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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions .github/workflows/sdk_protos_map.csv
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Expand Up @@ -513,15 +513,17 @@ robot,CancelOperation,,cancel_operation,,,cancelOperation
robot,BlockForOperation,,block_for_operation,,,blockForOperation
robot,FrameSystemConfig,,get_frame_system_config,,,frameSystemConfig
robot,TransformPose,,transform_pose,,,transformPose
robot,TransformPCD,,,,,transformPCD
robot,GetPose,,,,,getPose
robot,TransformPCD,,transform_pcd,,,transformPCD
robot,StreamStatus,,,,,
# DEPRECATED robot,DiscoverComponents,,discover_components,DiscoverComponents,,discoverComponents
robot,GetModelsFromModules,,get_models_from_modules,GetModelsFromModules,getModelsFromModules,getModelsFromModules
robot,StopAll,,stop_all,StopAll,,stopAll
robot,RestartModule,,restart_module,RestartModule,,restartModule
robot,RestartModule,,restart_module,RestartModule,restartModule,restartModule
robot,StartSession,,,,,
robot,SendSessionHeartbeat,,,,,
robot,Log,,log,,,
robot,UploadDataFromPath,,upload_data_from_path,,,
robot,GetCloudMetadata,,get_cloud_metadata,CloudMetadata,getCloudMetadata,getCloudMetadata
robot,GetVersion,,get_version,Version,,getVersion
## HACK: Robot (python) provides additional helper function, adding 4 pseudo-entries:
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30 changes: 15 additions & 15 deletions .github/workflows/update_sdk_methods.py
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"organization settings page": "/manage/reference/organize/",
"image tags": "/data-ai/train/create-dataset/#label-your-images",
"API key": "/fleet/cli/#authenticate",
"board model": "/dev/reference/apis/components/board/"
"board model": "/reference/apis/components/board/"
}

## Map sdk language to specific code fence formatting syntax for that language:
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## Link matching text, used in write_markdown():
## NOTE: Currently does not support formatting for link titles
## (EXAMPLE: bolded DATA tab here: https://docs.viam.com/dev/reference/apis/data-client/#binarydatabyfilter)
## (EXAMPLE: bolded DATA tab here: https://docs.viam.com/reference/apis/data-client/#binarydatabyfilter)
def link_description(format_type, full_description, link_text, link_url):

## Supports 'md' link styling or 'html' link styling.
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if type == 'component':
## Replace underscores, and convert generic_component to just generic:
resource_adjusted = resource.replace('generic_component', 'generic').replace('_','-')
proto_anchor_link = '/dev/reference/apis/components/' + resource_adjusted + '/#' + proto_link
proto_anchor_link = '/reference/apis/components/' + resource_adjusted + '/#' + proto_link
elif type == 'service' and resource in ['base_remote_control', 'motion', 'slam', 'vision']:
proto_anchor_link = '/dev/reference/apis/services/' + resource.replace('base_remote_control', 'base-rc') + '/#' + proto_link
proto_anchor_link = '/reference/apis/services/' + resource.replace('base_remote_control', 'base-rc') + '/#' + proto_link
elif type == 'service' and resource == 'data_manager':
proto_anchor_link = '/dev/reference/apis/services/data/#' + proto_link
proto_anchor_link = '/reference/apis/services/data/#' + proto_link
elif type == 'service' and resource == 'discovery':
proto_anchor_link = '/dev/reference/apis/services/discovery/#' + proto_link
proto_anchor_link = '/reference/apis/services/discovery/#' + proto_link
elif type == 'service' and resource == 'generic_service':
proto_anchor_link = '/dev/reference/apis/services/generic/#' + proto_link
proto_anchor_link = '/reference/apis/services/generic/#' + proto_link
elif type == 'service' and resource == 'audio_in':
proto_anchor_link = '/dev/reference/apis/services/audio-in/#' + proto_link
proto_anchor_link = '/reference/apis/services/audio-in/#' + proto_link
elif type == 'service' and resource == 'audio_out':
proto_anchor_link = '/dev/reference/apis/services/audio-out/#' + proto_link
proto_anchor_link = '/reference/apis/services/audio-out/#' + proto_link
elif type == 'service' and resource == 'mlmodel':
proto_anchor_link = '/dev/reference/apis/services/ml/#' + proto_link
proto_anchor_link = '/reference/apis/services/ml/#' + proto_link
elif type == 'service' and resource == 'world_state_store':
proto_anchor_link = '/dev/reference/apis/services/world-state-store/#' + proto_link
proto_anchor_link = '/reference/apis/services/world-state-store/#' + proto_link
elif type == 'app' and resource == 'app':
proto_anchor_link = '/dev/reference/apis/fleet/#' + proto_link
proto_anchor_link = '/reference/apis/fleet/#' + proto_link
elif type == 'app' and resource in ["billing", "mltraining"]:
proto_anchor_link = '/dev/reference/apis/' + resource.replace('mltraining','ml-training') + '-client/#' + proto_link
proto_anchor_link = '/reference/apis/' + resource.replace('mltraining','ml-training') + '-client/#' + proto_link
elif type == 'app' and resource in ["data", "dataset", "data_sync"]:
proto_anchor_link = '/dev/reference/apis/data-client/#' + proto_link
proto_anchor_link = '/reference/apis/data-client/#' + proto_link
elif type == 'robot':
proto_anchor_link = '/dev/reference/apis/' + resource + '/#' + proto_link
proto_anchor_link = '/reference/apis/' + resource + '/#' + proto_link

## Fetch just the first sentence from the proto_override_file (first text string terminated by '.\n'), ignoring hugo
## shortcodes like alerts ('{{%.*%}}.*{{% \[a-b].* %}}'), which precede some override files' (proto descriptions')
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions static/include/robot/apis/generated/robot-table.md
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| [`BlockForOperation`](/reference/apis/robot/#blockforoperation) | Blocks on the specified operation on the machine. |
| [`FrameSystemConfig`](/reference/apis/robot/#framesystemconfig) | Get the configuration of the frame system of a given machine. |
| [`TransformPose`](/reference/apis/robot/#transformpose) | Transform a given source Pose from the original reference frame to a new destination reference frame. |
| [`GetPose`](/reference/apis/robot/#getpose) | Get the pose of a component in the frame system of the machine, relative to a specified destination frame. |
| [`TransformPCD`](/reference/apis/robot/#transformpcd) | Transforms the pointcloud to the desired frame in the robot's frame system. |
| [`GetModelsFromModules`](/reference/apis/robot/#getmodelsfrommodules) | Get a list of all models provided by local and registry modules on the machine. |
| [`StopAll`](/reference/apis/robot/#stopall) | Cancel all current and outstanding operations for the machine and stop all actuators and movement. |
| [`RestartModule`](/reference/apis/robot/#restartmodule) | Reload a module as if its config changed. |
| [`Log`](/reference/apis/robot/#log) | Create a LogEntry object from the log to send to the RDK over gRPC. |
| [`UploadDataFromPath`](/reference/apis/robot/#uploaddatafrompath) | Upload data from a file or folder path on the machine to the Viam cloud. |
| [`GetCloudMetadata`](/reference/apis/robot/#getcloudmetadata) | Get app-related information about the robot. |
| [`GetVersion`](/reference/apis/robot/#getversion) | Return version information about the machine. |
| [`Options.with_api_key`](/reference/apis/robot/#optionswith_api_key) | Create a `RobotClient.Options` using an API key as credentials. |
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