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| 1 | +Configure action introspection |
| 2 | +============================== |
| 3 | + |
| 4 | +**Goal:** Configure action introspection for an action client and an action server. |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +**Tutorial level:** Advanced |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +**Time:** 15 minutes |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +.. contents:: Table of Contents |
| 11 | + :depth: 1 |
| 12 | + :local: |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +Overview |
| 15 | +-------- |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +ROS 2 applications usually consist of actions to execute specific long-running procedures or work in remote nodes. |
| 18 | +It is possible to introspect action data communication with action introspection. |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +ROS 2 actions are built on topics and services, so action introspection is based on :doc:`Service Introspection <Service-Introspection>`. |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +In this demo, we'll be highlighting how to configure action introspection state for an action client and an action server and monitor action communication with ``ros2 action echo``. |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +Installing the demo |
| 25 | +------------------- |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +See the :doc:`installation instructions <../../Installation>` for details on installing ROS 2. |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +If you've installed ROS 2 binary packages, ensure that you have ``ros-{DISTRO}-demo-nodes-cpp`` and ``ros-{DISTRO}-demo-nodes-py`` installed. |
| 30 | +If you downloaded the archive or built ROS 2 from source, it will already be part of the installation. |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +Introspection Configuration State |
| 33 | +--------------------------------- |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +There are three configuration states for action introspection that are the same states as service introspection. |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +.. list-table:: Action Introspection Configuration State |
| 38 | + :widths: 25 25 |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | + * - RCL_SERVICE_INTROSPECTION_OFF |
| 41 | + - Disabled |
| 42 | + * - RCL_SERVICE_INTROSPECTION_METADATA |
| 43 | + - Only metadata without any user data contents |
| 44 | + * - RCL_SERVICE_INTROSPECTION_CONTENTS |
| 45 | + - User data contents with metadata |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +Introspection demo |
| 48 | +------------------ |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +This demo shows how to manage action introspection and monitor the action data communication with using ``ros2 action echo``. |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +Action server |
| 53 | +^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +You can find the source code here: `fibonacci_action_server.py <https://github.com/ros2/demos/blob/{REPOS_FILE_BRANCH}/action_tutorials/action_tutorials_py/action_tutorials_py/fibonacci_action_server.py>`__. |
| 56 | +``FibonacciActionServer`` has a parameter named ``action_server_configure_introspection`` to configure the action introspection state. |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +.. code-block:: python |
| 59 | +
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| 60 | + class FibonacciActionServer(Node): |
| 61 | + ... |
| 62 | + def on_post_set_parameters_callback(self, parameter_list): |
| 63 | + for param in parameter_list: |
| 64 | + if param.name != 'action_server_configure_introspection': |
| 65 | + continue |
| 66 | +
|
| 67 | + introspection_state = ServiceIntrospectionState.OFF |
| 68 | + if param.value == 'disabled': |
| 69 | + introspection_state = ServiceIntrospectionState.OFF |
| 70 | + elif param.value == 'metadata': |
| 71 | + introspection_state = ServiceIntrospectionState.METADATA |
| 72 | + elif param.value == 'contents': |
| 73 | + introspection_state = ServiceIntrospectionState.CONTENTS |
| 74 | +
|
| 75 | + self._action_server.configure_introspection(self.get_clock(), |
