""" Methods to call service methods, also known as unified messages Example code: .. code:: python # the easy way response = client.send_um_and_wait('Player.GetGameBadgeLevels#1', { 'property': 1, 'something': 'value', }) print(response.body) # the other way jobid = client.send_um('Player.GetGameBadgeLevels#1', {'something': 1}) response = client.wait_event(jobid) The backend might error out, but we still get response. Here is how to check for error: .. code:: python if response.header.eresult != EResult.OK: print(response.header.error_message) """ from steam.core.msg import MsgProto, get_um from steam.enums.emsg import EMsg from steam.utils import proto_fill_from_dict class UnifiedMessages(object): def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super(UnifiedMessages, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) def send_um(self, method_name, params=None): """Send service method request :param method_name: method name (e.g. ``Player.GetGameBadgeLevels#1``) :type method_name: :class:`str` :param params: message parameters :type params: :class:`dict` :return: ``job_id`` identifier :rtype: :class:`str` Listen for ``jobid`` on this object to catch the response. """ proto = get_um(method_name) if proto is None: raise ValueError("Failed to find method named: %s" % method_name) message = MsgProto(EMsg.ServiceMethodCallFromClient) message.header.target_job_name = method_name message.body = proto() if params: proto_fill_from_dict(message.body, params) return self.send_job(message) def send_um_and_wait(self, method_name, params=None, timeout=10, raises=False): """Send service method request and wait for response :param method_name: method name (e.g. ``Player.GetGameBadgeLevels#1``) :type method_name: :class:`str` :param params: message parameters :type params: :class:`dict` :param timeout: (optional) seconds to wait :type timeout: :class:`int` :param raises: (optional) On timeout if :class:`False` return :class:`None`, else raise :class:`gevent.Timeout` :type raises: :class:`bool` :return: response message :rtype: proto message instance :raises: :class:`gevent.Timeout` """ job_id = self.send_um(method_name, params) return self.wait_msg(job_id, timeout, raises=raises)