A Python interface to x3270, an IBM 3270 terminal emulator
Project description
Intro
py3270 is a Python interface to x3270, an IBM 3270 terminal emulator. It provides an API to a x3270 or s3270 subprocess.
Example
A brief example of usage:
from py3270 import EmulatorBase class Emulator(EmulatorBase): x3270_executable = '/fake/x3270' s3270_executable = '/fake/s3270' # use x3270 so you can see what is going on em = Emulator(visible=True) # or not (uses s3270) em = Emulator() em.connect('3270host.example.com') em.fill_field(17, 23, 'mylogin', 8) em.fill_field(18, 23, 'mypass', 8) em.send_enter() # if your host unlocks the keyboard before truly being ready you can use: em.wait_for_field() # maybe look for a status message if not em.string_found(1, 2, 'login succesful'): abort() # do something useful # disconnect from host and kill subprocess em.terminate()
Documentation
None. Read the code, its pretty self-explanatory :)
More information on x3270/s3270 can be found at:
Questions & Comments
Please visit: http://groups.google.com/group/blazelibs
Current Status
The interface seems sound, but the Emulator class has only basic functionality. There are more x3270 commands that the Emulator could have methods for. That being said, I believe most x3270 functionality can be supported at a lower-level by the use of Emulator.exec_command().
The py3270 tip is installable via easy_install with easy_install py3270==dev.
Change Log
0.1.5 released 2013-06-17
changed default timeout to 30 seconds
added send_pf7(), send_pf8()
0.1.4 released 2012-03-17
added is_connected() method
0.1.3 released 2011-12-06
- had messed up a previous upload to pypi releasing a fixed 0.1.1 as 0.1.2, so
need to go to next version number
0.1.2 released 2011-12-06
fix data parsing on Windows
0.1.1 released 2011-12-05
renamed Emulator to EmulatorBase to make it clearer that a subclass is needed
adjusted readme
0.1.0 released 2011-12-01
initial release
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