ironflock 1.3.10
IronFlock Python SDK for connecting to the IronFlock Platform
Requires Python: >=3.8

# ironflock

## About

With this library you can publish data from your apps on your IoT edge hardware to the fleet data storage of the [IronFlock](https://studio.ironflock.com) devops platform.
When this library is used on a certain device the library automatically uses the private messaging realm (Unified Name Space)
of the device's fleet and the data is collected in the respective fleet database.

So if you use the library in your app, the data collection will always be private to the app user's fleet.

For more information on the IronFlock IoT Devops Platform for engineers and developers visit our [IronFlock](https://www.ironflock.com) home page.

## Requirements

- Python 3.11 or higher

## Installation

Install from PyPI:

```shell
pip install ironflock
```
## Usage

```python
import asyncio
from ironflock import IronFlock

# create an IronFlock instance to connect to the IronFlock platform data infrastructure.
# The IronFlock instance handles authentication when run on a device registered in IronFlock.
ironflock = IronFlock()

async def main():
    while True:
        # publish an event (if connection is not established the publish is skipped)
        publication = await ironflock.publish("test.publish.com", {"temperature": 20})
        print(publication)
        await asyncio.sleep(3)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    ironflock = IronFlock(mainFunc=main)
    ironflock.run()
```

## Options

The `IronFlock` `__init__` function can be configured with the following options:

```ts
{
    serial_number: string;
}
```

**serial_number**: Used to set the serial_number of the device if the `DEVICE_SERIAL_NUMBER` environment variable does not exist. It can also be used if the user wishes to authenticate as another device.

## Advanced Usage

If you need more control, e.g. acting on lifecycle events (`onJoin`, `onLeave`) take a look at
the [examples](https://github.com/RecordEvolution/ironflock-py/tree/main/examples) folder.


## Development

This project uses [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) for dependency management and building.

Install uv if you don't have it:

```shell
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
```

Install dependencies (including dev dependencies):

```shell
uv sync --extra dev
```

Run tests:

```shell
just test-unit    # Run unit tests only
just test         # Run all tests
just test-docker  # Run integration tests with Docker
```

Build and publish a new pypi package:

```shell
just publish
```

Or manually:

```shell
# Clean previous builds
rm -rf dist

# Build the package
uv build

# Upload to PyPI
uv publish
```

Check the package at https://pypi.org/project/ironflock/.

## Test Deployment

To test the package before deploying to PyPI you can use test.pypi.

```shell
just clean build publish-test
```

Or manually:

```shell
uv build
uv publish --publish-url https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
```

Once the package is published you can install it from TestPyPI:

```shell
pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple/ ironflock
```

Once the package is published you can use it in other code by putting
these lines at the top of the requirements.txt

```
--index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/
--extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple/
```