I have a complete working example that can be used to get the data using Python 3:
import websocket
import _thread
import json
import time
import rel
def on_message(ws, message):
print(message)
def on_error(ws, error):
print(error)
def on_close(ws, close_status_code, close_msg):
print("### closed ###")
def on_open(ws):
print("Opened connection")
request = {
"command": "about.read",
"name": "about"
}
request2 = {
"command": "offsets.declare",
"name": "myOffsets",
"offsets": [
{"name": "altitude", "address": 0x0570, "type": "int", "size": 8},
{"name": "avionicsMaster", "address": 0x2E80, "type": "uint", "size": 4},
{"name": "heading", "address": 0x0580, "type": "uint", "size": 4},
{"name": "aircraftName", "address": 0x3D00, "type": "string", "size": 256}
]
}
request3 = {
"command": 'offsets.read',
"name": "myOffsets",
"interval": 100
}
if __name__ == "__main__":
ws = websocket.WebSocketApp("ws://MYIP:PORT/fsuipc/",
subprotocols=["fsuipc"],
on_open=on_open,
on_message=on_message,
on_error=on_error,
on_close=on_close)
ws.run_forever(dispatcher=rel, reconnect=5)
ws.send(json.dumps(request))
ws.send(json.dumps(request2))
ws.send(json.dumps(request3))
rel.signal(2, rel.abort) # Keyboard Interrupt
rel.dispatch()