Tools and utilities

What the tools do

socktools comes with a set of command-line utilities that make it simple to implement a custom protocol.

Running the tools

Like the examples, you can run the tools from the command line:

python -m socktools.tools.gen_proto

Generator tools

These tools enable you to automatically generate a python module that implements your protocol.

• gen_proto.py - generate a protocol from a specification
  • Overview
  • Usage
  • JSON specification format
  • Examples
    • build_example_chat.py - generate the chat protocol
      • Overview
    • socktools.tools.examples.gen_proto.chat_server
    • socktools.tools.examples.gen_proto.chat_client
  • Python API