dart_wot

dart_wot is an implementation of the Web of Things Scripting API modelled after the WoT reference implementation node-wot. At the moment, it supports interacting with Things using the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP), the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), and the MQTT protocol.

Features

You can consume Thing Descriptions and interact with a Thing based on its exposed Properties, Actions, and Events. Discovery support is currently limited to the "direct" method (i.e. fetching a TD using a single URL). Exposing Things is not yet supported but will be added in future versions.

Using the Protocol Interfaces in the core package, you can add support for additional protocols in your own application or library. The main requirement for this to work is the existence of a URI scheme for the given protocol.

Getting started

To get started, you first need to install the package by adding it to your pubspec.yaml file. You can use dart pub add dart_wot (for a Dart project) or flutter pub add dart_wot (for a Flutter project) to do so.

You can then use the package in your project by adding import 'package:dart_wot/dart_wot.dart' to your source files.

Usage

Below you can find a basic example for incrementing and reading the value of a counter Thing, which is part of the Thingweb Online Things.

In the example, we first create a WoT runtime using a Servient with CoAP support. With the runtime, we then retrieve a TD (using the requestThingDescription() method) and consume it (using the consume() method), creating a ConsumedThing object, Afterward, the actual interactions with the counter are performed by calling the invokeAction() and readProperty() methods on the ConsumedThing.

import "package:dart_wot/binding_coap.dart";
import "package:dart_wot/core.dart";

Future<void> main(List<String> args) async {
  final servient = Servient(
    clientFactories: [
      CoapClientFactory(),
    ],
  );
  final wot = await servient.start();

  final url = Uri.parse("coap://plugfest.thingweb.io/counter");
  print("Requesting TD from $url ...");
  final thingDescription = await wot.requestThingDescription(url);

  final consumedThing = await wot.consume(thingDescription);
  print(
    "Successfully retrieved and consumed TD with title "
    '"${thingDescription.title}"!',
  );

  print("Incrementing counter ...");
  await consumedThing.invokeAction("increment");

  final status = await consumedThing.readProperty("count");
  final value = await status.value();
  print("New counter value: $value");
}

More complex examples can be found in the example directory.

Additional information

The package will be extended gradually over the upcoming months. Support for exposing Things will be added as well as more protocols and security schemes.

Contributions are very welcome. You will soon be able to find guidelines for contributing to the package in a CONTRIBUTING file. Until then, you can already file issues for pointing out bugs or requesting features. You can also open PRs; these have to adhere the defined coding style and linter rules. Contributions will be licensed according to the project licenses (see below).

License

dart_wot is licensed under the 3-Clause BSD License. See the LICENSE file for more information.

SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause

Acknowledgements

dart_wot was inspired by Eclipse Thingweb node-wot, a W3C Web of Things implementation for the Node.js ecosystem.

Contribution

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, shall be licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

Maintainers

This project is currently maintained by the following developers:

Name	Email Address	GitHub Username
Jan Romann	jan.romann@uni-bremen.de	JKRhb