ansys-pyensight-core 0.8.12__py3-none-any.whl → 0.9.0__py3-none-any.whl

ansys/pyensight/core/ensight_grpc.py

@@ -1,432 +1,432 @@
-"""ensight_grpc module
-
-This package defines the EnSightGRPC class which provides a simpler
-interface to the EnSight gRPC interface, including event streams.
-
-"""
-import threading
-from typing import Any, Callable, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
-import uuid
-
-from ansys.api.pyensight.v0 import dynamic_scene_graph_pb2_grpc, ensight_pb2, ensight_pb2_grpc
-import grpc
-
-
-class EnSightGRPC(object):
-    """Wrapper around a gRPC connection to an EnSight instance
-
-    This class provides an asynchronous interface to the EnSight
-    core gRPC interface.  It can handle remote event
-    streams, providing a much simpler interface to the EnSight
-    application. The default is to make a connection to an EnSight
-    gRPC server on port 12345 on the loopback host.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    host: str, optional
-        Hostname where there EnSight gRPC server is running.
-    port: int, optional
-        Port to make the gRPC connection to
-    secret_key: str, optional
-        Connection secret key
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, host: str = "127.0.0.1", port: int = 12345, secret_key: str = ""):
-        self._host = host
-        self._port = port
-        self._channel = None
-        self._stub = None
-        self._dsg_stub = None
-        self._security_token = secret_key
-        self._session_name: str = ""
-        # Streaming APIs
-        # Event (strings)
-        self._event_stream = None
-        self._event_thread: Optional[threading.Thread] = None
-        self._events: List[Any] = list()
-        # Callback for events (self._events not used)
-        self._event_callback: Optional[Callable] = None
-        self._prefix: Optional[str] = None
-
-    @property
-    def host(self) -> str:
-        """The gRPC server (EnSight) hostname"""
-        return self._host
-
-    def port(self) -> int:
-        """The gRPC server (EnSight) port number"""
-        return self._port
-
-    @property
-    def security_token(self) -> str:
-        """The gRPC server (EnSight) secret key
-
-        EnSight supports a security token in either numeric (-security {int}) or
-        string (ENSIGHT_SECURITY_TOKEN environmental variable) form.  If EnSight
-        is using a security token, all gRPC calls must include this token.  This
-        call sets the token for all grPC calls made by this class.
-        """
-        return self._security_token
-
-    @security_token.setter
-    def security_token(self, name: str) -> None:
-        self._security_token = name  # pragma: no cover
-
-    @property
-    def session_name(self) -> str:
-        """The gRPC server session name
-
-        EnSight gRPC calls can include the session name via 'session_name' metadata.
-        A client session may provide a session name via this property.
-        """
-        return self._session_name
-
-    @session_name.setter
-    def session_name(self, name: str) -> None:
-        self._session_name = name
-
-    def shutdown(self, stop_ensight: bool = False, force: bool = False) -> None:
-        """Close down the gRPC connection
-
-        Disconnect all connections to the gRPC server.  If stop_ensight is True, send the
-        'Exit' command to the EnSight gRPC server.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        stop_ensight: bool, optional
-            if True, send an 'Exit' command to the gRPC server.
-        force: bool, optional
-            if stop_ensight and force are true, stop EnSight aggressively
-        """
-        if self.is_connected():  # pragma: no cover
-            # if requested, send 'Exit'
-            if stop_ensight:  # pragma: no cover
-                # the gRPC ExitRequest is exactly that, a request in some
-                # cases the operation needs to be forced
-                if force:  # pragma: no cover
-                    try:
-                        self.command("ensight.exit(0)", do_eval=False)
-                    except IOError:  # pragma: no cover
-                        # we expect this as the exit can result in the gRPC call failing
-                        pass  # pragma: no cover
-                else:
-                    if self._stub:  # pragma: no cover
-                        _ = self._stub.Exit(
-                            ensight_pb2.ExitRequest(), metadata=self._metadata()
-                        )  # pragma: no cover
-            # clean up control objects
-            self._stub = None
-            self._dsg_stub = None
-            if self._channel:
-                self._channel.close()
-            self._channel = None
-
-    def is_connected(self) -> bool:
-        """Check to see if the gRPC connection is live
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-             True if the connection is active.
