syft-awake 0.2.0

Fast, secure network awakeness monitoring for SyftBox - ping members to see who's online and ready for interactive queries

Syft Awake 🚀

Fast, secure network awakeness monitoring for SyftBox - ping network members to see who's online and ready for interactive queries.

Quick Start

Installation

pip install syft-awake

Usage

import syft_awake as sa

# Ping a specific user
response = sa.ping_user("[e-mail]", "Are you free for a call?")
if response and response.status == sa.AwakeStatus.AWAKE:
    print(f"{response.responder} is awake: {response.message}")

# Scan the entire network (auto-discovers users with syft-awake)
summary = sa.ping_network()
print(f"Network awakeness: {summary.awakeness_ratio:.1%}")
for user in summary.awake_users:
    print(f"✅ {user} is awake")

What It Does

Auto-Installation: Simply importing the library automatically installs the SyftBox app to respond to pings.

Network Discovery: Automatically finds other SyftBox users who have syft-awake installed by scanning the local datasites directory.

Real-time Status: Get detailed availability info including status (awake/busy/sleeping), workload level, and capabilities.

API

Core Functions

ping_user(email, message="ping") - Ping a specific user
ping_network(user_emails=None) - Ping multiple users (auto-discovers if no list provided)

Status Types

• AwakeStatus.AWAKE - Available for interaction
• AwakeStatus.BUSY - Available but occupied
• AwakeStatus.SLEEPING - Not available

Use Cases

Team Collaboration

# Check if team is available before starting a meeting
team_emails = ["[e-mail]", "[e-mail]"]  
summary = sa.ping_network(user_emails=team_emails)
if summary.awakeness_ratio > 0.5:
    print("Enough people online for the meeting!")

Distributed Computing

# Find available compute nodes
summary = sa.ping_network()
light_workload_users = [
    user for user in summary.awake_users 
    if sa.ping_user(user).workload == "light"
]

How It Works

• Server: Each user runs a small SyftBox app that responds to awakeness pings
• Client: Use this Python library to ping users and scan the network
• Security: Uses SyftBox's authenticated, file-based RPC system
• Discovery: Automatically finds users by scanning /SyftBox/datasites/*/app_data/syft-awake

License

Apache 2.0