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Parameters roslaunch from python script

asked 2017-07-08 14:35:28 -0600

Enriq
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updated 2017-07-08 14:43:44 -0600

Hello,

I need to run various nodes and launch files from my python script. I know there is an API in python to do it, but the example it's quite simple and I need to give some arguments (for example: where is the file to load the map).

If it isn't a way to do it, I'll do it with subprocess, but I don't know how to pass arguments with roslaunch in command line. Furthermore, doing it with subprocess is way less elegant, but it could help.

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lunar (and presumably melodic and beyond) has the capability to have arguments now according to http://wiki.ros.org/roslaunch/API%20U... .

It would be very convenient if it could be backported.

lucasw ( 2018-06-19 16:04:39 -0600 )edit

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answered 2017-07-08 19:43:51 -0600

Ed Venator

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I don't have an answer to your first question (supplying args through the roslaunch python API), but if you decide to use subprocess, you can supply args on the command line this:

roslaunch pkg file.launch arg_name:=arg_value arg2_name:=arg2_value

You could pretty easily put that into a subprocess call.

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Thank you, that's what I was looking for. But I can't use communicate (as below) as long as I want the script to be running more things (and use p4.terminate() later)

p4 = subprocess.Popen(list_args , stdout=subprocess.PIPE) output4 = p4.communicate()[0] print output4 #Stuck p4.terminate #Dont work

Enriq ( 2017-07-09 06:12:56 -0600 )edit

I think the problem is that Popen.communicate() blocks until the subprocess exits, and p4 never exits.

Ed Venator ( 2017-07-09 23:34:46 -0600 )edit

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