-        """
-        return self._channel is not None
-
-    def connect(self, timeout: float = 15.0) -> None:
-        """Establish the gRPC connection to EnSight
-
-        Attempt to connect to an EnSight gRPC server using the host and port
-        established by the constructor.  Note on failure, this function just
-        returns, but is_connected() will return False.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        timeout: float
-            how long to wait for the connection to timeout
-        """
-        if self.is_connected():
-            return
-        # set up the channel
-        self._channel = grpc.insecure_channel(
-            "{}:{}".format(self._host, self._port),
-            options=[
-                ("grpc.max_receive_message_length", -1),
-                ("grpc.max_send_message_length", -1),
-                ("grpc.testing.fixed_reconnect_backoff_ms", 1100),
-            ],
-        )
-        try:
-            grpc.channel_ready_future(self._channel).result(timeout=timeout)
-        except grpc.FutureTimeoutError:  # pragma: no cover
-            self._channel = None  # pragma: no cover
-            return  # pragma: no cover
-        # hook up the stub interface
-        self._stub = ensight_pb2_grpc.EnSightServiceStub(self._channel)
-        self._dsg_stub = dynamic_scene_graph_pb2_grpc.DynamicSceneGraphServiceStub(self._channel)
-
-    def _metadata(self) -> List[Tuple[bytes, Union[str, bytes]]]:
-        """Compute the gRPC stream metadata
-
-        Compute the list to be passed to the gRPC calls for things like security
-        and the session name.
-
-        """
-        ret: List[Tuple[bytes, Union[str, bytes]]] = list()
-        s: Union[str, bytes]
-        if self._security_token:  # pragma: no cover
-            s = self._security_token
-            if type(s) == str:  # pragma: no cover
-                s = s.encode("utf-8")
-            ret.append((b"shared_secret", s))
-        if self.session_name:  # pragma: no cover
-            s = self.session_name.encode("utf-8")
-            ret.append((b"session_name", s))
-        return ret
-
-    def render(
-        self,
-        width: int = 640,
-        height: int = 480,
-        aa: int = 1,
-        png: bool = True,
-        highlighting: bool = False,
-    ) -> bytes:
-        """Generate a rendering of the current EnSight scene
-
-        Render the current scene at a specific size and using a specific number of anti-aliasing
-        passes. The return value can be a byte array (width*height*3) bytes or a PNG image.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        width: int, optional
-            width of the image to render
-        height: int, optional
-            height of the image to render
-        aa: int, optional
-            number of antialiasing passes to use in generating the image
-        png: bool, optional
-            if True, the return value is a PNG image bytestream.  Otherwise, it is a simple
-            bytes object with width*height*3 values.
-        highlighting: bool, optional
-            if True, selection highlighting will be included in the image.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        bytes
-            bytes object representation of the rendered image
-
-        Raises
-        ------
-            IOError if the operation fails
-        """
-        self.connect()
-        ret_type = ensight_pb2.RenderRequest.IMAGE_RAW
-        if png:  # pragma: no cover
-            ret_type = ensight_pb2.RenderRequest.IMAGE_PNG
-        response: Any
-        try:
-            if self._stub:  # pragma: no cover
-                response = self._stub.RenderImage(
-                    ensight_pb2.RenderRequest(
-                        type=ret_type,
-                        image_width=width,
-                        image_height=height,
-                        image_aa_passes=aa,
-                        include_highlighting=highlighting,
-                    ),
-                    metadata=self._metadata(),
-                )
-        except Exception:  # pragma: no cover
-            raise IOError("gRPC connection dropped")  # pragma: no cover
-        return response.value
-
-    def geometry(self) -> bytes:
-        """Return the current scene geometry in glTF format
-
-        Package up the geometry currently being viewed in the EnSight session as
-        a glTF stream.  Return this stream as an array of byte.  Note: no
-        intermediate files are utilized.
