[Mini-NDN] Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in Mini-NDN & Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80)

[Lan Wang (lanwang)]

Yulong,

Your contribution to Mini-NDN is very welcome.  I hope Alex Lane and others can help you include the python-NDN examples into the MIni-NDN repository.

Lan

On Oct 24, 2025, at 11:01, Lan Wang (lanwang) <lanwang at memphis.edu> wrote:

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Subject: Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in Mini-NDN & Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80)
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Dear Mini-NDN developers and community,
My name is Yulong Zhang,  a third-year PhD student from The Hong Kong University of Science of Technology (HKUST) under the supervision of Prof. Dirk Kutscher.
I'm writing to follow up on a discussion initiated in GitHub Issue #80 ([ https://github.com/named-data/mini-ndn/issues/80]). In that issue, I inquired about the support for python-ndn (https://python-ndn.readthedocs.io/) within the Mini-NDN environment.
Awlane kindly responded, clarifying that while python-ndn applications are generally supported, direct wrappers or integration examples at the Mini-NDN layer were not currently available, and contributions in this direction would be appreciated. Awlane also recommended using this mailing list for further discussions.
I'm pleased to report that, following that exchange, I have dedicated some time to this and have successfully managed to set up and run NDN applications developed using python-ndn within Mini-NDN experiments. I've worked through the practical steps required to integrate and execute these applications effectively in the simulated environment.
Recognizing that others in the community might also be interested in leveraging python-ndn with Mini-NDN, I believe sharing concrete examples and perhaps a brief guide could be quite valuable. These examples could demonstrate how to:

  1.
Structure a python-ndn application for use within Mini-NDN.
  2.
Potentially handle dependencies or environment setup within the Mini-NDN nodes.

Therefore, I would be very happy to prepare and share these implementation details and practical examples. My hope is that they could potentially be refined and incorporated into the official Mini-NDN documentation, perhaps as a tutorial or a dedicated section on using different NDN application libraries.
If these examples and potential documentation updates are found useful by the project and are incorporated,would it be possible for me to be acknowledged as a contributor to the Mini-NDN project for this specific work?
Thank you for your time, consideration, and the excellent work on Mini-NDN. I look forward to hearing from you regarding this proposal.
Best regards,
Yulong


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