Installing From Source

$ python setup.py install

Installing From Builds

$ pip install dist/*.whl

Installing From Builds

$ pip install exoedge_simulator

Available Functions

The following are functions supported by the simulator, including their parameters with defaults. Additional parameters can be included, and will be ignored.

fourteen

Returns 14

"function": "fourteen",
"parameters": {}

current_time

Returns the current timestamp

"function": "current_time",
"parameters": {}

echo

Echo a value into a string

"function": "echo",
"parameters": {
    "value": "Hello World"
}

strip_non_numeric

Strip out non-numeric characters from string

"function": "strip_non_numeric",
"parameters": {
    "value": "1234BEEF"
}

sin_wave

Generate a sin wave from the current time

"function": "sin_wave",
"parameters": {
    "period": 60,
    "amplitude": 1,
    "offset": 0,
    "precision": 2
}

cos_wave

Generate a cos wave from the current time

"function": "cos_wave",
"parameters": {
    "period": 60,
    "amplitude": 1,
    "offset": 0,
    "precision": 2
}

location

Generate location data from the current time and a starting location

Moves in a circle every period seconds. Path is radius decimal degrees from the center point defined by latitude and longitude.

"function": "location",
"parameters": {
    "latitude": None,
    "longitude": None,
    "period": 60,
    "radius": 0.1,
    "precision": 6
}

random_integer

Get a random integer between two values

"function": "random_integer",
"parameters": {
    "lower": 0,
    "upper": 10
}

random_sleep

Sleep for a random number of seconds

"function": "random_sleep",
"parameters": {
    "lower": 0,
    "upper": 10
}

ip_address

Returns a string that represents the ip address in octet form of the iface parameter given.

Parameters:

interface: The network interface. Use ifconfig (MAC, linux) or ipconfig (Windows) to check the interface.

"function": "ip_address",
"parameters": {
    "interface":"en0"
}

return something like: {“000”: [“192.168.2.143”]}