-
-        Note: currently there is a limitation of glTF files to 2GB
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-            bytes object representation of the glTF file
-
-        Raises
-        ------
-            IOError if the operation fails
-        """
-        self.connect()
-        response: Any
-        try:
-            if self._stub:  # pragma: no cover
-                response = self._stub.GetGeometry(
-                    ensight_pb2.GeometryRequest(type=ensight_pb2.GeometryRequest.GEOMETRY_GLB),
-                    metadata=self._metadata(),
-                )
-        except Exception:  # pragma: no cover
-            raise IOError("gRPC connection dropped")  # pragma: no cover
-        return response.value
-
-    def command(self, command_string: str, do_eval: bool = True, json: bool = False) -> Any:
-        """Send a Python command string to be executed in EnSight
-
-        The string will be run or evaluated in the EnSight Python interpreter via the
-        EnSightService::RunPython() gRPC all.  If an exception or other error occurs, this
-        function will throw a RuntimeError.  If do_eval is False, the return value will be None,
-        otherwise it will be the returned string (eval() will not be performed).  If json is True,
-        the return value will be a JSON representation of the report execution result.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        command_string: str
-            The string to execute
-        do_eval: bool, optional
-            If True, a return value will be computed and returned
-        json: bool, optional
-            If True and do_eval is True, the return value will be a JSON representation of
-            the evaluated value.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        Any
-             None, a string ready for Python eval() or a JSON string.
-
-        Raises
-        ------
-            RuntimeError if the operation fails.
-            IOError if the communication fails.
-        """
-        self.connect()
-        flags = ensight_pb2.PythonRequest.EXEC_RETURN_PYTHON
-        response: Any
-        if json:  # pragma: no cover
-            flags = ensight_pb2.PythonRequest.EXEC_RETURN_JSON  # pragma: no cover
-        if not do_eval:
-            flags = ensight_pb2.PythonRequest.EXEC_NO_RESULT
-        try:
-            if self._stub:  # pragma: no cover
-                response = self._stub.RunPython(
-                    ensight_pb2.PythonRequest(type=flags, command=command_string),
-                    metadata=self._metadata(),
-                )
-        except Exception:
-            raise IOError("gRPC connection dropped")
-        if response.error < 0:  # pragma: no cover
-            raise RuntimeError(response.value)  # pragma: no cover
-        if flags == ensight_pb2.PythonRequest.EXEC_NO_RESULT:
-            return None
-        # This was moved externally so pre-processing could be performed
-        # elif flags == ensight_pb2.PythonRequest.EXEC_RETURN_PYTHON:
-        #    return eval(response.value)
-        return response.value
-
-    def prefix(self) -> str:
-        """Return the unique prefix for this instance.
-
-        Some EnSight gRPC APIs require a unique prefix so that EnSight can handle
-        multiple, simultaneous remote connections. This method will generate a GUID-based
-        prefix.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        str
-            A unique (for this session) prefix string of the form: grpc://{uuid}/
-        """
-        # prefix URIs will have the format:  "grpc://{uuid}/{callbackname}?enum={}&uid={}"
-        if self._prefix is None:
-            self._prefix = "grpc://" + str(uuid.uuid1()) + "/"
-        return self._prefix
-
-    def event_stream_enable(self, callback: Optional[Callable] = None) -> None:
-        """Enable a simple gRPC-based event stream from EnSight
-
-        This method makes a EnSightService::GetEventStream() gRPC call into EnSight, returning
-        an ensightservice::EventReply stream.  The method creates a thread to hold this
-        stream open and read new events from it.  The thread adds the event strings to
-        a list of events stored on this instance.  If callback is not None, the object
-        will be called with the event string, otherwise they can be retrieved using get_event().
