[Ndn-interest] [EXT] Can I use "nfdc" outside the command line?

[Junxiao Shi]

Hi Otávio

python-ndn nfd_mgmt.py
<https://github.com/named-data/python-ndn/blob/aa6f29742cbbe1f06c59e64dafaee893144f2889/src/ndn/app_support/nfd_mgmt.py>
 has:

   - TLV models for face and route
   - functions for making a command and parsing a response

These can satisfy create and destroy operations for faces and routes, but
you have to follow the rules defined by the protocol.
For list operation, TLV models are there, but there's no functions for
parsing the response.

You can access the Docker Engine from the script instead of CLI, by using a
Docker client library such as dockerode
<https://github.com/apocas/dockerode>.

Yours, Junxiao

On Tue, Oct 3, 2023 at 4:00 PM Otávio Augusto <otavio.augusto.snc at gmail.com>
wrote:

> *External Email*
> Hello, Junxiao. Thanks a lot for the quick response.
>
> More specifically, I need to list, create, and destroy operations for
> faces and routes at runtime. My use case requires these operations
> autonomously and based on some network states, which is why using the
> command line (nfdc) does not satisfy me.
>
> I believe that NFD Management Protocol is a viable solution to my problem,
> perhaps with a greater workload than I would like. If I understand
> correctly, I have to use ndn-cxx together with the rules defined by the
> protocol to perform the operations I need. For example, to request the
> creation of a face, I could use as described in
> https://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/FaceMgmt#Create-a-face
>
> The operations I need seem to be "basic", so I suppose there is a high
> chance of python-ndn implementing them. However, at first, I couldn't find
> any of these operations that I mentioned in the examples or the python-ndn
> code. I need more time to confirm. If not, I can request it as a new
> resource, as mentioned.
> The solution described via container does not seem to have the features I
> need, because I would still need to execute it manually on the command line.
>
> Yours, Otavio
>
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