Radius Diameter Message

This library provides a simple interface for reading and writing messages for the Radius and Diameter protocols in golang. It allows for the conversion of []bytes into a Message structure, and supports the construction of Messages and Attribute-Value Pairs (AVPs).

Dictionary types

To keep the library small there are no generated AVP dictionaries included, but types are provided to create your own:

type ApplicationId uint32
type Code uint32
type CommandCode uint32
type Flags byte
type VendorId uint32

Usage examples

Examples are for DIAMETER; the RADIUS API is similar but smaller

Create then read a diameter message

avps := diameter.NewAvps()
avps = avps.AddUint32(258, 0, mandatoryFlags, 1)
ipAddress := net.IPv4(100, 98, 179, 174).To4()
avps = avps.AddNetIP(8, 0, mandatoryFlags, ipAddress)
message := diameter.NewMessage(1, requestFlags, 265, 1, [4]byte{0, 0, 0, 0}, [4]byte{0, 0, 0, 0}, avps...)
bytes := message.ToBytes()

message = *diameter.ReadMessage(bytes)
avp := message.Avps.GetFirst(258, 0)
assert.Equal(t, uint32(1), *avp.ToUint32())
avp = message.Avps.GetFirst(8, 0)
assert.Equal(t, ipAddress, *avp.ToNetIP())

AVP functions

All data types are supported, for brevity the examples will use strings

Create an AVP: avp := diameter.NewAvpString(100, 0x0, 0, "foo")

Create an AVP slice: avps := diameter.NewAvps()

Add an AVP to a slice: avps = avps.AddAvps(avp)

Create and add an AVP to a slice: avps = avps.AddString(100, 0x0, 0, "foo")

Read a single AVP of a type: avp := avps.GetFirst(100, 0)

Read all the AVPs of a type: filteredAvps := avps.Get(100, 0)

Convert an AVP into a grouped AVP: avp := avps.GetFirst(100, 0).ToGroup()

Read an AVP value into a pointer: value := avp.ToString()

Read an AVP value or use the default if it's nil: value := avp.ToStringOrDefault()

Chain these together to read into deeply grouped AVPs: avp := avps.GetFirst(873, 10415).ToGroup().GetFirst(874, 10415).ToGroup().GetFirst(30, 0).ToString()

Add flags to an AVP: avp = avp.WithFlags(0x40)

Create a grouped AVP:

avp1 := diameter.NewAvpString(100, 0x0, 0, "foo")
avp2 := diameter.NewAvpString(100, 0x0, 0, "bar")
groupedAvp := diameter.NewAvpGroup(100, 0x0, 0, avp1, avp2)

or

avps := diameter.NewAvps()
avps = avps.AddString(100, 0x0, 0, "foo")
avps = avps.AddString(100, 0x0, 0, "bar)
groupedAvp := diameter.NewAvpGroup(100, 0x0, 0, avps...)