-        """
-        if self._event_stream is not None:  # pragma: no cover
-            return  # pragma: no cover
-        self._event_callback = callback
-        self.connect()
-        if self._stub:  # pragma: no cover
-            self._event_stream = self._stub.GetEventStream(
-                ensight_pb2.EventStreamRequest(prefix=self.prefix()),
-                metadata=self._metadata(),
-            )
-        self._event_thread = threading.Thread(target=self._poll_events)
-        self._event_thread.daemon = True
-        self._event_thread.start()
-
-    def event_stream_is_enabled(self) -> bool:
-        """Check to see if the event stream is enabled
-
-        If an event stream has been successfully established via
-        event_stream_enable(), then this function returns True.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-              True if a ensightservice::EventReply steam is active
-        """
-        return self._event_stream is not None  # pragma: no cover
-
-    def dynamic_scene_graph_stream(self, client_cmds):  # pragma: no cover
-        """Open up a dynamic scene graph stream
-
-        Make a DynamicSceneGraphService::GetSceneStream() rpc call and return
-        a ensightservice::SceneUpdateCommand stream instance.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        client_cmds
-            iterator that produces ensightservice::SceneClientCommand objects
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-            ensightservice::SceneUpdateCommand stream instance
-        """
-        self.connect()
-        return self._dsg_stub.GetSceneStream(client_cmds, metadata=self._metadata())
-
-    def get_event(self) -> Optional[str]:  # pragma: no cover
-        """Retrieve and remove the oldest ensightservice::EventReply string
-
-        When any of the event streaming systems is enabled, Python threads will receive the
-        event records and store them in this instance in an ordered fashion.  This method
-        retrieves the oldest ensightservice::EventReply string in the queue.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-            None or the oldest event string in the queue.
-        """
-        try:
-            return self._events.pop(0)
-        except IndexError:
-            return None
-
-    def _put_event(self, evt: "ensight_pb2.EventReply") -> None:
-        """Add an event record to the event queue on this instance
-
-        This method is used by threads to make the events they receive available to
-        calling applications via get_event().
-        """
-        if self._event_callback:  # pragma: no cover
-            self._event_callback(evt.tag)
-            return
-        self._events.append(evt.tag)  # pragma: no cover
-
-    def _poll_events(self) -> None:
-        """Internal method to handle event streams
-
-        This method is called by a Python thread to read events via the established
-        ensightservice::EventReply stream.
-        """
-        try:
-            while self._stub is not None:  # pragma: no cover
-                evt = self._event_stream.next()
-                self._put_event(evt)
-        except Exception:
-            # signal that the gRPC connection has broken
-            self._event_stream = None
-            self._event_thread = None
+"""ensight_grpc module
+
+This package defines the EnSightGRPC class which provides a simpler
+interface to the EnSight gRPC interface, including event streams.
+
+"""
+import threading
+from typing import Any, Callable, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
+import uuid
+
+from ansys.api.pyensight.v0 import dynamic_scene_graph_pb2_grpc, ensight_pb2, ensight_pb2_grpc
+import grpc
+
+
+class EnSightGRPC(object):
+    """Wrapper around a gRPC connection to an EnSight instance
+
+    This class provides an asynchronous interface to the EnSight
+    core gRPC interface.  It can handle remote event
+    streams, providing a much simpler interface to the EnSight
+    application. The default is to make a connection to an EnSight
+    gRPC server on port 12345 on the loopback host.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    host: str, optional
+        Hostname where there EnSight gRPC server is running.
+    port: int, optional
+        Port to make the gRPC connection to
+    secret_key: str, optional
+        Connection secret key
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, host: str = "127.0.0.1", port: int = 12345, secret_key: str = ""):
+        self._host = host
+        self._port = port
+        self._channel = None
+        self._stub = None
+        self._dsg_stub = None
+        self._security_token = secret_key
+        self._session_name: str = ""
+        # Streaming APIs
+        # Event (strings)
+        self._event_stream = None
+        self._event_thread: Optional[threading.Thread] = None
+        self._events: List[Any] = list()
+        # Callback for events (self._events not used)
+        self._event_callback: Optional[Callable] = None
+        self._prefix: Optional[str] = None
+
+    @property
+    def host(self) -> str:
+        """The gRPC server (EnSight) hostname"""
+        return self._host
+
+    def port(self) -> int:
+        """The gRPC server (EnSight) port number"""
+        return self._port
+
+    @property
+    def security_token(self) -> str:
+        """The gRPC server (EnSight) secret key
+
+        EnSight supports a security token in either numeric (-security {int}) or
+        string (ENSIGHT_SECURITY_TOKEN environmental variable) form.  If EnSight
+        is using a security token, all gRPC calls must include this token.  This
+        call sets the token for all grPC calls made by this class.
