Metadata-Version: 2.4
Name: akpub
Version: 0.1.0
Summary: A generic ROS2 publisher for numbers, strings, images, and video.
Author: akshay
Author-email: you@example.com
Requires-Python: >=3.6
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akpub
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A generic ROS2 publisher that can publish numbers, strings, images, or video frames with minimal setup.

Installation
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First, make sure you have a working ROS2 environment with `rclpy` and `cv_bridge` installed.

Then clone this repository and install:

    git clone https://github.com/yourname/akpub.git
    cd akpub
    pip install .

Usage
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Example Python usage:

    import akpub

    akpub.metadata(
        mode=None,           # Auto-detect from datatype
        datatype="Float64",  # e.g., "String", "Int32", "Image"
        node_name="num_publisher",
        topic_name="number",
        value=42.5,          # Can be number, string, or image frame
        queue=10,
        delay=1.0
        # video_source=0     # Only needed for video mode
    )

Supported Datatypes
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- String (std_msgs.msg.String)
- Int32 (std_msgs.msg.Int32)
- Float32 (std_msgs.msg.Float32)
- Float64 (std_msgs.msg.Float64)
- Bool (std_msgs.msg.Bool)
- Image (sensor_msgs.msg.Image)

Notes
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- `mode` can be "number", "string", "image", "video", or None for auto-detect.
- For video mode, set `video_source` to a camera index (e.g., 0) or a video file path.
- Requires `rclpy` and `cv_bridge` to be installed in your ROS2 Python environment.