| 76 | + qos_profile_system_default, |
| 77 | + introspection_state) |
| 78 | + break |
| 79 | + ... |
| 80 | +
|
| 81 | +If you want to try the C++ version, you can find the source code here: `fibonacci_action_server.cpp <https://github.com/ros2/demos/blob/{REPOS_FILE_BRANCH}/action_tutorials/action_tutorials_cpp/src/fibonacci_action_server.cpp>`__. |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | +Action introspection is disabled by default, so users need to enable it with ``action_server_configure_introspection`` parameter when the server starts up. |
| 84 | +In this demo, ``FibonacciActionServer`` enables action introspection when the value of the ``action_server_configure_introspection`` parameter is ``contents``. |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +.. code-block:: console |
| 87 | +
|
| 88 | + $ ros2 run action_tutorials_py fibonacci_action_server --ros-args -p action_server_configure_introspection:=contents |
| 89 | +
|
| 90 | +To change action introspection state, we need to set the ``action_server_configure_introspection`` parameter as follows. |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | +To change it to user data contents with metadata: |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | +.. code-block:: console |
| 95 | +
|
| 96 | + $ ros2 param set /fibonacci_action_server action_server_configure_introspection contents |
| 97 | +
|
| 98 | +To change it to only metadata: |
| 99 | + |
| 100 | +.. code-block:: console |
| 101 | +
|
| 102 | + $ ros2 param set /fibonacci_action_server action_server_configure_introspection metadata |
| 103 | +
|
| 104 | +To disable: |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | +.. code-block:: console |
| 107 | +
|
| 108 | + $ ros2 param set /fibonacci_action_server action_server_configure_introspection disabled |
| 109 | +
|
| 110 | +Action client |
| 111 | +^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
| 112 | + |
| 113 | +You can find the source code here: `fibonacci_action_client.cpp <https://github.com/ros2/demos/blob/{REPOS_FILE_BRANCH}/action_tutorials/action_tutorials_cpp/src/fibonacci_action_client.cpp>`__. |
| 114 | +``FibonacciActionClient`` has a parameter named ``action_client_configure_introspection`` to configure the action introspection state. |
| 115 | + |
| 116 | +.. code-block:: c++ |
| 117 | + |
| 118 | + namespace action_tutorials_cpp |
| 119 | + { |
| 120 | + class FibonacciActionClient : public rclcpp::Node |
| 121 | + ... |
| 122 | + auto post_set_parameter_callback = |
| 123 | + [this](const std::vector<rclcpp::Parameter> & parameters) { |
| 124 | + for (const rclcpp::Parameter & param : parameters) { |
| 125 | + if (param.get_name() != "action_client_configure_introspection") { |
| 126 | + continue; |
| 127 | + } |
| 128 | + |
| 129 | + rcl_service_introspection_state_t introspection_state = RCL_SERVICE_INTROSPECTION_OFF; |
| 130 | + |
| 131 | + if (param.as_string() == "disabled") { |
| 132 | + introspection_state = RCL_SERVICE_INTROSPECTION_OFF; |
| 133 | + } else if (param.as_string() == "metadata") { |
| 134 | + introspection_state = RCL_SERVICE_INTROSPECTION_METADATA; |
| 135 | + } else if (param.as_string() == "contents") { |
| 136 | + introspection_state = RCL_SERVICE_INTROSPECTION_CONTENTS; |
| 137 | + } |
| 138 | + |
| 139 | + this->client_ptr_->configure_introspection( |
| 140 | + this->get_clock(), rclcpp::SystemDefaultsQoS(), introspection_state); |
| 141 | + break; |
| 142 | + } |
| 143 | + }; |
| 144 | + ... |
| 145 | + |
| 146 | +If you want to try the Python version, you can find the source code here: `fibonacci_action_client.py <https://github.com/ros2/demos/blob/{REPOS_FILE_BRANCH}/action_tutorials/action_tutorials_py/action_tutorials_py/fibonacci_action_client.py>`__. |
| 147 | + |
| 148 | +And then, we start and configure ``FibonacciActionClient`` in the same way. |
| 149 | + |
| 150 | +.. code-block:: console |
| 151 | +
|
| 152 | + $ ros2 run action_tutorials_cpp fibonacci_action_client --ros-args -p action_client_configure_introspection:=contents |
| 153 | +
|
| 154 | +To change action introspection state, we need to set the ``action_client_configure_introspection`` parameter as follows. |
| 155 | +Note that ``FibonacciActionClient`` only runs in short time, so it is recommended to set the parameter before running the client as above. |
