1 # QEMU Monitor Protocol Python class
3 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Red Hat Inc.
8 # This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2. See
9 # the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
15 class QMPError(Exception):
18 class QMPConnectError(QMPError):
21 class QMPCapabilitiesError(QMPError):
24 class QEMUMonitorProtocol:
25 def __init__(self, address, server=False):
27 Create a QEMUMonitorProtocol class.
29 @param address: QEMU address, can be either a unix socket path (string)
30 or a tuple in the form ( address, port ) for a TCP
32 @param server: server mode listens on the socket (bool)
33 @raise socket.error on socket connection errors
34 @note No connection is established, this is done by the connect() or
38 self.__address = address
39 self.__sock = self.__get_sock()
41 self.__sock.bind(self.__address)
45 if isinstance(self.__address, tuple):
46 family = socket.AF_INET
48 family = socket.AF_UNIX
49 return socket.socket(family, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
51 def __negotiate_capabilities(self):
52 self.__sockfile = self.__sock.makefile()
53 greeting = self.__json_read()
54 if greeting is None or not greeting.has_key('QMP'):
56 # Greeting seems ok, negotiate capabilities
57 resp = self.cmd('qmp_capabilities')
60 raise QMPCapabilitiesError
62 def __json_read(self, only_event=False):
64 data = self.__sockfile.readline()
67 resp = json.loads(data)
69 self.__events.append(resp)
78 Connect to the QMP Monitor and perform capabilities negotiation.
80 @return QMP greeting dict
81 @raise socket.error on socket connection errors
82 @raise QMPConnectError if the greeting is not received
83 @raise QMPCapabilitiesError if fails to negotiate capabilities
85 self.__sock.connect(self.__address)
86 return self.__negotiate_capabilities()
90 Await connection from QMP Monitor and perform capabilities negotiation.
92 @return QMP greeting dict
93 @raise socket.error on socket connection errors
94 @raise QMPConnectError if the greeting is not received
95 @raise QMPCapabilitiesError if fails to negotiate capabilities
97 self.__sock, _ = self.__sock.accept()
98 return self.__negotiate_capabilities()
100 def cmd_obj(self, qmp_cmd):
102 Send a QMP command to the QMP Monitor.
104 @param qmp_cmd: QMP command to be sent as a Python dict
105 @return QMP response as a Python dict or None if the connection has
109 self.__sock.sendall(json.dumps(qmp_cmd))
110 except socket.error, err:
111 if err[0] == errno.EPIPE:
113 raise socket.error(err)
114 return self.__json_read()
116 def cmd(self, name, args=None, id=None):
118 Build a QMP command and send it to the QMP Monitor.
120 @param name: command name (string)
121 @param args: command arguments (dict)
122 @param id: command id (dict, list, string or int)
124 qmp_cmd = { 'execute': name }
126 qmp_cmd['arguments'] = args
129 return self.cmd_obj(qmp_cmd)
131 def command(self, cmd, **kwds):
132 ret = self.cmd(cmd, kwds)
133 if ret.has_key('error'):
134 raise Exception(ret['error']['desc'])
137 def get_events(self, wait=False):
139 Get a list of available QMP events.
141 @param wait: block until an event is available (bool)
143 self.__sock.setblocking(0)
146 except socket.error, err:
147 if err[0] == errno.EAGAIN:
150 self.__sock.setblocking(1)
151 if not self.__events and wait:
152 self.__json_read(only_event=True)
155 def clear_events(self):
157 Clear current list of pending events.
163 self.__sockfile.close()