Unity-Python Connection Modules

These are encapsulated Python and Unity modules for continuous TCP communication between these.

Entire Description

Use

• PythonSocket for your Python project,
• UnitySocket for your Unity project.

PythonSocket is a server and UnitySocket is the client.
Ignite PythonSocket before the UnityScoket

Data format

Usual Data

these 2 will send the data to each other in the format below:

<s>{json_format_name}!{json}<e>

Don't use:

• <s> or <e> either in the name or json
• ! in name

The format decoding will get an error.

Quit code

If either Python or Unity quits the connection. They will send a quit code end!

Python Socket

Installation

pip install "git+https://github.com/konbraphat51/UnityPythonConnectionModules.git#egg=UnityConnector&subdirectory=PythonSocket"

How to code

You can observe ManualTester.py for running example.

Brief Description

Use UnityConnector

from UnityConnector import UnityConnector

• UnityConnector.start_listening()
  Ignite the Python server.
  This will block until Unity is connected When data is received, the callback will be invoked.

• UnityConnector.send(string, dict)
  Send JSON data to Unity

• UnityConnector.stop_connection()
  Stop the connection and send quit code to Unity

Making callbacks

Make 3 callbacks:

• data received. Called when received data from another one.
  2 params given: data_format_name(str) and data json(dict)
• timeout
  Called when the connection failed. No params given
• quit
  Called when Unity sent a quit code. No params given

Unity Socket

Installation

Put

• DataDecoder.cs
• DataClass.cs
• PythonConnector.cs

to your Unity project.

Make

• Subclasses of DataClass for each of your data formats. [Example]
• A subclass of DataDecoder and just override DataToType() [Example]

and attach

• PythonConnector
• your inherited DataDecoder

to an UnityObject (anything OK, even a empty class)

Brief Description

You can observe ConnectionTest.cs

• PythonConnector.instance.RegisterAction(type, function)
  Register callback corresponds to the type type is DataClass

• PythonConnector.instance.StartConnection()
  Starting connection with Python Call this after Python started.

• PythonConnector.instance.Send(string, DataClass)
  Send data to Python Give data format name and dataclass (automatically converted into JSON if you use Serialize)

• PythonConnector.instance.StopConnection()
  Send quit code to Python and stop connection.