Errol is a file sender that rely on inotify. It can be used to watch a directory and automatically transfer the new files (or modified ones) with XMPP.
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Errol
Errol is a file sender that rely on watchdog. It can be used to watch a directory and automatically transfers the new files (or modified ones) with XMPP.
Prerequisites
Errol needs the following requirements:
A system supporting watchdog (Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, FreeBSD). Note: only Linux has been tested so far.
An XMPP (jabber) account supporting the following XEPs:
Mandatory: Stream Management,
Optional: Publish-Subscribe
Optional: Multi-User Chat
If pubsub: a pubsub service where the nodes can be set as open. The node name is defined in the configuration file. I personally use sat_pubsub. A pubsub component developed for the project Salut à Toi.
A Multi-User Chat because not all XMPP accounts support PubSub. For now, some information are still shared through MUC messages. This behavior could change in the future.
Create the pubsub node
This step is optional if you already have a write access on the pubsub node. The following example use jp, the Salut à Toi command-line interface but slixmpp can be used.
$ jp pubsub node create -f publish_model open be.agayon.errol:0 -s pubsub.agayon.be -c
The node name be.agayon.errol:0 is recommended in order to identify the functionnality.
As an example, there are the node options on the service pubsub.agayon.be:
$ jp pubsub node info be.agayon.errol:0 -s pubsub.agayon.be persist_items: True deliver_payloads: True serial_ids: False publish_model: open access_model: open send_last_published_item: on_sub
Tests
You can test your setup with the examples scripts of slixmpp.
Example:
./s5b_file_sender.py -j jid@example.org -p pass -r john@example.org -f /path/to/file.txt
See the scripts for more information.
Getting started with Errol
First you need to clone the repository. Errol needs the following dependencies:
slixmpp (python 3 only)
Installing
You can easily install errol with pip:
$ pip install errol
git
$ python3 setup.py install
Errol can easily be installed in a [virtualenv](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide.html.
Archlinux
A [PKGBUILD](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python-errol/) is already available.
Configuration
You need to provide information about the XMPP account.
$ cat config.example.ini [XMPP] pubsub_enable=true muc_enable=true pubsub=pubsub.example.org node=be.agayon.errol:0 room=chat@chat.example.org jid=jid@example.org/errol password=pass ressource_receiver=-receiver ressource_sender=- nick_sender=example_sender nick_receiver=example_receiver receiver=jid@example.org/errol-receiver presence_file=/tmp/errol_presence.txt
jid : the jabber account
password: the xmpp password
pubsub: the pubsub server (publish activity)
room: the MUC (chatroom) where errol display information.
presence_file: a writable file used to keep track of presences. When receiver is online, the file contains ‘1’ and ‘0’ otherwise. I use it to check the presence in a Django Application.
The files will be sent by jid@example.org/errol-0 and received by jid@example.org/errol-receiver . The nicks are the usernames used on the MUC.
Running
Once installed, Errol can be launched in a terminal.
$ errol --help usage: errol [-h] [-e EVENTS] [-f FILE] [-d] -p PATH -c COMMAND Automatic XMPP file sender and directory watcher optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -e EVENTS, --events EVENTS Number of events to watch (delete, create modify) in the directory. Once reached, the program stops. -f FILE, --file FILE Config file containing XMPP parameters -d, --debug set logging to DEBUG -p PATH, --path PATH The path watched. -c COMMAND, --command COMMAND The executed command: xmpp or watcher
On device A
If you want to watch the directory /tmp/sender, the following command can be used:
$ errol -f config.example.ini -p /tmp/sender -c watcher
All modified or new files created in the watched location will be sent by XMPP.
On device B
If you want to receive the files, you have to launch Errol with the following command line.
$ errol -f config.example.ini -p /tmp/receiver -c xmpp
All the received files will be stored in the directory defined with the option ‘-p’.
Launch with systemd
Errol can be launched with systemd. Two unit files are provided to help you:
errol_in.service
errol_out.service
First, you need to create the config directory and copy the unit files.
$ mkdir -p ~/.config/errol/ $ mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user/ $ cp systemd/environment.sh ~/.config/errol/ $ cp systemd/errol_watcher.service ~/.config/systemd/user/ $ cp systemd/errol_sender.service ~/.config/systemd/user/
Then, you can edit the environment and the unit files to match your preferences and reload the units.
$ systemctl --user daemon-reload
The units can then be launched and activated at boot:
$ systemctl --user start errol_in $ systemctl --user start errol_out $ systemctl --user enable errol_in $ systemctl --user enable errol_out
If you encounter some problems, you can read the logs with the following command:
$ journalctl --user -xe $ systemctl --user status errol_out.service $ systemctl --user status errol_in.service
License
This project is licensed under the GPLv3 - see the LICENSE.txt file for details
Acknowledgments
Slixmpp for their nice library.
French XMPP community (sat@chat.jabberfr.org, jabberfr@chat.jabberfr.org)
Goffi from the Salut à Toi project.
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