""" MeshCore Bridge - HTTP API wrapper for meshcli subprocess calls This service runs as a separate container with exclusive USB device access. The main mc-webui container communicates with this bridge via HTTP. Architecture: - Maintains a persistent meshcli session (subprocess.Popen) - Multiplexes: JSON adverts -> .jsonl log, CLI commands -> HTTP responses - Thread-safe command queue with event-based synchronization """ import os import subprocess import logging import threading import time import json import queue import uuid from pathlib import Path from flask import Flask, request, jsonify logging.basicConfig( level=logging.INFO, format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s' ) logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) app = Flask(__name__) # Configuration MC_SERIAL_PORT = os.getenv('MC_SERIAL_PORT', '/dev/ttyUSB0') MC_CONFIG_DIR = os.getenv('MC_CONFIG_DIR', '/config') MC_DEVICE_NAME = os.getenv('MC_DEVICE_NAME', 'meshtastic') DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 10 RECV_TIMEOUT = 60 class MeshCLISession: """ Manages a persistent meshcli subprocess session. Features: - Single long-lived meshcli process with stdin/stdout pipes - Multiplexing: JSON adverts logged to .jsonl, CLI commands return responses - Thread-safe command queue with event-based synchronization - Auto-restart watchdog for crashed meshcli processes """ def __init__(self, serial_port, config_dir, device_name): self.serial_port = serial_port self.config_dir = Path(config_dir) self.device_name = device_name # Ensure config directory exists self.config_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) self.advert_log_path = self.config_dir / f"{device_name}.adverts.jsonl" # Process handle self.process = None self.process_lock = threading.Lock() # Command queue: (cmd_id, command_string, event, response_dict) self.command_queue = queue.Queue() # Pending commands: cmd_id -> {"event": Event, "response": [], "done": False, "error": None} self.pending_commands = {} self.pending_lock = threading.Lock() self.current_cmd_id = None # Threads self.stdout_thread = None self.stderr_thread = None self.stdin_thread = None self.watchdog_thread = None # Shutdown flag self.shutdown_flag = threading.Event() # Start session self._start_session() def _start_session(self): """Start meshcli process and worker threads""" logger.info(f"Starting meshcli session on {self.serial_port}") try: self.process = subprocess.Popen( ['meshcli', '-s', self.serial_port], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True, bufsize=1 # Line-buffered ) logger.info(f"meshcli process started (PID: {self.process.pid})") # Start worker threads self.stdout_thread = threading.Thread(target=self._read_stdout, daemon=True, name="stdout-reader") self.stdout_thread.start() self.stderr_thread = threading.Thread(target=self._read_stderr, daemon=True, name="stderr-reader") self.stderr_thread.start() self.stdin_thread = threading.Thread(target=self._send_commands, daemon=True, name="stdin-writer") self.stdin_thread.start() self.watchdog_thread = threading.Thread(target=self._watchdog, daemon=True, name="watchdog") self.watchdog_thread.start() # Initialize session settings time.sleep(0.5) # Let meshcli initialize self._init_session_settings() logger.info("meshcli session fully initialized") except Exception as e: logger.error(f"Failed to start meshcli session: {e}") raise def _load_webui_settings(self): """ Load webui settings from .webui_settings.json file. Returns: dict: Settings dictionary or empty dict if file doesn't exist """ settings_path = self.config_dir / ".webui_settings.json" if not settings_path.exists(): logger.info("No webui settings file found, using defaults") return {} try: with open(settings_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f: settings = json.load(f) logger.info(f"Loaded webui settings: {settings}") return settings except Exception as e: logger.error(f"Failed to load webui settings: {e}") return {} def _init_session_settings(self): """Configure meshcli session for advert logging, message subscription, and user-configured settings""" logger.info("Configuring meshcli session settings") # Send configuration commands directly to stdin (bypass queue for init) if self.process and self.process.stdin: try: # Core settings (always enabled) self.process.stdin.write('set json_log_rx on\n') self.process.stdin.write('set print_adverts on\n') self.process.stdin.write('msgs_subscribe\n') # User-configurable settings from .webui_settings.json webui_settings = self._load_webui_settings() manual_add_contacts = webui_settings.get('manual_add_contacts', False) if manual_add_contacts: self.process.stdin.write('set manual_add_contacts on\n') logger.info("Session settings applied: json_log_rx=on, print_adverts=on, manual_add_contacts=on, msgs_subscribe") else: logger.info("Session settings applied: json_log_rx=on, print_adverts=on, manual_add_contacts=off (default), msgs_subscribe") self.process.stdin.flush() except Exception as e: logger.error(f"Failed to apply session settings: {e}") def _read_stdout(self): """Thread: Read stdout line-by-line, parse adverts vs CLI responses""" logger.info("stdout reader thread started") try: for line in iter(self.process.stdout.readline, ''): if self.shutdown_flag.is_set(): break line = line.rstrip('\n\r') if not line: continue # Try to parse as JSON advert if self._is_advert_json(line): self._log_advert(line) continue # Otherwise, append to current CLI response self._append_to_current_response(line) except Exception as e: logger.error(f"stdout reader error: {e}") finally: logger.info("stdout reader thread exiting") def _read_stderr(self): """Thread: Read stderr and log errors""" logger.info("stderr reader thread started") try: for line in iter(self.process.stderr.readline, ''): if self.shutdown_flag.is_set(): break line = line.rstrip('\n\r') if line: logger.warning(f"meshcli stderr: {line}") except Exception as e: logger.error(f"stderr reader error: {e}") finally: logger.info("stderr reader thread exiting") def _send_commands(self): """Thread: Send queued commands to stdin and monitor responses""" logger.info("stdin writer thread started") try: while not self.shutdown_flag.is_set(): try: # Get command from queue (with timeout to check shutdown flag) cmd_id, command, event, response_dict = self.command_queue.get(timeout=1.0) except queue.Empty: continue logger.info(f"Sending command [{cmd_id}]: {command}") # Register pending command with self.pending_lock: self.pending_commands[cmd_id] = response_dict self.current_cmd_id = cmd_id response_dict["last_line_time"] = time.time() try: # Send command self.process.stdin.write(f'{command}\n') self.process.stdin.flush() # Start timeout monitor thread monitor_thread = threading.Thread( target=self._monitor_response_timeout, args=(cmd_id, response_dict, event), daemon=True ) monitor_thread.start() except Exception as e: logger.error(f"Failed to send command [{cmd_id}]: {e}") with self.pending_lock: response_dict["error"] = str(e) response_dict["done"] = True event.set() except Exception as e: logger.error(f"stdin writer error: {e}") finally: logger.info("stdin writer thread exiting") def _monitor_response_timeout(self, cmd_id, response_dict, event, timeout_ms=300): """Monitor if response has finished (no new lines for timeout_ms)""" try: while not self.shutdown_flag.is_set(): time.sleep(timeout_ms / 1000.0) with self.pending_lock: # Check if command still pending if cmd_id not in self.pending_commands: return # Already completed # Check if we got new lines recently time_since_last_line = time.time() - response_dict.get("last_line_time", 0) if time_since_last_line >= (timeout_ms / 1000.0): # No new lines for timeout period - mark as done logger.info(f"Command [{cmd_id}] completed (timeout-based)") response_dict["done"] = True event.set() if self.current_cmd_id == cmd_id: self.current_cmd_id = None return except Exception as e: logger.error(f"Monitor thread error for [{cmd_id}]: {e}") def _watchdog(self): """Thread: Monitor process health and restart if crashed""" logger.info("watchdog thread started") while not self.shutdown_flag.is_set(): time.sleep(5) if self.process and self.process.poll() is not None: logger.error(f"meshcli process died (exit code: {self.process.returncode})") logger.info("Attempting to restart meshcli session...") # Cancel all pending commands with self.pending_lock: for cmd_id, resp_dict in self.pending_commands.items(): resp_dict["error"] = "meshcli process crashed" resp_dict["done"] = True resp_dict["event"].set() self.pending_commands.clear() # Restart try: self._start_session() except Exception as e: logger.error(f"Failed to restart session: {e}") time.sleep(10) # Wait before retry logger.info("watchdog thread exiting") def _is_advert_json(self, line): """Check if line is a JSON advert""" try: data = json.loads(line) return isinstance(data, dict) and data.get("payload_typename") == "ADVERT" except (json.JSONDecodeError, ValueError): return False def _log_advert(self, json_line): """Log advert JSON to .jsonl file with timestamp""" try: data = json.loads(json_line) data["ts"] = time.time() with open(self.advert_log_path, 'a', encoding='utf-8') as f: f.write(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False) + '\n') logger.debug(f"Logged advert from {data.get('from_id', 'unknown')}") except Exception as e: logger.error(f"Failed to log advert: {e}") def _append_to_current_response(self, line): """Append line to current CLI command response and update timestamp""" with self.pending_lock: if not self.current_cmd_id: # No active command, probably init output - log and ignore logger.debug(f"Unassociated output: {line}") return cmd_id = self.current_cmd_id # Append to response buffer self.pending_commands[cmd_id]["response"].append(line) # Update timestamp of last received line self.pending_commands[cmd_id]["last_line_time"] = time.time() def