httpkom 0.32

REST-like HTTP API for LysKOM

httpkom is an HTTP proxy for LysKOM protocol A servers, and exposes an REST-like HTTP API. It can for example be used for writing LysKOM clients in Javascript.

The source code can be found at: https://github.com/osks/httpkom

Packages are published on PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/httpkom/

The documentation can be found at: http://osks.github.io/httpkom/

httpkom uses pylyskom, which is also released under GPL.

Dependencies

For required Python packages, see requirements.txt. Install them with:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Documentation

The documentation is built with MkDocs and Material for MkDocs. Source files are in the docs/ directory.

To serve the docs locally:

uv run mkdocs serve

The docs are automatically deployed to GitHub Pages on push to master via GitHub Actions (see .github/workflows/docs.yml).

Development

Preparing a release

On master:

1. Update and check CHANGELOG.md.

2. Increment version number and remove +dev suffix in httpkom/version.py.

3. Test manually by using jskom.

4. Commit, push.

5. Go to https://github.com/osks/httpkom/releases and draft a new release. Create a new tag (e.g. v0.21), set title to “Version <version>”, and publish the release.

6. GitHub Actions will automatically build and publish to PyPI (see .github/workflows/release.yml).

7. Verify at https://pypi.org/project/httpkom/ .

8. Add +dev suffix to version number, commit and push.

Authors

Oskar Skoog <[e-mail]>

Copyright and license

Copyright (C) 2012-2026 Oskar Skoog

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.