+        """
+        return self._security_token
+
+    @security_token.setter
+    def security_token(self, name: str) -> None:
+        self._security_token = name  # pragma: no cover
+
+    @property
+    def session_name(self) -> str:
+        """The gRPC server session name
+
+        EnSight gRPC calls can include the session name via 'session_name' metadata.
+        A client session may provide a session name via this property.
+        """
+        return self._session_name
+
+    @session_name.setter
+    def session_name(self, name: str) -> None:
+        self._session_name = name
+
+    def shutdown(self, stop_ensight: bool = False, force: bool = False) -> None:
+        """Close down the gRPC connection
+
+        Disconnect all connections to the gRPC server.  If stop_ensight is True, send the
+        'Exit' command to the EnSight gRPC server.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        stop_ensight: bool, optional
+            if True, send an 'Exit' command to the gRPC server.
+        force: bool, optional
+            if stop_ensight and force are true, stop EnSight aggressively
+        """
+        if self.is_connected():  # pragma: no cover
+            # if requested, send 'Exit'
+            if stop_ensight:  # pragma: no cover
+                # the gRPC ExitRequest is exactly that, a request in some
+                # cases the operation needs to be forced
+                if force:  # pragma: no cover
+                    try:
+                        self.command("ensight.exit(0)", do_eval=False)
+                    except IOError:  # pragma: no cover
+                        # we expect this as the exit can result in the gRPC call failing
+                        pass  # pragma: no cover
+                else:
+                    if self._stub:  # pragma: no cover
+                        _ = self._stub.Exit(
+                            ensight_pb2.ExitRequest(), metadata=self._metadata()
+                        )  # pragma: no cover
+            # clean up control objects
+            self._stub = None
+            self._dsg_stub = None
+            if self._channel:
+                self._channel.close()
+            self._channel = None
+
+    def is_connected(self) -> bool:
+        """Check to see if the gRPC connection is live
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+             True if the connection is active.
+        """
+        return self._channel is not None
+
+    def connect(self, timeout: float = 15.0) -> None:
+        """Establish the gRPC connection to EnSight
+
+        Attempt to connect to an EnSight gRPC server using the host and port
+        established by the constructor.  Note on failure, this function just
+        returns, but is_connected() will return False.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        timeout: float
+            how long to wait for the connection to timeout
+        """
+        if self.is_connected():
+            return
+        # set up the channel
+        self._channel = grpc.insecure_channel(
+            "{}:{}".format(self._host, self._port),
+            options=[
+                ("grpc.max_receive_message_length", -1),
+                ("grpc.max_send_message_length", -1),
+                ("grpc.testing.fixed_reconnect_backoff_ms", 1100),
+            ],
+        )
+        try:
+            grpc.channel_ready_future(self._channel).result(timeout=timeout)
+        except grpc.FutureTimeoutError:  # pragma: no cover
+            self._channel = None  # pragma: no cover
+            return  # pragma: no cover
+        # hook up the stub interface
+        self._stub = ensight_pb2_grpc.EnSightServiceStub(self._channel)
+        self._dsg_stub = dynamic_scene_graph_pb2_grpc.DynamicSceneGraphServiceStub(self._channel)
+
+    def _metadata(self) -> List[Tuple[bytes, Union[str, bytes]]]:
+        """Compute the gRPC stream metadata
+
+        Compute the list to be passed to the gRPC calls for things like security
+        and the session name.
