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Introduction
LibMISB includes Python bindings when you build it with -Dpython=enabled (see How to Compile). These bindings expose the same API as the C library. In the sections that follow, you’ll find some usage examples.
Meta Encoding from JSON
This example shows you how to encode metadata using a JSON formatted string as the input.
# Copyright (C) 2025 RidgeRun, LLC (http://www.ridgerun.com)
# All Rights Reserved.
#
# The contents of this software are proprietary and confidential to RidgeRun,
# LLC. No part of this program may be photocopied, reproduced or translated
# into another programming language without prior written consent of
# RidgeRun, LLC. The user is free to modify the source code after obtaining
# a software license from RidgeRun. All source code changes must be provided
# back to RidgeRun without any encumbrance.
import json
from libmisb import LibMisb, LogLevel
from libmisb.formatter import JsonFormatter
data = {
"key": "060E2B34020B01010E01030101000000",
"items": [
{ "tag": "2", "value": "Oct. 24, 2008. 00:13:29.913" },
{ "tag": "3", "value": "MISSION01" },
{ "tag": "4", "value": "AF-101" },
{ "tag": "5", "value": "159.97436" },
{ "tag": "15", "value": "14190.7195" },
{
"tag": "48",
"value": [
{ "tag": "1", "value": "1" },
{ "tag": "2", "value": "1" },
{ "tag": "3", "value": "//USA" },
{ "tag": "4", "value": "TS/SI/CompartmentA//" },
{ "tag": "5", "value": "FOUO" },
{ "tag": "6", "value": "506 82 81" },
{ "tag": "12", "value": "1" },
{ "tag": "13", "value": "USA" },
{ "tag": "22", "value": "10" }
]
},
{
"tag": "74",
"value": [
{ "tag": "2", "value": "Apr. 19, 2001. 04:25:21.000" },
{
"tag": "101",
"value": [
{ "tag": "targetId", "value": "1234" },
{ "tag": "1", "value": "409600" },
{ "tag": "3", "value": "409600" },
{ "tag": "5", "value": "80" },
{
"tag": "102",
"value": [
{ "tag": "1", "value": "Aircraft" },
{ "tag": "2", "value": "Aircraft" }
]
}
]
},
{ "tag": "4", "value": "6" },
{ "tag": "6", "value": "14" },
{ "tag": "7", "value": "78000" },
{ "tag": "8", "value": "1280" },
{ "tag": "9", "value": "720" }
]
},
{ "tag": "94", "value": "0170:F592-F023-7336-4AF8-AA91-62C0-0F2E-B2DA/16B7-4341-0008-41A0-BE36-5B5A-B96A-3645:D3" },
{ "tag": "96", "value": "13,898.5463" },
{ "tag": "104", "value": "34,567.35" }
]
}
original_json = json.dumps(data, separators=(',', ':'))
lm = LibMisb()
lm.set_formatter(JsonFormatter())
lm.set_log_level(LogLevel.INFO)
klv_bytes = lm.encode(original_json)
print("Encoded KLV (hex):", klv_bytes.hex())
Encoding from Items
If you don't want to pass the full list of tags as a JSON string, you can also create and add individual items as shown in the following example:
# Copyright (C) 2025 RidgeRun, LLC (http://www.ridgerun.com)
# All Rights Reserved.
#
# The contents of this software are proprietary and confidential to RidgeRun,
# LLC. No part of this program may be photocopied, reproduced or translated
# into another programming language without prior written consent of
# RidgeRun, LLC. The user is free to modify the source code after obtaining
# a software license from RidgeRun. All source code changes must be provided
# back to RidgeRun without any encumbrance.
import json
from libmisb import LibMisb, Metadata, metadata_item, LogLevel
from libmisb.formatter import JsonFormatter
raw = {
"key": "060E2B34020B01010E01030101000000",
"items": [
{ "tag": "2", "value": "Oct. 24, 2008. 00:13:29.913" },
{ "tag": "3", "value": "MISSION01" },
{ "tag": "4", "value": "AF-101" },
{ "tag": "5", "value": "159.97436" },
{ "tag": "15", "value": "14190.7195" }
]
}
def build_items(lst):
out = []
for entry in lst:
mi = metadata_item()
mi.tag = entry["tag"]
mi.value = entry["value"]
mi.sub_items = [] # no nested items here
mi.local_set = True
out.append(mi)
return out
# Build and populate Metadata
meta = Metadata()
meta.set_key(raw["key"])
meta.set_items(build_items(raw["items"]))
lm = LibMisb()
lm.set_formatter(JsonFormatter())
lm.set_log_level(LogLevel.INFO)
original_json = json.dumps(raw, separators=(',', ':'))
packet, status = lm.encode(meta)
if status != 0:
raise RuntimeError(f"Encode failed with status {status}")
print("Encoded KLV (hex):", packet.hex())
Metadata Decoding
The following example shows you how to decode MISB-encoded metadata into a JSON string.
# Copyright (C) 2025 RidgeRun, LLC (http://www.ridgerun.com)
# All Rights Reserved.
#
# The contents of this software are proprietary and confidential to RidgeRun,
# LLC. No part of this program may be photocopied, reproduced or translated
# into another programming language without prior written consent of
# RidgeRun, LLC. The user is free to modify the source code after obtaining
# a software license from RidgeRun. All source code changes must be provided
# back to RidgeRun without any encumbrance.
from libmisb import LibMisb, LogLevel
from libmisb.formatter import JsonFormatter
from binascii import unhexlify
import json
# Your hex‐encoded MISB KLV packet
hex_data = (
"060e2b34020b01010e01030101000000"
"2c0208000459f9ae2022a803094d4953"
"53494f4e3031040641462d3130310502"
"71c20f02c2214101130102a67d"
)
# Convert hex string to raw bytes
packet_bytes = unhexlify(hex_data)
lm = LibMisb()
lm.set_formatter(JsonFormatter())
lm.set_log_level(LogLevel.INFO)
# Decode the packet back into a JSON‐style string
decoded_str = lm.decode(packet_bytes)
print("Decoded string:")
print(decoded_str)
# Show tags
print("-------------------------------------------------------")
print("Tags and values:")
print("-------------------------------------------------------")
print(lm.get_tags_names(decoded_str))