JackPlug
ZMQ based microservice communications library
Two transports are supported: ipc (though IPCEndpoint, using the following path as default: /tmp/jack.plug), and tcp (TCPEndpoint, using 3559 as the default port number).
Requirements
- pyzmq >= 19.0.2
Development requirements:
- python 3.8
- pyenv 1.2.20 (optional)
Installation instructions for development:
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Install pyenv (optional):
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macos:
$ brew install pyenv -
linux:
- Install pyenv from your package manager, or follow these instructions
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Create a new python virtualenv (optional):
$ pyenv install 3.8.5 $ pyenv virtualenv 3.8.5 jackplug $ pyenv activate jackplug -
Install python requirements:
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
Examples
An example of the use of this library can be found on the examples folder, and running them is pretty straightforward:
Run examples/jack.py and examples/plug.py, in different terminals. You should set the same transport argument on both of them (ipc or tcp).
$ python examples/jack.py ipc$ python examples/plug.py ipc