+
+        """
+        ret: List[Tuple[bytes, Union[str, bytes]]] = list()
+        s: Union[str, bytes]
+        if self._security_token:  # pragma: no cover
+            s = self._security_token
+            if type(s) == str:  # pragma: no cover
+                s = s.encode("utf-8")
+            ret.append((b"shared_secret", s))
+        if self.session_name:  # pragma: no cover
+            s = self.session_name.encode("utf-8")
+            ret.append((b"session_name", s))
+        return ret
+
+    def render(
+        self,
+        width: int = 640,
+        height: int = 480,
+        aa: int = 1,
+        png: bool = True,
+        highlighting: bool = False,
+    ) -> bytes:
+        """Generate a rendering of the current EnSight scene
+
+        Render the current scene at a specific size and using a specific number of anti-aliasing
+        passes. The return value can be a byte array (width*height*3) bytes or a PNG image.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        width: int, optional
+            width of the image to render
+        height: int, optional
+            height of the image to render
+        aa: int, optional
+            number of antialiasing passes to use in generating the image
+        png: bool, optional
+            if True, the return value is a PNG image bytestream.  Otherwise, it is a simple
+            bytes object with width*height*3 values.
+        highlighting: bool, optional
+            if True, selection highlighting will be included in the image.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        bytes
+            bytes object representation of the rendered image
+
+        Raises
+        ------
+            IOError if the operation fails
+        """
+        self.connect()
+        ret_type = ensight_pb2.RenderRequest.IMAGE_RAW
+        if png:  # pragma: no cover
+            ret_type = ensight_pb2.RenderRequest.IMAGE_PNG
+        response: Any
+        try:
+            if self._stub:  # pragma: no cover
+                response = self._stub.RenderImage(
+                    ensight_pb2.RenderRequest(
+                        type=ret_type,
+                        image_width=width,
+                        image_height=height,
+                        image_aa_passes=aa,
+                        include_highlighting=highlighting,
+                    ),
+                    metadata=self._metadata(),
+                )
+        except Exception:  # pragma: no cover
+            raise IOError("gRPC connection dropped")  # pragma: no cover
+        return response.value
+
+    def geometry(self) -> bytes:
+        """Return the current scene geometry in glTF format
+
+        Package up the geometry currently being viewed in the EnSight session as
+        a glTF stream.  Return this stream as an array of byte.  Note: no
+        intermediate files are utilized.
+
+        Note: currently there is a limitation of glTF files to 2GB
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+            bytes object representation of the glTF file
+
+        Raises
+        ------
+            IOError if the operation fails
+        """
+        self.connect()
+        response: Any
+        try:
+            if self._stub:  # pragma: no cover
+                response = self._stub.GetGeometry(
+                    ensight_pb2.GeometryRequest(type=ensight_pb2.GeometryRequest.GEOMETRY_GLB),
+                    metadata=self._metadata(),
+                )
+        except Exception:  # pragma: no cover
+            raise IOError("gRPC connection dropped")  # pragma: no cover
+        return response.value
+
+    def command(self, command_string: str, do_eval: bool = True, json: bool = False) -> Any:
+        """Send a Python command string to be executed in EnSight
+
+        The string will be run or evaluated in the EnSight Python interpreter via the
+        EnSightService::RunPython() gRPC all.  If an exception or other error occurs, this
+        function will throw a RuntimeError.  If do_eval is False, the return value will be None,
+        otherwise it will be the returned string (eval() will not be performed).  If json is True,
+        the return value will be a JSON representation of the report execution result.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        command_string: str
+            The string to execute
+        do_eval: bool, optional
+            If True, a return value will be computed and returned
+        json: bool, optional
+            If True and do_eval is True, the return value will be a JSON representation of
+            the evaluated value.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        Any
+             None, a string ready for Python eval() or a JSON string.
+
+        Raises
+        ------
+            RuntimeError if the operation fails.
+            IOError if the communication fails.
+        """
+        self.connect()
+        flags = ensight_pb2.PythonRequest.EXEC_RETURN_PYTHON
+        response: Any
+        if json:  # pragma: no cover
+            flags = ensight_pb2.PythonRequest.EXEC_RETURN_JSON  # pragma: no cover
+        if not do_eval:
+            flags = ensight_pb2.PythonRequest.EXEC_NO_RESULT
+        try:
+            if self._stub:  # pragma: no cover
+                response = self._stub.RunPython(
+                    ensight_pb2.PythonRequest(type=flags, command=command_string),
+                    metadata=self._metadata(),
+                )
+        except Exception:
+            raise IOError("gRPC connection dropped")
+        if response.error < 0:  # pragma: no cover
+            raise RuntimeError(response.value)  # pragma: no cover
+        if flags == ensight_pb2.PythonRequest.EXEC_NO_RESULT:
+            return None
+        # This was moved externally so pre-processing could be performed
+        # elif flags == ensight_pb2.PythonRequest.EXEC_RETURN_PYTHON:
+        #    return eval(response.value)
+        return response.value
+
+    def prefix(self) -> str:
+        """Return the unique prefix for this instance.
