Package rosgraph :: Module masterapi

Module masterapi

Python adapter for calling ROS Master API. While it is trivial to call the Master directly using XML-RPC, this API provides a safer abstraction in the event the Master API is changed.

Classes
	ROSMasterException Base class of ROS-master related errors.
	Failure Call to Master failed.
	Error Master returned an error code, which indicates an error in the arguments passed to the Master.
	Master API for interacting with the ROS master.

Functions

is_online(master_uri=None)
Returns: True if Master is available

source code

Variables
	__package__ = `'rosgraph'`

Function Details

is_online(master_uri=None)

source code

Parameters:

master_uri (str) - (optional) override environment's ROS_MASTER_URI

Returns:

True if Master is available