BOINC Client

Python native library for interacting with a BOINC client via RPC. This library has been designed to have consistent response types.

Usage

Setup

from boinc_client import Boinc
from boinc_client.clients.rpc_client import RpcClient

# Hostname or IP of the running BOINC client
BOINC_HOSTNAME = "192.168.0.2"

# Create an RPC client to connect to the BOINC socket
rpc_client = RpcClient(hostname=BOINC_HOSTNAME)
rpc_client.authenticate()

# Create a BOINC client to interact with the RPC socket
boinc_client = Boinc(rpc_client=rpc_client)

RPC Client options

The following options can be passed when creating an RpcClient instance

Argument	Description	Required	Default
hostname	Hostname or IP address of the BOINC client	Yes	None
port	Exposed port of the BOINC client	No	31416
timeout	Seconds to wait for a successful connection to the RPC socket	No	30
password	Password to authenticate to the BOINC client, required for most operations	No	None

Boinc options

The following options can be passed when creating a Boinc instance

Argument	Description	Required	Default
rpc_client	Instance of a configured RpcClient	Yes	None

Interacting with Boinc

• Unauthorised Operations
• Project Operations

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