+
+        Some EnSight gRPC APIs require a unique prefix so that EnSight can handle
+        multiple, simultaneous remote connections. This method will generate a GUID-based
+        prefix.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        str
+            A unique (for this session) prefix string of the form: grpc://{uuid}/
+        """
+        # prefix URIs will have the format:  "grpc://{uuid}/{callbackname}?enum={}&uid={}"
+        if self._prefix is None:
+            self._prefix = "grpc://" + str(uuid.uuid1()) + "/"
+        return self._prefix
+
+    def event_stream_enable(self, callback: Optional[Callable] = None) -> None:
+        """Enable a simple gRPC-based event stream from EnSight
+
+        This method makes a EnSightService::GetEventStream() gRPC call into EnSight, returning
+        an ensightservice::EventReply stream.  The method creates a thread to hold this
+        stream open and read new events from it.  The thread adds the event strings to
+        a list of events stored on this instance.  If callback is not None, the object
+        will be called with the event string, otherwise they can be retrieved using get_event().
+        """
+        if self._event_stream is not None:  # pragma: no cover
+            return  # pragma: no cover
+        self._event_callback = callback
+        self.connect()
+        if self._stub:  # pragma: no cover
+            self._event_stream = self._stub.GetEventStream(
+                ensight_pb2.EventStreamRequest(prefix=self.prefix()),
+                metadata=self._metadata(),
+            )
+        self._event_thread = threading.Thread(target=self._poll_events)
+        self._event_thread.daemon = True
+        self._event_thread.start()
+
+    def event_stream_is_enabled(self) -> bool:
+        """Check to see if the event stream is enabled
+
+        If an event stream has been successfully established via
+        event_stream_enable(), then this function returns True.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+              True if a ensightservice::EventReply steam is active
+        """
+        return self._event_stream is not None  # pragma: no cover
+
+    def dynamic_scene_graph_stream(self, client_cmds):  # pragma: no cover
+        """Open up a dynamic scene graph stream
+
+        Make a DynamicSceneGraphService::GetSceneStream() rpc call and return
+        a ensightservice::SceneUpdateCommand stream instance.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        client_cmds
+            iterator that produces ensightservice::SceneClientCommand objects
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+            ensightservice::SceneUpdateCommand stream instance
+        """
+        self.connect()
+        return self._dsg_stub.GetSceneStream(client_cmds, metadata=self._metadata())
+
+    def get_event(self) -> Optional[str]:  # pragma: no cover
+        """Retrieve and remove the oldest ensightservice::EventReply string
+
+        When any of the event streaming systems is enabled, Python threads will receive the
+        event records and store them in this instance in an ordered fashion.  This method
+        retrieves the oldest ensightservice::EventReply string in the queue.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+            None or the oldest event string in the queue.
+        """
+        try:
+            return self._events.pop(0)
+        except IndexError:
+            return None
+
+    def _put_event(self, evt: "ensight_pb2.EventReply") -> None:
+        """Add an event record to the event queue on this instance
+
+        This method is used by threads to make the events they receive available to
+        calling applications via get_event().
+        """
+        if self._event_callback:  # pragma: no cover
+            self._event_callback(evt.tag)
+            return
+        self._events.append(evt.tag)  # pragma: no cover
+
+    def _poll_events(self) -> None:
+        """Internal method to handle event streams
+
+        This method is called by a Python thread to read events via the established
+        ensightservice::EventReply stream.
+        """
+        try:
+            while self._stub is not None:  # pragma: no cover
+                evt = self._event_stream.next()
+                self._put_event(evt)
+        except Exception:
+            # signal that the gRPC connection has broken
+            self._event_stream = None
+            self._event_thread = None