feat(automation): headless JSON server (--serve) + Python client

Add an external automation API (issue #29 / #100 track 2): `OpenCADStudio
--serve` runs without a GUI and is driven over a line-based JSON protocol
on stdin/stdout — open / new / run / entities / save. State persists
across requests so a script or AI agent can act, observe, and act again.

`run` drives the app's existing command system rather than a separate
binding, so coverage grows with the app; synchronous commands apply now,
pick-based interactive ones come once coordinate feeding is wired. Ships
a ~100-line example ocs.py client over the same protocol — no FFI to
maintain. Headless works because the app already constructs and dispatches
GUI-less in tests.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <[email protected]>
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# Headless automation API
Open CAD Studio can run without a GUI and be driven over a line-based JSON
protocol — for scripts, batch jobs, or AI agents.
```sh
OpenCADStudio --serve
```
It reads one JSON request per line on **stdin** and writes one JSON response per
line on **stdout**. The active document persists across requests, so a caller
can act → observe → act.
## Protocol
| Request | Response |
|---------|----------|
| `{"op":"new"}` | `{"ok":true,"total":0,"by_type":{}}` |
| `{"op":"open","path":"plan.dwg"}` | entity summary |
| `{"op":"run","cmd":"LAYER Walls"}` | `{"ok":true,"cmd":...,"entities":N,"added":D}` |
| `{"op":"entities"}` | `{"ok":true,"total":N,"by_type":{"Line":42,...}}` |
| `{"op":"save","path":"out.dwg"}` | `{"ok":true,"saved":"out.dwg"}` (path optional once opened/saved) |
Every response has `"ok"`; failures carry `"error"`. `run` drives Open CAD
Studio's **own** command system — no separate bindings to maintain — so its
coverage grows with the app.
> **Status (first increment):** `run` applies synchronous commands (system
> variables, layer ops, …). Pick-based interactive commands (drawing by clicking
> points) need coordinate feeding and are not wired headless yet.
## Python client
[`ocs.py`](ocs.py) is a ~100-line client — nothing to compile:
```python
from ocs import Ocs
with Ocs(binary="OpenCADStudio") as ocs: # spawns `--serve`
ocs.open("plan.dwg")
ocs.run("LAYER Walls")
print(ocs.entities())
ocs.save("plan_out.dwg")
```
Any language can speak the same protocol over a subprocess pipe.
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"""Thin Python client for the Open CAD Studio headless automation server.
Launches `OpenCADStudio --serve` and talks to it over a line-based JSON protocol
(one request object per line on stdin, one response per line on stdout). There
is nothing to compile or maintain on the Python side — every method is one JSON
message; the real work is Open CAD Studio's own command system.
from ocs import Ocs
with Ocs(binary="OpenCADStudio") as ocs:
ocs.open("plan.dwg")
ocs.run("LAYER Walls")
print(ocs.entities()) # {"total": 42, "by_type": {...}}
ocs.save("plan_out.dwg")
Each call returns the parsed response dict and raises `OcsError` on `ok: false`.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import json
import subprocess
from typing import Any, Optional
class OcsError(RuntimeError):
"""Raised when the server replies with `{"ok": false, ...}`."""
class Ocs:
def __init__(self, binary: str = "OpenCADStudio") -> None:
self.proc = subprocess.Popen(
[binary, "--serve"],
stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
text=True,
bufsize=1,
)
self._read() # the {"ready": true} greeting
# ── protocol ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
def _read(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
line = self.proc.stdout.readline()
if not line:
raise OcsError("server closed the connection")
return json.loads(line)
def _send(self, **req: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
self.proc.stdin.write(json.dumps(req) + "\n")
self.proc.stdin.flush()
resp = self._read()
if not resp.get("ok", False):
raise OcsError(resp.get("error", "unknown error"))
return resp
# ── operations ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
def new(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
"""Start an empty document."""
return self._send(op="new")
def open(self, path: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
"""Load a DWG/DXF drawing."""
return self._send(op="open", path=path)
def run(self, cmd: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
"""Run a command through Open CAD Studio's command system."""
return self._send(op="run", cmd=cmd)
def entities(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
"""Total entity count and a breakdown by type."""
return self._send(op="entities")
def save(self, path: Optional[str] = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
"""Write the document (defaults to the opened/last-saved path)."""
return self._send(op="save", path=path)
# ── lifecycle ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
def close(self) -> None:
if self.proc.stdin:
self.proc.stdin.close()
try:
self.proc.wait(timeout=5)
except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
self.proc.kill()
def __enter__(self) -> "Ocs":
return self
def __exit__(self, *_exc: object) -> None:
self.close()
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//! Headless automation server (`OpenCADStudio --serve`).
//!
//! Drives the app without a GUI over a line-based JSON protocol: one request
//! object per line on stdin, one response object per line on stdout. State (the
//! active document) persists across requests, so an external process — a script
//! or an AI agent — can act, observe, and act again.
//!
//! Operations:
//! - `{"op":"new"}` — start an empty document
//! - `{"op":"open","path":"file.dwg"}` — load a drawing
//! - `{"op":"run","cmd":"LAYER Walls"}` — run a command (the same dispatcher
//! the GUI command line uses)
//! - `{"op":"entities"}` — summary count by entity type
//! - `{"op":"save","path":"out.dwg"}` — write the document (path optional
//! once opened/saved)
use std::io::{BufRead, Write};
use std::path::PathBuf;
use serde_json::{json, Value};
use super::OpenCADStudio;
/// Run the headless JSON server until stdin closes.
pub fn serve() {
let mut app = OpenCADStudio::new();
let stdin = std::io::stdin();
let stdout = std::io::stdout();
emit(
&stdout,
json!({"ok": true, "ready": true, "version": env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")}),
);
for line in stdin.lock().lines() {
let Ok(line) = line else { break };
let line = line.trim();
if line.is_empty() {
continue;
}
let resp = app.automation_op(line);
emit(&stdout, resp);
}
}
fn emit(stdout: &std::io::Stdout, value: Value) {
let mut o = stdout.lock();
let _ = writeln!(o, "{value}");
let _ = o.flush();
}
fn err(msg: impl std::fmt::Display) -> Value {
json!({ "ok": false, "error": msg.to_string() })
}
impl OpenCADStudio {
/// Handle one JSON request line and return the JSON response.
pub(crate) fn automation_op(&mut self, line: &str) -> Value {
let req: Value = match serde_json::from_str(line) {
Ok(v) => v,
Err(e) => return err(format!("invalid JSON: {e}")),
};
match req["op"].as_str().unwrap_or("") {
"new" => {
let i = self.active_tab;
self.tabs[i].scene.document = acadrust::CadDocument::new();
self.tabs[i].current_path = None;
self.tabs[i].scene.bump_geometry();
self.entity_summary()
}
"open" => {
let Some(path) = req["path"].as_str() else {
return err("open: missing \"path\"");
};
let bytes = match std::fs::read(path) {
Ok(b) => b,
Err(e) => return err(format!("open: {e}")),
};
let name = PathBuf::from(path)
.file_name()
.map(|n| n.to_string_lossy().into_owned())
.unwrap_or_else(|| path.to_string());
match crate::io::load_bytes(&name, bytes) {
Ok(doc) => {
let i = self.active_tab;
self.tabs[i].scene.document = doc;
self.tabs[i].current_path = Some(PathBuf::from(path));
self.tabs[i].scene.bump_geometry();
self.entity_summary()
}
Err(e) => err(format!("open: {e}")),
}
}
"run" => {
let cmd = req["cmd"].as_str().unwrap_or("").to_string();
if cmd.is_empty() {
return err("run: missing \"cmd\"");
}
let i = self.active_tab;
let before = self.tabs[i].scene.document.entities().count();
// The returned Task drives GUI follow-up; synchronous commands
// (system variables, layer ops, …) have already applied. Pick-
// based interactive commands need coordinate feeding — not yet
// wired headless.
let _ = self.dispatch_command(&cmd);
let after = self.tabs[i].scene.document.entities().count();
json!({
"ok": true,
"cmd": cmd,
"entities": after,
"added": after as i64 - before as i64,
})
}
"entities" => self.entity_summary(),
"save" => {
let i = self.active_tab;
let path = req["path"]
.as_str()
.map(PathBuf::from)
.or_else(|| self.tabs[i].current_path.clone());
let Some(path) = path else {
return err("save: no \"path\" and the document has none");
};
match crate::io::save(&self.tabs[i].scene.document, &path) {
Ok(()) => {
self.tabs[i].current_path = Some(path.clone());
json!({ "ok": true, "saved": path.to_string_lossy() })
}
Err(e) => err(format!("save: {e}")),
}
}
"" => err("missing \"op\""),
other => err(format!("unknown op: {other}")),
}
}
/// Count of entities in the active document, total and by type.
fn entity_summary(&self) -> Value {
let i = self.active_tab;
let mut by_type: std::collections::BTreeMap<String, u64> = Default::default();
let mut total = 0u64;
for e in self.tabs[i].scene.document.entities() {
*by_type
.entry(crate::entities::names::ui_name(e).to_string())
.or_default() += 1;
total += 1;
}
json!({ "ok": true, "total": total, "by_type": by_type })
}
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use crate::app::OpenCADStudio;
#[test]
fn automation_ops_round_trip() {
let mut app = OpenCADStudio::new_for_test();
let r = app.automation_op(r#"{"op":"new"}"#);
assert_eq!(r["ok"], true);
assert_eq!(r["total"], 0);
// A synchronous command runs through the real dispatcher.
let r = app.automation_op(r#"{"op":"run","cmd":"PDMODE 3"}"#);
assert_eq!(r["ok"], true);
assert_eq!(r["cmd"], "PDMODE 3");
let r = app.automation_op(r#"{"op":"entities"}"#);
assert_eq!(r["ok"], true);
// Errors are reported, never panics.
assert_eq!(app.automation_op(r#"{"op":"bogus"}"#)["ok"], false);
assert_eq!(app.automation_op("not json")["ok"], false);
assert_eq!(app.automation_op(r#"{"op":"run"}"#)["ok"], false);
}
#[test]
fn save_then_open_round_trips() {
let mut app = OpenCADStudio::new_for_test();
let path = std::env::temp_dir().join("ocs_automation_test.dxf");
let p = path.to_string_lossy();
app.automation_op(r#"{"op":"new"}"#);
assert_eq!(
app.automation_op(&format!(r#"{{"op":"save","path":"{p}"}}"#))["ok"],
true
);
assert_eq!(
app.automation_op(&format!(r#"{{"op":"open","path":"{p}"}}"#))["ok"],
true
);
let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&path);
}
}
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#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
mod automation;
#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
pub use automation::serve;
mod cmd_result;
mod commands;
mod document;
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}
#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
{
// Headless automation server — drive the app over JSON on stdin/stdout
// with no GUI (issue #29). `--serve` is the opt-in; everything else
// launches the editor.
if std::env::args().skip(1).any(|a| a == "--serve") {
app::serve();
return Ok(());
}
app::run()
}
}