def start():
""" Starts baboon client !
"""
# Ensure the validity of the configuration file.
check_config(add_mandatory_server_fields=['streamer', 'max_stanza_size'])
metadirs = []
monitor = None
transport = None
try:
transport = _start_transport()
monitor = _start_monitor()
metadirs = _start_metadirs(monitor.handler.exclude)
# Wait until the transport is disconnected before exiting Baboon.
_wait_disconnect(transport)
except BaboonException as err:
logger.error(err)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
pass
finally:
_start_close(monitor, transport, metadirs)
logger.info("Bye !")
def unpack(data):
""" Unpacks the data. On error, log an error message and returns None.
"""
try:
return pickle.loads(data)
except Exception as err:
logger.error(err)
def main():
""" The entry point of the Baboon client.
"""
try:
# Call the correct method according to the current arg subparser.
getattr(commands, config['parser']['which'])()
except (ConfigException, KeyError) as err:
logger.error(err)
sys.exit(1)