wotpy.wot.thing

Class that represents a Thing.

Classes

Thing([thing_fragment])

An abstraction of a physical or virtual entity whose metadata and interfaces are described by a WoT Thing Description.

class wotpy.wot.thing.Thing(thing_fragment=None, **kwargs)

Bases: object

An abstraction of a physical or virtual entity whose metadata and interfaces are described by a WoT Thing Description.

THING_FRAGMENT_WRITABLE_FIELDS = {'base', 'created', 'description', 'lastModified', 'links', 'security', 'support', 'title', 'version'}

actions

Actions interactions.

add_interaction(interaction)

Add a new Interaction.

events

Events interactions.

find_interaction(name)

Finds an existing Interaction by name. The name argument may be the original name or the URL-safe version.

id

Thing ID.

interactions

Sequence of interactions linked to this thing.

properties

Properties interactions.

remove_interaction(name)

Removes an existing Interaction by name. The name argument may be the original name or the URL-safe version.

thing_fragment

The ThingFragment dictionary of this Thing.

title

Thing title.

url_name

Returns the URL-safe name of this Thing. The URL name of a Thing is always unique and stable as long as the ID is unique.

uuid

Thing UUID in hex string format (e.g. a5220c5f-6bcb-4675-9c67-a2b1adc280b7). This value is deterministic and derived from the Thing ID. It may be of use when URL-unsafe chars are not acceptable.