Qt application for ExtensiveAutomation

Introduction

The Qt application client enable to interact with the ExtensiveAutomation server.

Connection to the server

Download the latest zip of the release and then follow the user guide.

Installation from source

Follow this procedure to execute the application on Windows with Python3.

1. Clone this repository on your machine

   git clone https://github.com/ExtensiveAutomation/extensiveautomation-appclient.git

2. Add additional Python packages with the pip command

   py -m pip install sip pyinstaller pylint pyqt5 qscintilla PyQtWebEngine

3. Execute the client

   cd extensiveautomation-appclient/
   py Main.py

Build portable version for Windows

Portable version can be build on Windows. Follow this procedure if you want to.

1. Go in the folder Scripts/qt5/ and execute the script MakePortable.bat

2. The output is available in the dist folder

3. Execute the file ExtensiveAutomationClient.exe to open-it

How to use the client without reverse proxy in front of the server ?

By default, the client is configured to be used without a reverse proxy in front of the server since the version 21.0.0

    [Server]
    data-ssl=False
    api-ssl=False
    port-data=8082
    port-api=8081
    rest-path=/

/!\ Be careful, do not provide the tcp port on the address bar of the client during the connection. If the tcp port is present like that :8081 then the application automatically reconfigure the client in reverse proxy mode.

How to use the client with a reverse proxy in front of the server ?

The client can be configured to be used with a reverse proxy. It's possible to change that by updating the File\settings.ini as follow:

    [Server]
    data-ssl=True
    api-ssl=True
    port-data=8080
    port-api=8080
    rest-path=/rest/

/!\ Be careful, do not provide the tcp port on the address bar of the client during the connection. If the tcp port is present like that :8081 then the application automatically reconfigure the client in reverse proxy mode.