Automate Web UI extension provides easy to use approach to monitoring and modifying Automate system and its components. Features:
- Displayed data updated in real time via Websocket
- Responsive design (using Bootstrap CSS & JS library), suitable for mobile and desktop use.
- Optional authentication
- Read-only and read-write modes.
- Read-only mode allows only monitoring (default)
- Read-write mode allows modifying the System by:
- adding new Actuators / Sensors / Programs
- modifying existing Actuators / Sensors / Programs
- Quick editing of user-editable sensors from main views
- HTTP and secured HTTPS servers supported (powered by built in Tornado Web Server)
Main features are illustrated with a few screenshots:
Install extras:
pip install automate[web]In main view you can observe actuator and sensor statuses in real time, and also easily access user-editable sensor statuses. Clicking object name will give more details of the selected item as well as 'edit' button. (only in read-write mode).
In edit view you can edit almost all the attributes of the objects that are in the system. You can also create new ones.
In UML view you can see nice UML diagram of the whole system. To enable UML diagram, you need to set up ~automate.services.builtin_services.PlantUMLService.
In console view you can see the log as well as type commands same way as in IPython shell.
This is extended example of the hello-world, that opens two web services, one for port 8085 and another in 8086. It will go to UML view by default and in "User defined" -view you will see only web_switch.
webui_example.py
Tip
Try to run the code in your IPython shell by copying & pasting it with cpaste command!
automate.extensions.webui.WebService