| 156 | + |
| 157 | +To change it to user data contents with metadata: |
| 158 | + |
| 159 | +.. code-block:: console |
| 160 | +
|
| 161 | + $ ros2 param set /fibonacci_action_client action_client_configure_introspection contents |
| 162 | +
|
| 163 | +To change it to only metadata: |
| 164 | + |
| 165 | +.. code-block:: console |
| 166 | +
|
| 167 | + $ ros2 param set /fibonacci_action_client action_client_configure_introspection metadata |
| 168 | +
|
| 169 | +To disable: |
| 170 | + |
| 171 | +.. code-block:: console |
| 172 | +
|
| 173 | + $ ros2 param set /fibonacci_action_client action_client_configure_introspection disabled |
| 174 | +
|
| 175 | +Introspect |
| 176 | +^^^^^^^^^^ |
| 177 | + |
| 178 | +In this tutorial, the following is an example output with action introspection state ``contents`` on both ``FibonacciActionServer`` and ``FibonacciActionClient``. |
| 179 | +To monitor action communication between ``FibonacciActionServer`` and ``FibonacciActionClient``, let's run it: |
| 180 | + |
| 181 | +.. code-block:: console |
| 182 | +
|
| 183 | + $ ros2 action echo /fibonacci example_interfaces/action/Fibonacci --flow-style |
| 184 | + interface: GOAL_SERVICE |
| 185 | + info: |
| 186 | + event_type: REQUEST_SENT |
| 187 | + stamp: |
| 188 | + sec: 1742070798 |
| 189 | + nanosec: 400435819 |
| 190 | + client_gid: [1, 15, 165, 231, 194, 197, 167, 157, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 20, 4] |
| 191 | + sequence_number: 1 |
| 192 | + request: [{goal_id: {uuid: [230, 96, 12, 6, 100, 69, 69, 70, 220, 205, 135, 251, 210, 2, 231, 110]}, goal: {order: 10}}] |
| 193 | + response: [] |
| 194 | + --- |
| 195 | + interface: GOAL_SERVICE |
| 196 | + info: |
| 197 | + event_type: REQUEST_RECEIVED |
| 198 | + stamp: |
| 199 | + sec: 1742070798 |
| 200 | + nanosec: 400706446 |
| 201 | + client_gid: [1, 15, 165, 231, 194, 197, 167, 157, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 20, 4] |
| 202 | + sequence_number: 1 |
| 203 | + request: [{goal_id: {uuid: [230, 96, 12, 6, 100, 69, 69, 70, 220, 205, 135, 251, 210, 2, 231, 110]}, goal: {order: 10}}] |
| 204 | + response: [] |
| 205 | + --- |
| 206 | + interface: RESULT_SERVICE |
| 207 | + info: |
| 208 | + event_type: REQUEST_SENT |
| 209 | + stamp: |
| 210 | + sec: 1742070798 |
| 211 | + nanosec: 401486678 |
| 212 | + client_gid: [1, 15, 165, 231, 194, 197, 167, 157, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 24, 4] |
| 213 | + sequence_number: 1 |
| 214 | + request: [{goal_id: {uuid: [230, 96, 12, 6, 100, 69, 69, 70, 220, 205, 135, 251, 210, 2, 231, 110]}}] |
| 215 | + response: [] |
| 216 | + --- |
| 217 | + interface: FEEDBACK_TOPIC |
| 218 | + goal_id: |
| 219 | + uuid: [230, 96, 12, 6, 100, 69, 69, 70, 220, 205, 135, 251, 210, 2, 231, 110] |
| 220 | + feedback: |
| 221 | + sequence: [0, 1, 1] |
| 222 | + --- |
| 223 | + interface: STATUS_TOPIC |
| 224 | + status_list: [{goal_info: {goal_id: {uuid: [230, 96, 12, 6, 100, 69, 69, 70, 220, 205, 135, 251, 210, 2, 231, 110]}, stamp: {sec: 1742070798, nanosec: 401146752}}, status: 2}] |
| 225 | + --- |
| 226 | + interface: GOAL_SERVICE |
| 227 | + info: |
| 228 | + event_type: RESPONSE_SENT |
| 229 | + stamp: |
| 230 | + sec: 1742070798 |
| 231 | + nanosec: 401109161 |
| 232 | + client_gid: [1, 15, 165, 231, 194, 197, 167, 157, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 20, 4] |
| 233 | + sequence_number: 1 |
| 234 | + request: [] |
| 235 | + response: [{accepted: true, stamp: {sec: 0, nanosec: 0}}] |
| 236 | + --- |
| 237 | + interface: RESULT_SERVICE |
| 238 | + info: |
| 239 | + event_type: REQUEST_RECEIVED |
| 240 | + stamp: |
| 241 | + sec: 1742070798 |
| 242 | + nanosec: 401579875 |
| 243 | + client_gid: [1, 15, 165, 231, 194, 197, 167, 157, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 24, 4] |
| 244 | + sequence_number: 1 |
| 245 | + request: [{goal_id: {uuid: [230, 96, 12, 6, 100, 69, 69, 70, 220, 205, 135, 251, 210, 2, 231, 110]}}] |
| 246 | + response: [] |
| 247 | + --- |
| 248 | + interface: GOAL_SERVICE |
| 249 | + info: |
| 250 | + event_type: RESPONSE_RECEIVED |
| 251 | + stamp: |
| 252 | + sec: 1742070798 |
| 253 | + nanosec: 401234269 |
