Kitica Host Client Listener

Contents:

• Description
• Installation
• Features
• Usage

Description

Kitica Host Client Listener enables a machine to host devices for the Kitica Devicepool Setup. It supports device status updates.

Installation

If you have pip installed, just run

pip install kiticaclient==1.1b1

To verify installation, you may run:
for ADB Client.

adb-kitica --help

or
for iOS Client.

ios-kitica --help

You may refer to the sample execution below.

$ adb-kitica --help
usage: adb-kitica [-h] [-k KITICASERVER] [-w WEBDRIVERPATH] [-a ADBHOST]
                  [-p ADBPORT]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -k KITICASERVER, --kiticaserver KITICASERVER
                        Kitica API Server URI
  -w WEBDRIVERPATH, --webdriverpath WEBDRIVERPATH
                        Web Driver PATH
  -a ADBHOST, --adbhost ADBHOST
                        The adb host to connect to. Defaults to localhost.
  -p ADBPORT, --adbport ADBPORT
                        The ADB port of the host. Defaults to 5037

$ ios-kitica
usage: ios-kitica [-h] [-k KITICASERVER] [-w WEBDRIVERPATH]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -k KITICASERVER, --kiticaserver KITICASERVER
                        Kitica API Server URI
  -w WEBDRIVERPATH, --webdriverpath WEBDRIVERPATH
                        Web Driver PATH

Features

Kitica adb-client supports auto start of the ADB server should it detect that the client is not running.

Client also auto creates KITICA_CLIENT_WEBDRIVERS which differs for every Operating System, but, follows the same format. It targets the home folder for the users.
For linux It would be /home/<username>/kitica/client/webdrivers
For Windows C:\Users\<username>\kitica\client\webdrivers
For macOS /Users/<username>/kitica/client/webdrivers

Usage

ADB Client
To start an Android Debug Bridge kitica client, simply run adb-kitica on your terminal.

$ adb-kitica -k http://kitica.server

Base Client Instance Started..
HOST IP :xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
KITICA SERVER :http://kitica.server
Webdriver PATH :/home/<username>/kitica/client/webdrivers
Starting Android Host Client Listener Service....
adbhost:localhost
adbport:5037

iOS Client
TO DO!