ASN.1 types and codecs
Project description
ASN.1 library for Python
This is an implementation of ASN.1 types and codecs in Python programming language. It has been first written to support particular protocol (SNMP) but then generalized to be suitable for a wide range of protocols based on ASN.1 specification.
FEATURES
Generic implementation of ASN.1 types (X.208)
Fully standard compliant BER/CER/DER codecs
100% Python, works with Python 2.4 up to Python 3.3
MT-safe
MISFEATURES
No ASN.1 compiler (by-hand ASN.1 spec compilation into Python code required)
Codecs are not restartable
INSTALLATION
The pyasn1 package uses setuptools/distutils for installation. Thus do either:
$ easy_install pyasn1
or
$ tar zxf pyasn1-0.1.6.tar.gz
$ cd pyasn1-0.1.6
$ python setup.py install
$ cd test
$ python suite.py # run unit tests
OPERATION
Perhaps a typical use would involve [by-hand] compilation of your ASN.1 specification into pyasn1-backed Python code at your application.
For more information on pyasn1 APIs, please, refer to the doc/pyasn1-tutorial.html file in the distribution.
Also refer to example modules. Take a look at pyasn1-modules package – maybe it already holds something useful to you.
AVAILABILITY
The pyasn1 package is distributed under terms and conditions of BSD-style license. See LICENSE file in the distribution. Source code is freely available from:
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