| 254 | + client_gid: [1, 15, 165, 231, 194, 197, 167, 157, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 20, 4] |
| 255 | + sequence_number: 1 |
| 256 | + request: [] |
| 257 | + response: [{accepted: true, stamp: {sec: 0, nanosec: 0}}] |
| 258 | + --- |
| 259 | + interface: FEEDBACK_TOPIC |
| 260 | + goal_id: |
| 261 | + uuid: [230, 96, 12, 6, 100, 69, 69, 70, 220, 205, 135, 251, 210, 2, 231, 110] |
| 262 | + feedback: |
| 263 | + sequence: [0, 1, 1, 2] |
| 264 | + --- |
| 265 | + interface: FEEDBACK_TOPIC |
| 266 | + goal_id: |
| 267 | + uuid: [230, 96, 12, 6, 100, 69, 69, 70, 220, 205, 135, 251, 210, 2, 231, 110] |
| 268 | + feedback: |
| 269 | + sequence: [0, 1, 1, 2, 3] |
| 270 | + --- |
| 271 | + interface: FEEDBACK_TOPIC |
| 272 | + goal_id: |
| 273 | + uuid: [230, 96, 12, 6, 100, 69, 69, 70, 220, 205, 135, 251, 210, 2, 231, 110] |
| 274 | + feedback: |
| 275 | + sequence: [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5] |
| 276 | + --- |
| 277 | + interface: FEEDBACK_TOPIC |
| 278 | + goal_id: |
| 279 | + uuid: [230, 96, 12, 6, 100, 69, 69, 70, 220, 205, 135, 251, 210, 2, 231, 110] |
| 280 | + feedback: |
| 281 | + sequence: [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8] |
| 282 | + --- |
| 283 | + interface: FEEDBACK_TOPIC |
| 284 | + goal_id: |
| 285 | + uuid: [230, 96, 12, 6, 100, 69, 69, 70, 220, 205, 135, 251, 210, 2, 231, 110] |
| 286 | + feedback: |
| 287 | + sequence: [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13] |
| 288 | + --- |
| 289 | + interface: FEEDBACK_TOPIC |
| 290 | + goal_id: |
| 291 | + uuid: [230, 96, 12, 6, 100, 69, 69, 70, 220, 205, 135, 251, 210, 2, 231, 110] |
| 292 | + feedback: |
| 293 | + sequence: [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21] |
| 294 | + --- |
| 295 | + interface: FEEDBACK_TOPIC |
| 296 | + goal_id: |
| 297 | + uuid: [230, 96, 12, 6, 100, 69, 69, 70, 220, 205, 135, 251, 210, 2, 231, 110] |
| 298 | + feedback: |
| 299 | + sequence: [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34] |
| 300 | + --- |
| 301 | + interface: FEEDBACK_TOPIC |
| 302 | + goal_id: |
| 303 | + uuid: [230, 96, 12, 6, 100, 69, 69, 70, 220, 205, 135, 251, 210, 2, 231, 110] |
| 304 | + feedback: |
| 305 | + sequence: [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55] |
| 306 | + --- |
| 307 | + interface: RESULT_SERVICE |
| 308 | + info: |
| 309 | + event_type: RESPONSE_SENT |
| 310 | + stamp: |
| 311 | + sec: 1742070807 |
| 312 | + nanosec: 402339670 |
| 313 | + client_gid: [1, 15, 165, 231, 194, 197, 167, 157, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 24, 4] |
| 314 | + sequence_number: 1 |
| 315 | + request: [] |
| 316 | + response: [{status: 4, result: {sequence: [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55]}}] |
| 317 | + --- |
| 318 | + interface: RESULT_SERVICE |
| 319 | + info: |
| 320 | + event_type: RESPONSE_RECEIVED |
| 321 | + stamp: |
| 322 | + sec: 1742070807 |
| 323 | + nanosec: 402698784 |
| 324 | + client_gid: [1, 15, 165, 231, 194, 197, 167, 157, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 24, 4] |
| 325 | + sequence_number: 1 |
| 326 | + request: [] |
| 327 | + response: [{status: 4, result: {sequence: [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55]}}] |
| 328 | + --- |
| 329 | + interface: STATUS_TOPIC |
| 330 | + status_list: [{goal_info: {goal_id: {uuid: [230, 96, 12, 6, 100, 69, 69, 70, 220, 205, 135, 251, 210, 2, 231, 110]}, stamp: {sec: 1742070798, nanosec: 401146752}}, status: 4}] |
| 331 | + --- |
| 332 | + ... |
| 333 | +
|
| 334 | +You can see the ``interface: GOAL_SERVICE`` and ``interface: RESULT_SERVICE``, those introspection service events take place in both ``FibonacciActionServer`` and ``FibonacciActionClient``. |
| 335 | +And you can also see ``interface: FEEDBACK_TOPIC`` and ``interface: STATUS_TOPIC`` data, those topics are published by ``FibonacciActionServer`` and subscribed by ``FibonacciActionClient``. |
| 336 | + |
| 337 | +Now you can see the action communication between ``FibonacciActionServer`` and ``FibonacciActionClient`` with ``ros2 action echo``. |
| 338 | + |
| 339 | +Related content |
| 340 | +--------------- |
| 341 | + |
| 342 | +- `Action Introspection REP-2018 <https://github.com/ros-infrastructure/rep/pull/405>`__. |
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