eclipse-zenoh 0.4.2.dev4

Python client API for Eclipse zenoh

Eclipse zenoh Python API

Eclipse zenoh is an extremely efficient and fault-tolerant Named Data Networking (NDN) protocol that is able to scale down to extremely constrainded devices and networks.

The Python API is for pure clients, in other terms does not support peer-to-peer communication, can be easily tested with our demo instace available at demo.zenoh.io.

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How to install it

Eclipse zenoh-python library is available on Pypi.org.
Install the latest available version using pip:

pip install eclipse-zenoh

Supported Python versions and platforms

zenoh-python has been tested with Python 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8.

It relies on the zenoh-c API which is currently supported on the following platforms:

• Linux
• MacOS X

Notice that the Python wheels available on Pypi.org are pre-compiled for:

• All MacOS X >= 10.9
• Most of the 32-bits Linux distriutions thanks to manylinux2010_i686
• Most of the 64-bits Linux distriutions thanks to manylinux2010_x86_64

On other Linux architectures such as Raspberry, the pip tool will be able to download the sources distribution and to compile it.

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How to test it

Run a zenoh router on your local host, following the instructions in eclipse-zenoh/zenoh

Then, run the zenoh-python examples following the instructions in examples/zenoh/README.md