unix domain socket
-ap auto_prepare, --auto_prepare auto_prepare
auto_prepare (default: True)
-p payload_file, --payload payload_file
payload file
-f, --forever retry forever
-i, --inspect inspect for view chain
--seedAddress SEEDADDRESS
seed list string
-b BASE_DIR, --base-dir BASE_DIR
base dir for goloop
-pd payload dict, --payload-dict payload dict
payload dict
-bh BLOCKHEIGHT, --blockheight BLOCKHEIGHT
BlockHeight for pruning
-rn RESTORE_NAME, --restore-name RESTORE_NAME
Restore filename for restore
Parent class is ConnectSock class
Parent class is ConnectSock class
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socket_request is building and parsing HTTP requests with UNIX domain sockets.
We found that socket-request demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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