a Python client for the OpenBTS NodeManager, providing access to several components in the OpenBTS application suite: SMQueue, SIPAuthServe, and OpenBTS itself.

requirements

• OpenBTS 5.0 public alpha (tested on 11465a2)
• Python 2.7

installation

$ pip install openbts

usage

import openbts

# read a config value from SMQueue
smqueue_connection = openbts.components.SMQueue()
response = smqueue_connection.read_config('Bounce.Code')
print response.data['value']
# 101

# update an SIPAuthServe config value
sipauthserve_connection = openbts.components.SIPAuthServe()
response = sipauthserve_connection.update_config('Log.Alarms.Max', 12)
print response.code
# 204

# get realtime OpenBTS monitoring data
openbts_connection = openbts.components.OpenBTS()
response = openbts_connection.monitor()
print response.data['noiseRSSI']
# -67

# view all subscriber data
response = sipauthserve_connection.get_subscribers()
print len(response.data)
# 78

# create a new subscriber by name, IMSI, MSIDSN and optional ki
subscriber = ('ada', 0123, 4567, 8901)
response = sipauthserve_connection.create_subscriber(*subscriber)
print response.code
# 200

see additional examples in integration_test.py

license

MIT

releases

• 0.0.3 - SMQueue config operations, OpenBTS monitoring, SIPAuthServe config and subscriber operations, version command for all components
• 0.0.2 - config reading and updating for the OpenBTS component
• 0.0.1 - barebones setup for pypi

resources

• see the OpenBTS 4.0 manual
• and the NodeManager source from Range

testing

run unit tests with nose:

$ nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package=openbts

We have quite a few similar unit tests between components. Many could be written against openbts.core.BaseComponent, as the components all inherit from this single class. But it seems better to individually inspect the functionality of each class in openbts.components. Anyway, onward..

To run the integration tests, you'll need an OpenBTS instance running on the same machine as the testing script. The test will modify real system parameters, so run it with caution. Or, better yet, run it against a system not in production.

$ python integration_test.py

release process

you need a ~/.pypirc like this:

[distutils]
index-servers =
  pypi

[pypi]
repository: https://pypi.python.org/pypi
username: yosemitebandit
password: mhm

bump the versions in setup.py and in the readme, then run:

$ git tag 0.0.1 -m 'openbts-python v0.0.1'
$ git push origin master --tags
$ python setup.py sdist upload -r pypi