pyownet script example

example.py

import sys
import time
import pyownet.protocol

TIMEOUT = 10


def main():

    timeout_time = time.time() + TIMEOUT
    while time.time() < timeout_time:
        try:
            owp = pyownet.protocol.proxy()
        except pyownet.protocol.ConnError:
            time.sleep(1)
        else:
            break
    else:
        # Error! creation of owp has timed out
        sys.exit('Unable to open connection to owserver')
    # Success! we have a connection to owserver
    assert owp.present('/')

    for i, sens in enumerate(owp.dir()):
        owp.write(sens+'alias', 'sens%d' % i)

    for j in range(i):
        assert owp.present('sens%d' % j)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()