RestToOPCUAServer

Converts a Rest API to an OPC UA Server that calls the REST API every second

Requirements

Python 3.7

UAExpert or any other OPC UA Client https://www.unified-automation.com/de/produkte/entwicklerwerkzeuge/uaexpert.html

Install

git clone https://github.com/upohl/RestToOPCUAServer.git

cd RestToOPCUAServer

pip install requirements.txt

Examples

Starts OPC UA Server on default port 4840 and calls default rest url (http://api.open-notify.org/iss-now.json) every second

python resttoopcuaserver.py

Starts OPC UA Server on port 4841 and calls default rest url (http://api.open-notify.org/iss-now.json) every second

python resttoopcuaserver.py -p 4841

Starts OPC UA Server on default port 4840 and delimter ":"

python resttoopcuaserver.py -d :

Starts OPC UA Server on default port 4840 and default rest url http://api.open-notify.org/iss-now.json every 5 seconds

python resttoopcuaserver.py -c 5

Starts OPC UA Server on default port 4840 and rest url https://api.coincap.io/v2/assets/bitcoin

python resttoopcuaserver.py -u https://api.coincap.io/v2/assets/bitcoin

Starts OPC UA Server on port 4841, delimter '.' and rest url https://api.coincap.io/v2/assets/bitcoin every 5 seconds

python resttoopcuaserver.py -p 4841 -d . -u https://api.coincap.io/v2/assets/bitcoin -c 5

Starts OPC UA Server on default port 4840, and rest url https://postman-echo.com/basic-auth with username "postman" and password "password"

python resttoopcuaserver.py --url https://postman-echo.com/basic-auth --username postman --password password

Starts OPC UA Server on default port 4840, and rest url with apikey https://notexisting.com/?key=dsfhusdhfisd78z789sdf

ATTENTION: URL and APIKEY are not EXITING. Only for documentation purpose. python resttoopcuaserver.py --url https://notexisting.com/?key=dsfhusdhfisd78z789sdf

Screenshot of OPC UA CLient UAExpert Browsing the Example

Public APIs

Currently GET API Calls without Authentication are supported without adapting the code https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis