Client

The client implementation allows remote access to all OPC UA services. For convenience, some functionality has been wrapped in high-level abstractions.

However: At this time, the client does not yet contain its own thread or event-driven main-loop. So the client will not perform any actions automatically in the background. This is especially relevant for subscriptions. The user will have to periodically call UA_Client_Subscriptions_manuallySendPublishRequest. See also here.

Client Configuration

typedef UA_Connection
(*UA_ConnectClientConnection)(UA_ConnectionConfig localConf,
                              const char *endpointUrl, UA_Logger logger);

typedef struct UA_ClientConfig {
    UA_UInt32 timeout;               /* Sync response timeout */
    UA_UInt32 secureChannelLifeTime; /* Lifetime in ms (then the channel needs
                                        to be renewed) */
    UA_Logger logger;
    UA_ConnectionConfig localConnectionConfig;
    UA_ConnectClientConnection connectionFunc;
} UA_ClientConfig;

Client Lifecycle

typedef enum {
     UA_CLIENTSTATE_READY,     /* The client is not connected but initialized
                                  and ready to use. */
     UA_CLIENTSTATE_CONNECTED, /* The client is connected to a server. */
     UA_CLIENTSTATE_FAULTED,   /* An error has occured that might have
                                  influenced the connection state. A successfull
                                  service call or renewal of the secure channel
                                  will reset the state to CONNECTED. */
     UA_CLIENTSTATE_ERRORED    /* A non-recoverable error has occured and the
                                  connection is no longer reliable. The client
                                  needs to be disconnected and reinitialized to
                                  recover into a CONNECTED state. */
} UA_ClientState;

struct UA_Client;
typedef struct UA_Client UA_Client;

/* Create a new client
 *
 * @param config for the new client. You can use UA_ClientConfig_standard
 *        which has sane defaults
 * @param logger function pointer to a logger function. See
 *        examples/logger_stdout.c for a simple implementation
 * @return return the new Client object */
UA_Client * UA_Client_new(UA_ClientConfig config);

/* Get the client connection status */
UA_ClientState UA_Client_getState(UA_Client *client);

/* Reset a client */
void UA_Client_reset(UA_Client *client);

/* Delete a client */
void UA_Client_delete(UA_Client *client);

Manage the Connection

/* Gets a list of endpoints of a server
 *
 * @param client to use
 * @param server url to connect (for example "opc.tcp://localhost:16664")
 * @param endpointDescriptionsSize size of the array of endpoint descriptions
 * @param endpointDescriptions array of endpoint descriptions that is allocated
 *        by the function (you need to free manually)
 * @return Indicates whether the operation succeeded or returns an error code */
UA_StatusCode
UA_Client_getEndpoints(UA_Client *client, const char *serverUrl,
                       size_t* endpointDescriptionsSize,
                       UA_EndpointDescription** endpointDescriptions);

/* Connect to the selected server
 *
 * @param client to use
 * @param endpointURL to connect (for example "opc.tcp://localhost:16664")
 * @return Indicates whether the operation succeeded or returns an error code */
UA_StatusCode
UA_Client_connect(UA_Client *client, const char *endpointUrl);

/* Connect to the selected server with the given username and password
 *
 * @param client to use
 * @param endpointURL to connect (for example "opc.tcp://localhost:16664")
 * @param username
 * @param password
 * @return Indicates whether the operation succeeded or returns an error code */
UA_StatusCode
UA_Client_connect_username(UA_Client *client, const char *endpointUrl,
                           const char *username, const char *password);

/* Close a connection to the selected server */
UA_StatusCode UA_Client_disconnect(UA_Client *client);

/* Renew the underlying secure channel */
UA_StatusCode UA_Client_manuallyRenewSecureChannel(UA_Client *client);

Raw Services

The raw OPC UA services are exposed to the client. But most of them time, it is better to use the convenience functions from ua_client_highlevel.h that wrap the raw services.