execute_command(self, args, timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT): """ Execute a CLI command via the persistent session. Args: args: List of command arguments (e.g., ['recv', '--timeout', '60']) timeout: Max time to wait for response Returns: Dict with success, stdout, stderr, returncode """ cmd_id = str(uuid.uuid4())[:8] # Build command line - use double quotes for args with spaces/special chars # meshcli doesn't parse like shell, so we need simple double-quote wrapping quoted_args = [] for arg in args: # If argument contains spaces or special chars, wrap in double quotes if ' ' in arg or '"' in arg or "'" in arg: # Escape internal double quotes escaped = arg.replace('"', '\\"') quoted_args.append(f'"{escaped}"') else: quoted_args.append(arg) command = ' '.join(quoted_args) event = threading.Event() response_dict = { "event": event, "response": [], "done": False, "error": None, "last_line_time": time.time() } # Queue command self.command_queue.put((cmd_id, command, event, response_dict)) logger.info(f"Command [{cmd_id}] queued: {command}") # Wait for completion if not event.wait(timeout): logger.error(f"Command [{cmd_id}] timeout after {timeout}s") # Cleanup with self.pending_lock: if cmd_id in self.pending_commands: del self.pending_commands[cmd_id] return { 'success': False, 'stdout': '', 'stderr': f'Command timeout after {timeout} seconds', 'returncode': -1 } # Retrieve response with self.pending_lock: resp = self.pending_commands.pop(cmd_id, None) if not resp: return { 'success': False, 'stdout': '', 'stderr': 'Command response lost', 'returncode': -1 } if resp["error"]: return { 'success': False, 'stdout': '', 'stderr': resp["error"], 'returncode': -1 } return { 'success': True, 'stdout': '\n'.join(resp["response"]), 'stderr': '', 'returncode': 0 } def shutdown(self): """Gracefully shutdown session""" logger.info("Shutting down meshcli session") self.shutdown_flag.set() if self.process: try: self.process.terminate() self.process.wait(timeout=5) except: self.process.kill() logger.info("Session shutdown complete") # Global session instance meshcli_session = None @app.route('/health', methods=['GET']) def health(): """Health check endpoint""" session_status = "healthy" if meshcli_session and meshcli_session.process and meshcli_session.process.poll() is None else "unhealthy" return jsonify({ 'status': session_status, 'serial_port': MC_SERIAL_PORT, 'advert_log': str(meshcli_session.advert_log_path) if meshcli_session else None }), 200 @app.route('/cli', methods=['POST']) def execute_cli(): """ Execute meshcli command via persistent session. Request JSON: { "args": ["recv"], "timeout": 60 (optional) } Response JSON: { "success": true, "stdout": "...", "stderr": "...", "returncode": 0 } """ try: data = request.get_json() if not data or 'args' not in data: return jsonify({ 'success': False, 'stdout': '', 'stderr': 'Missing required field: args', 'returncode': -1 }), 400 args = data['args'] timeout = data.get('timeout', DEFAULT_TIMEOUT) # Special handling for recv command (longer timeout) if args and args[0] == 'recv': timeout = data.get('timeout', RECV_TIMEOUT) if not isinstance(args, list): return jsonify({ 'success': False, 'stdout': '', 'stderr': 'args must be a list', 'returncode': -1 }), 400 # Check session health if not meshcli_session or not meshcli_session.process: return jsonify({ 'success': False, 'stdout': '', 'stderr': 'meshcli session not initialized', 'returncode': -1 }), 503 # Execute via persistent session result = meshcli_session.execute_command(args, timeout) return jsonify(result), 200 except Exception as e: logger.error(f"API error: {e}") return jsonify({ 'success': False, 'stdout': '', 'stderr': str(e), 'returncode': -1 }), 500 @app.route('/pending_contacts', methods=['GET']) def get_pending_contacts(): """ Get list of pending contacts awaiting approval. Response JSON: { "success": true, "pending": [ {"name": "Skyllancer", "public_key": "f9ef..."}, {"name": "KRA Reksio mob2🐕", "public_key": "41d5..."} ], "raw_stdout": "..." } """ try: # Check session health if not meshcli_session or not meshcli_session.process: return jsonify({ 'success': False, 'error': 'meshcli session not initialized', 'pending': [] }), 503 # Execute pending_contacts command result = meshcli_session.execute_command(['pending_contacts'], timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT) if not result['success']: return jsonify({ 'success': False, 'error': result.get('stderr', 'Command failed'), 'pending': [], 'raw_stdout': result.get('stdout', '') }), 200 # Parse stdout stdout = result.get('stdout', '').strip() pending = [] if stdout: for line in stdout.split('\n'): line = line.strip() # Skip empty lines if not line: continue # Skip JSON lines (adverts, messages, or other JSON output from meshcli) if line.startswith('{') or line.startswith('['): continue # Skip meshcli prompt lines (e.g., "MarWoj|*") if