Agents broadcast
Introduction
This file can be run on any platform supporting Python, with the necessary install permissions. This example shows how to use a custom protocol to enable multiple agents communication.
Supporting documentation
- Creating an agent
- Creating an interval task
- Communicating with other agents
- Register in Almanac
- Almanac Contract
- Agents: broadcast
- Protocols
The script
Self hosted
broadcast.pyfrom uagents import Agent, Bureau, Context, Model, Protocol # create agents # alice and bob will support the protocol # charles will try to reach all agents supporting the protocol alice = Agent(name="alice", seed="alice recovery phrase") bob = Agent(name="bob", seed="bob recovery phrase") charles = Agent(name="charles", seed="charles recovery phrase") class BroadcastExampleRequest(Model): pass class BroadcastExampleResponse(Model): text: str # define protocol proto = Protocol(name="proto", version="1.0") @proto.on_message(model=BroadcastExampleRequest, replies=BroadcastExampleResponse) async def handle_request(ctx: Context, sender: str, _msg: BroadcastExampleRequest): await ctx.send( sender, BroadcastExampleResponse(text=f"Hello from {ctx.agent.name}") ) # include protocol # Note: after the first registration on the almanac smart contract, it will # take about 5 minutes before the agents can be found through the protocol alice.include(proto) bob.include(proto) # let charles send the message to all agents supporting the protocol @charles.on_interval(period=5) async def say_hello(ctx: Context): status_list = await ctx.broadcast(proto.digest, message=BroadcastExampleRequest()) ctx.logger.info(f"Trying to contact {len(status_list)} agents.") @charles.on_message(model=BroadcastExampleResponse) async def handle_response(ctx: Context, sender: str, msg: BroadcastExampleResponse): ctx.logger.info(f"Received response from {sender}: {msg.text}") bureau = Bureau(port=8000, endpoint="http://localhost:8000/submit") bureau.add(alice) bureau.add(bob) bureau.add(charles) if __name__ == "__main__": bureau.run()
Expected output
INFO: [alice]: Registering on almanac contract... INFO: [alice]: Registering on almanac contract...complete INFO: [ bob]: Registering on almanac contract... INFO: [ bob]: Registering on almanac contract...complete INFO: [charles]: Registering on almanac contract... INFO: [charles]: Registering on almanac contract...complete INFO: [bureau]: Starting server on http://0.0.0.0:8000 (Press CTRL+C to quit) INFO: [charles]: Received response from agent1qww3ju3h6kfcuqf54gkghvt2pqe8qp97a7nzm2vp8plfxflc0epzcjsv79t: Hello from alice INFO: [charles]: Received response from agent1q0mau8vkmg78xx0sh8cyl4tpl4ktx94pqp2e94cylu6haugt2hd7j9vequ7: Hello from bob INFO: [charles]: Trying to contact 2 agents. INFO: [charles]: Received response from agent1qww3ju3h6kfcuqf54gkghvt2pqe8qp97a7nzm2vp8plfxflc0epzcjsv79t: Hello from alice INFO: [charles]: Received response from agent1q0mau8vkmg78xx0sh8cyl4tpl4ktx94pqp2e94cylu6haugt2hd7j9vequ7: Hello from bob INFO: [charles]: Trying to contact 2 agents.