Spanda

Spanda SDK Overview

Official SDKs integrate with Spanda through the Control Center API (spanda-api) — a stable REST v1, gRPC, and WebSocket gateway. SDKs are thin clients: all business logic remains in Rust runtime crates; the CLI and SDKs call the same APIs.

SDKs

SDK Package Priority Status
Rust spanda-sdk on crates.io P0 Stable (v0.4.2 — publish via crates-sdk-v0.4.2)
Python spanda-sdk on PyPI P1 Stable (v0.4.2 — publish via sdk-python-v0.4.2)
TypeScript @davalgi-spanda/sdk on npm P2 Stable (v0.4.2 published)
Web panel @davalgi-spanda/web on npm — Experimental (publish via npm-web-v*)
Desktop @spanda/control-center-desktop (Tauri) — Stable (v0.6.3 — publish via desktop-v0.6.3 GitHub Release)

Install from registries:

cargo add spanda-sdk
pip install spanda-sdk
npm install @davalgi-spanda/sdk
npm install @davalgi-spanda/web

Install failures (PEP 668 on Python, cargo add in the Spanda monorepo): troubleshooting.md — Official SDK install.

Maintainers: Publishing SDKs (crates-sdk-v*, sdk-python-v*, npm-sdk-v*, desktop-v* tags) · Control Center versioning.

Legacy Python client: packages/sdk-python (Control Center helpers; use sdk/python for full SDK surface).

Why three SDKs?

Spanda ships one Control Center API and three official client libraries — not three different platforms. All business logic stays in Rust (spanda-api, runtime crates); each SDK is a thin HTTP/gRPC/WebSocket client that calls the same /v1/* routes the CLI uses.

You do not need all three in one project. Pick the package that matches the language your app is written in:

Install Language Typical use
cargo add spanda-sdk Rust On-robot services, embedded tools, high-performance backends, crates already in a Cargo workspace
pip install spanda-sdk Python Notebooks, CI scripts, ROS2 / rclpy bridges, ML pipelines, quick ops automation
npm install @davalgi-spanda/sdk TypeScript / JavaScript Web dashboards, Node backends, VS Code extensions, Control Center integrations

Each SDK exposes the same operations (readiness, fleet ops, recovery, admin, …) with idiomatic types for that ecosystem:

SDK Idioms
Rust Result<T, SpandaError>, optional grpc feature for native tonic client
Python dict/JSON-style responses, from spanda import SpandaClient, ROS2-friendly scripts
TypeScript async/await, typed interfaces, runs in Node or bundled for the browser

Package names differ by registry, not by capability:

SDK versions are bumped together when client APIs change — see versioning.md.

All three assume Control Center is running (or reachable):

spanda control-center serve --bind 127.0.0.1:8080

Then connect with the client for your language — same server, same API:

// Rust
let client = SpandaClient::local();

# Python
client = SpandaClient.local()

// TypeScript
const client = SpandaClient.local();

Install issues: troubleshooting.md — Official SDK install.

Architecture

Application / Robot / Dashboard
        │
        ▼
   SDK (Rust / Python / TypeScript)
        │
        ▼
   spanda-api  ── REST /v1/*  ──► domain crates
        │         gRPC ControlCenter
        │         WS /v1/stream/telemetry
        ▼
   spanda-readiness, spanda-assurance, spanda-config, …

Quick start

Start Control Center (serves API + optional UI):

spanda control-center serve --config examples/robotics --program examples/robotics/rover.sd

Rust

use spanda_sdk::SpandaClient;

let client = SpandaClient::local();
let report = client.readiness("rover.sd")?;
println!("{}", report.score.unwrap_or(0));

Python

from spanda import SpandaClient

client = SpandaClient.local()
report = client.readiness("rover.sd")
print(report["report"]["score"])

TypeScript

import { SpandaClient } from "@davalgi-spanda/sdk";

const client = SpandaClient.local();
const report = await client.readiness("rover.sd");
console.log(report.score);

Authentication

Mode Configuration
Local Default http://127.0.0.1:8080 — no auth for read-only program ops
API key SPANDA_API_KEY or client api_key / Bearer token
Remote SPANDA_CONTROL_CENTER_URL
mTLS / API keys (future) Planned; do not hardcode secrets

Event stream

Real-time events (health_changed, readiness_changed, mission_started, recovery_triggered, …) are available via:

See language-specific docs for stream helpers.

Error model

All SDKs expose structured errors:

Documentation

Examples

Language Path
Rust crates/spanda-sdk/examples/
Python examples/sdk/python/
TypeScript examples/sdk/typescript/

Known limitations

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