line.endswith('|*'): continue # Parse lines with format: "Name: " if ':' in line: parts = line.split(':', 1) if len(parts) == 2: name = parts[0].strip() public_key = parts[1].strip().replace(' ', '') # Remove spaces from hex # Additional validation: pubkey should be hex characters only if name and public_key and all(c in '0123456789abcdefABCDEF' for c in public_key): pending.append({ 'name': name, 'public_key': public_key }) return jsonify({ 'success': True, 'pending': pending, 'raw_stdout': stdout }), 200 except Exception as e: logger.error(f"API error in /pending_contacts: {e}") return jsonify({ 'success': False, 'error': str(e), 'pending': [] }), 500 @app.route('/add_pending', methods=['POST']) def add_pending_contact(): """ Add a pending contact by name or public key. Request JSON: { "selector": "" } Response JSON: { "success": true, "stdout": "...", "stderr": "", "returncode": 0 } """ try: data = request.get_json() if not data or 'selector' not in data: return jsonify({ 'success': False, 'stdout': '', 'stderr': 'Missing required field: selector', 'returncode': -1 }), 400 selector = data['selector'] # Validate selector is non-empty string if not isinstance(selector, str) or not selector.strip(): return jsonify({ 'success': False, 'stdout': '', 'stderr': 'selector must be a non-empty string', 'returncode': -1 }), 400 # Check session health if not meshcli_session or not meshcli_session.process: return jsonify({ 'success': False, 'stdout': '', 'stderr': 'meshcli session not initialized', 'returncode': -1 }), 503 # Execute add_pending command result = meshcli_session.execute_command(['add_pending', selector.strip()], timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT) return jsonify(result), 200 except Exception as e: logger.error(f"API error in /add_pending: {e}") return jsonify({ 'success': False, 'stdout': '', 'stderr': str(e), 'returncode': -1 }), 500 @app.route('/set_manual_add_contacts', methods=['POST']) def set_manual_add_contacts(): """ Enable or disable manual contact approval mode. This setting is: 1. Saved to .webui_settings.json for persistence across container restarts 2. Applied immediately to the running meshcli session Request JSON: { "enabled": true/false } Response JSON: { "success": true, "message": "manual_add_contacts set to on" } """ try: data = request.get_json() if not data or 'enabled' not in data: return jsonify({ 'success': False, 'error': 'Missing required field: enabled' }), 400 enabled = data['enabled'] if not isinstance(enabled, bool): return jsonify({ 'success': False, 'error': 'enabled must be a boolean' }), 400 # Save to persistent settings file settings_path = meshcli_session.config_dir / ".webui_settings.json" try: # Read existing settings or create new if settings_path.exists(): with open(settings_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f: settings = json.load(f) else: settings = {} # Update manual_add_contacts setting settings['manual_add_contacts'] = enabled # Write back to file with open(settings_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f: json.dump(settings, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False) logger.info(f"Saved manual_add_contacts={enabled} to {settings_path}") except Exception as e: logger.error(f"Failed to save settings file: {e}") return jsonify({ 'success': False, 'error': f'Failed to save settings: {str(e)}' }), 500 # Apply setting immediately to running session if not meshcli_session or not meshcli_session.process: return jsonify({ 'success': False, 'error': 'meshcli session not initialized' }), 503 # Execute set manual_add_contacts on|off command command_value = 'on' if enabled else 'off' result = meshcli_session.execute_command(['set', 'manual_add_contacts', command_value], timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT) if not result['success']: return jsonify({ 'success': False, 'error': f"Failed to apply setting: {result.get('stderr', 'Unknown error')}" }), 500 return jsonify({ 'success': True, 'message': f"manual_add_contacts set to {command_value}", 'enabled': enabled }), 200 except Exception as e: logger.error(f"API error in /set_manual_add_contacts: {e}") return jsonify({ 'success': False, 'error': str(e) }), 500 if __name__ == '__main__': logger.info(f"Starting MeshCore Bridge on port 5001") logger.info(f"Serial port: {MC_SERIAL_PORT}") logger.info(f"Config dir: {MC_CONFIG_DIR}") logger.info(f"Device name: {MC_DEVICE_NAME}") # Initialize persistent meshcli session try: meshcli_session = MeshCLISession( serial_port=MC_SERIAL_PORT, config_dir=MC_CONFIG_DIR, device_name=MC_DEVICE_NAME ) logger.info(f"Advert logging to: {meshcli_session.advert_log_path}") except Exception as e: logger.error(f"Failed to initialize meshcli session: {e}") logger.error("Bridge will start but /cli endpoint will be unavailable") # Run on all interfaces to allow Docker network access app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=5001, debug=False)