From 584568b784e0fd09a969bf6521d20cf47dc9c4b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gandalf <gandalfdasbunte@riseup.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:54:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] first draft of the actual RPC client

---
 src/RPC.py | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 95 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/RPC.py

diff --git a/src/RPC.py b/src/RPC.py
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index 0000000..23eb520
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+++ b/src/RPC.py
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+"""JSON-RPC client module."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import itertools
+import json
+import logging
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from queue import Empty, Queue
+from threading import Event, Thread
+from typing import Any, Iterator, Optional
+
+
+class JsonRpcError(Exception):
+    """JSON-RPC error."""
+
+
+class RpcFuture:
+    """RPC future waiting for RPC call result."""
+
+    def __init__(self, rpc: "Rpc", request_id: int, event: Event):
+        self.rpc = rpc
+        self.request_id = request_id
+        self.event = event
+
+    def __call__(self):
+        """Wait for the future to return the result."""
+        self.event.wait()
+        response = self.rpc.request_results.pop(self.request_id)
+        if "error" in response:
+            raise JsonRpcError(response["error"])
+        if "result" in response:
+            return response["result"]
+        return None
+
+
+class RpcMethod:
+    """RPC method."""
+
+    def __init__(self, rpc: "Rpc", name: str):
+        self.rpc = rpc
+        self.name = name
+
+    def __call__(self, *args) -> Any:
+        """Call JSON-RPC method synchronously."""
+        request_id = str(uuid4())
+        request = {
+            "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+            "method": self.name,
+            "params": args,
+            "id": request_id,
+        }
+        # send
+        # and return result
+        try:
+            res = self._session.post(
+                url=f"{self._endpoint}",
+                json=data,
+              #  auth=self._auth,
+              #  verify=self._verify_ssl,
+            )
+            res.raise_for_status()
+            ret = res.json()
+            if ret.get("id") == request_id:
+                if ret.get("error"):
+                    error = ret.get("error").get("message")
+                    raise SignalCliJSONRPCError(error)
+            return ret.get("result")
+        except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+            error = getattr(err, "message", repr(err))
+            raise SignalCliJSONRPCError(
+                f"signal-cli JSON RPC request failed: {error}"
+            ) from err
+
+
+class Rpc:
+    """RPC client."""
+
+    def __init__(self, accounts_dir: Optional[str] = None, **kwargs):
+        """Initialize RPC client.
+
+        """
+        # seems like usable logic, just not for this exact purpose, or maybe yes.
+        #if accounts_dir:
+        #    kwargs["env"] = {
+        #        **kwargs.get("env", os.environ),
+        #        "DC_ACCOUNTS_PATH": str(accounts_dir),
+        #    }
+
+        self._kwargs = kwargs
+
+    def __getattr__(self, attr: str):
+        return RpcMethod(self, attr)