chatmail-core/deltachat-rpc-client

Delta Chat RPC python client

RPC client connects to standalone Delta Chat RPC server deltachat-rpc-server and provides asynchronous interface to it.

Getting started

To use Delta Chat RPC client, first build a deltachat-rpc-server with cargo build -p deltachat-rpc-server. Install it anywhere in your PATH.

Testing

1. Build deltachat-rpc-server with cargo build -p deltachat-rpc-server.
2. Run tox.

Additional arguments to tox are passed to pytest, e.g. tox -- -s does not capture test output.

Using in REPL

Setup a development environment:

$ tox --devenv env
$ . env/bin/activate

It is recommended to use IPython, because it supports using await directly from the REPL.

$ pip install ipython
$ PATH="../target/debug:$PATH" ipython
...
In  [1]: from deltachat_rpc_client import *
In  [2]: rpc_generator = start_rpc_server()
In  [3]: rpc = await rpc_generator.__aenter__()
In  [4]: dc = Deltachat(rpc)
In  [5]: system_info = await dc.get_system_info()
In  [6]: system_info["level"]
Out [6]: 'awesome'