/* Don't use this function. Use the type versions below instead. */
void
__UA_Client_Service(UA_Client *client, const void *request,
                    const UA_DataType *requestType, void *response,
                    const UA_DataType *responseType);

Attribute Service Set

static UA_INLINE UA_ReadResponse
UA_Client_Service_read(UA_Client *client, const UA_ReadRequest request) {
    UA_ReadResponse response;
    __UA_Client_Service(client, &request, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_READREQUEST],
                        &response, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_READRESPONSE]);
    return response;
}

static UA_INLINE UA_WriteResponse
UA_Client_Service_write(UA_Client *client, const UA_WriteRequest request) {
    UA_WriteResponse response;
    __UA_Client_Service(client, &request, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_WRITEREQUEST],
                        &response, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_WRITERESPONSE]);
    return response;
}

Method Service Set

#ifdef UA_ENABLE_METHODCALLS
static UA_INLINE UA_CallResponse
UA_Client_Service_call(UA_Client *client, const UA_CallRequest request) {
    UA_CallResponse response;
    __UA_Client_Service(client, &request, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_CALLREQUEST],
                        &response, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_CALLRESPONSE]);
    return response;
}
#endif

NodeManagement Service Set

static UA_INLINE UA_AddNodesResponse
UA_Client_Service_addNodes(UA_Client *client, const UA_AddNodesRequest request) {
    UA_AddNodesResponse response;
    __UA_Client_Service(client, &request, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_ADDNODESREQUEST],
                        &response, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_ADDNODESRESPONSE]);
    return response;
}

static UA_INLINE UA_AddReferencesResponse
UA_Client_Service_addReferences(UA_Client *client,
                                const UA_AddReferencesRequest request) {
    UA_AddReferencesResponse response;
    __UA_Client_Service(client, &request, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_ADDREFERENCESREQUEST],
                        &response, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_ADDREFERENCESRESPONSE]);
    return response;
}

static UA_INLINE UA_DeleteNodesResponse
UA_Client_Service_deleteNodes(UA_Client *client,
                              const UA_DeleteNodesRequest request) {
    UA_DeleteNodesResponse response;
    __UA_Client_Service(client, &request, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_DELETENODESREQUEST],
                        &response, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_DELETENODESRESPONSE]);
    return response;
}

static UA_INLINE UA_DeleteReferencesResponse
UA_Client_Service_deleteReferences(UA_Client *client,
                                   const UA_DeleteReferencesRequest request) {
    UA_DeleteReferencesResponse response;
    __UA_Client_Service(client, &request, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_DELETEREFERENCESREQUEST],
                        &response, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_DELETEREFERENCESRESPONSE]);
    return response;
}

View Service Set

static UA_INLINE UA_BrowseResponse
UA_Client_Service_browse(UA_Client *client, const UA_BrowseRequest request) {
    UA_BrowseResponse response;
    __UA_Client_Service(client, &request, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_BROWSEREQUEST],
                        &response, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_BROWSERESPONSE]);
    return response;
}

static UA_INLINE UA_BrowseNextResponse
UA_Client_Service_browseNext(UA_Client *client,
                             const UA_BrowseNextRequest request) {
    UA_BrowseNextResponse response;
    __UA_Client_Service(client, &request, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_BROWSENEXTREQUEST],
                        &response, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_BROWSENEXTRESPONSE]);
    return response;
}

static UA_INLINE UA_TranslateBrowsePathsToNodeIdsResponse
UA_Client_Service_translateBrowsePathsToNodeIds(UA_Client *client,
                        const UA_TranslateBrowsePathsToNodeIdsRequest request) {
    UA_TranslateBrowsePathsToNodeIdsResponse response;
    __UA_Client_Service(client, &request,
                        &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_TRANSLATEBROWSEPATHSTONODEIDSREQUEST],
                        &response,
                        &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_TRANSLATEBROWSEPATHSTONODEIDSRESPONSE]);
    return response;
}

static UA_INLINE UA_RegisterNodesResponse
UA_Client_Service_registerNodes(UA_Client *client,
                                const UA_RegisterNodesRequest request) {
    UA_RegisterNodesResponse response;
    __UA_Client_Service(client, &request, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_REGISTERNODESREQUEST],
                        &response, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_REGISTERNODESRESPONSE]);
    return response;
}

static UA_INLINE UA_UnregisterNodesResponse
UA_Client_Service_unregisterNodes(UA_Client *client,
                                  const UA_UnregisterNodesRequest request) {
    UA_UnregisterNodesResponse response;
    __UA_Client_Service(client, &request,
                        &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_UNREGISTERNODESREQUEST],
                        &response, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_UNREGISTERNODESRESPONSE]);
    return response;
}

