Python module and tools for communicating in the Assuan protocol.
Project description
Python module and tools for communicating in the Assuan protocol.
There are a number of GnuPG wrappers for python out there, but they mostly work via the gpg executable. This is an attempt to cut to the chase and speak directly to gpgme-tool (source) over a well-defined socket protocol.
Installation
Packages
Gentoo
I’ve packaged pyassuan for Gentoo. You need layman and my wtk overlay. Install with:
# emerge -av app-portage/layman # layman --add wtk # emerge -av dev-python/pyassuan
Dependencies
pyassuan is a simple package with no external dependencies outside the Python 3 standard library.
Installing by hand
pyassuan is available as a Git repository:
$ git clone git://tremily.us/pyassuan.git
See the homepage for details. To install the checkout, run the standard:
$ python setup.py install
Usage
Checkout the docstrings and the examples in bin.
Testing
Run the internal unit tests using nose:
$ nosetests --with-doctest --doctest-tests pyassuan
If a Python-3-version of nosetests is not the default on your system, you may need to try something like:
$ nosetests-3.2 --with-doctest --doctest-tests pyassuan
To test running servers by hand, you can use gpg-connect-agent. Despite the name, this program can connect to any Assuan server:
$ gpg-connect-agent --raw-socket name
Licence
This project is distributed under the GNU General Public License Version 3 or greater.
