GenericPublisher

class ntcore.GenericPublisher

Bases: Publisher

NetworkTables generic publisher.

getTopic() → ntcore._ntcore.Topic

Get the corresponding topic.

Returns:

Topic

set(value: ntcore._ntcore.Value) → None

Publish a new value.

Parameters:

value – value to publish

setBoolean(value: bool, time: int = 0) → bool

Sets the entry’s value.

Parameters:

  • value – the value to set

  • time – the timestamp to set (0 = nt::Now())

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setBooleanArray(*args, **kwargs)

Overloaded function.

  1. setBooleanArray(self: ntcore._ntcore.GenericPublisher, value: List[bool], time: int = 0) -> bool

Sets the entry’s value.

Parameters:

  • value – the value to set

  • time – the timestamp to set (0 = nt::Now())

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

  1. setBooleanArray(self: ntcore._ntcore.GenericPublisher, value: List[int], time: int = 0) -> bool

Sets the entry’s value.

Parameters:

  • value – the value to set

  • time – the timestamp to set (0 = nt::Now())

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setDefault(value: ntcore._ntcore.Value) → None

Publish a default value. On reconnect, a default value will never be used in preference to a published value.

Parameters:

value – value

setDefaultBoolean(defaultValue: bool) → bool

Sets the entry’s value if it does not exist.

Parameters:

defaultValue – the default value to set

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setDefaultBooleanArray(defaultValue: List[int]) → bool

Sets the entry’s value if it does not exist.

Parameters:

defaultValue – the default value to set

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setDefaultDouble(defaultValue: float) → bool

Sets the entry’s value if it does not exist.

Parameters:

defaultValue – the default value to set

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setDefaultDoubleArray(defaultValue: List[float]) → bool

Sets the entry’s value if it does not exist.

Parameters:

defaultValue – the default value to set

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setDefaultFloat(defaultValue: float) → bool

Sets the entry’s value if it does not exist.

Parameters:

defaultValue – the default value to set

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setDefaultFloatArray(defaultValue: List[float]) → bool

Sets the entry’s value if it does not exist.

Parameters:

defaultValue – the default value to set

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setDefaultInteger(defaultValue: int) → bool

Sets the entry’s value if it does not exist.

Parameters:

defaultValue – the default value to set

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setDefaultIntegerArray(defaultValue: List[int]) → bool

Sets the entry’s value if it does not exist.

Parameters:

defaultValue – the default value to set

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setDefaultRaw(defaultValue: buffer) → bool

Sets the entry’s value if it does not exist.

Parameters:

defaultValue – the default value to set

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setDefaultString(defaultValue: str) → bool

Sets the entry’s value if it does not exist.

Parameters:

defaultValue – the default value to set

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setDefaultStringArray(defaultValue: List[str]) → bool

Sets the entry’s value if it does not exist.

Parameters:

defaultValue – the default value to set

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setDouble(value: float, time: int = 0) → bool

Sets the entry’s value.

Parameters:

  • value – the value to set

  • time – the timestamp to set (0 = nt::Now())

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setDoubleArray(value: List[float], time: int = 0) → bool

Sets the entry’s value.

Parameters:

  • value – the value to set

  • time – the timestamp to set (0 = nt::Now())

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setFloat(value: float, time: int = 0) → bool

Sets the entry’s value.

Parameters:

  • value – the value to set

  • time – the timestamp to set (0 = nt::Now())

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setFloatArray(value: List[float], time: int = 0) → bool

Sets the entry’s value.

Parameters:

  • value – the value to set

  • time – the timestamp to set (0 = nt::Now())

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setInteger(value: int, time: int = 0) → bool

Sets the entry’s value.

Parameters:

  • value – the value to set

  • time – the timestamp to set (0 = nt::Now())

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setIntegerArray(value: List[int], time: int = 0) → bool

Sets the entry’s value.

Parameters:

  • value – the value to set

  • time – the timestamp to set (0 = nt::Now())

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setRaw(value: buffer, time: int = 0) → bool

Sets the entry’s value.

Parameters:

  • value – the value to set

  • time – the timestamp to set (0 = nt::Now())

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setString(value: str, time: int = 0) → bool

Sets the entry’s value.

Parameters:

  • value – the value to set

  • time – the timestamp to set (0 = nt::Now())

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type

setStringArray(value: List[str], time: int = 0) → bool

Sets the entry’s value.

Parameters:

  • value – the value to set

  • time – the timestamp to set (0 = nt::Now())

Returns:

False if the entry exists with a different type