action-api

Proto API and grpc bindings for action management

action-api provides Proto API and grpc bindings for action management

API

The action resource implements the following API:

start()

Start the action

stop()

Stop the action

is_running()

Returns boolean declaring if the action is currently underway

status()

Get current status for the action. Different action models will define their response differently.

Using action-api with the Python SDK

Because this module uses a custom protobuf-based API, you must include this project in your client code. One way to do this is to include it in your requirements.txt as follows:

action_api @ git+https://github.com/viam-labs/action-api.git@main

You can now import and use it in your code as follows:

from action_python import Action
api = Action.from_robot(robot, name="actionModel")
api.start()

See client.py for an example.

Using action with the Golang SDK

Because this module uses a custom protobuf-based API, you must import and use in your client code as follows:

import action "github.com/viam-labs/action-api/src/action_go"

api, err := dock.FromRobot(robot, "action-model")
fmt.Println("err", err)
api.Start(context.Background())

See client.go for an example.

Building

To rebuild the GRPC bindings, run:

make generate

Then, in `src/dock_python/grpc/action_grpc.py change:

import action_pb2

to:

from . import action_pb2

Then, update the version in pyproject.toml