src/vpp-api/lua/examples/example-cli.lua

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vpp = require "vpp-lapi"

root_dir = "/home/ubuntu/vpp"
pneum_path = root_dir .. "/build-root/install-vpp_debug-native/vpp-api/lib64/libpneum.so"

vpp:init({ pneum_path = pneum_path })

vpp:json_api(root_dir .. "/build-root/install-vpp_debug-native/vpp/vpp-api/vpe.api.json")

vpp:connect("aytest")

-- api calls
reply = vpp:api_call("show_version")
print("Version: ", reply[1].version)
print(vpp.hex_dump(reply[1].version))
print(vpp.dump(reply))
print("---")


reply = vpp:api_call("cli_inband", { cmd = "show vers" }) 
print(vpp.dump(reply))
print("---")


vpp:disconnect()