Query Service Set

static UA_INLINE UA_QueryFirstResponse
UA_Client_Service_queryFirst(UA_Client *client,
                             const UA_QueryFirstRequest request) {
    UA_QueryFirstResponse response;
    __UA_Client_Service(client, &request, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_QUERYFIRSTREQUEST],
                        &response, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_QUERYFIRSTRESPONSE]);
    return response;
}

static UA_INLINE UA_QueryNextResponse
UA_Client_Service_queryNext(UA_Client *client,
                            const UA_QueryNextRequest request) {
    UA_QueryNextResponse response;
    __UA_Client_Service(client, &request, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_QUERYFIRSTREQUEST],
                        &response, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_QUERYFIRSTRESPONSE]);
    return response;
}

#ifdef UA_ENABLE_SUBSCRIPTIONS

MonitoredItem Service Set

static UA_INLINE UA_CreateMonitoredItemsResponse
UA_Client_Service_createMonitoredItems(UA_Client *client,
                                 const UA_CreateMonitoredItemsRequest request) {
    UA_CreateMonitoredItemsResponse response;
    __UA_Client_Service(client, &request,
                        &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_CREATEMONITOREDITEMSREQUEST], &response,
                        &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_CREATEMONITOREDITEMSRESPONSE]);
    return response;
}

static UA_INLINE UA_DeleteMonitoredItemsResponse
UA_Client_Service_deleteMonitoredItems(UA_Client *client,
                                 const UA_DeleteMonitoredItemsRequest request) {
    UA_DeleteMonitoredItemsResponse response;
    __UA_Client_Service(client, &request,
                        &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_DELETEMONITOREDITEMSREQUEST], &response,
                        &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_DELETEMONITOREDITEMSRESPONSE]);
    return response;
}

Subscription Service Set

static UA_INLINE UA_CreateSubscriptionResponse
UA_Client_Service_createSubscription(UA_Client *client,
                                   const UA_CreateSubscriptionRequest request) {
    UA_CreateSubscriptionResponse response;
    __UA_Client_Service(client, &request,
                        &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_CREATESUBSCRIPTIONREQUEST], &response,
                        &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_CREATESUBSCRIPTIONRESPONSE]);
    return response;
}

static UA_INLINE UA_ModifySubscriptionResponse
UA_Client_Service_modifySubscription(UA_Client *client,
                                   const UA_ModifySubscriptionRequest request) {
    UA_ModifySubscriptionResponse response;
    __UA_Client_Service(client, &request,
                        &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_MODIFYSUBSCRIPTIONREQUEST], &response,
                        &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_MODIFYSUBSCRIPTIONRESPONSE]);
    return response;
}

static UA_INLINE UA_DeleteSubscriptionsResponse
UA_Client_Service_deleteSubscriptions(UA_Client *client,
                                  const UA_DeleteSubscriptionsRequest request) {
    UA_DeleteSubscriptionsResponse response;
    __UA_Client_Service(client, &request,
                        &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_DELETESUBSCRIPTIONSREQUEST], &response,
                        &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_DELETESUBSCRIPTIONSRESPONSE]);
    return response;
}

static UA_INLINE UA_PublishResponse
UA_Client_Service_publish(UA_Client *client, const UA_PublishRequest request) {
    UA_PublishResponse response;
    __UA_Client_Service(client, &request, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_PUBLISHREQUEST],
                        &response, &UA_TYPES[UA_TYPES_PUBLISHRESPONSE]);
    return response;
}

#endif