# birdc
[](https://crates.io/crates/birdc)
[](https://github.com/amodm/birdc-rs/actions/workflows/main.yaml)
[](LICENSE-MIT)
Rust library to talk to the [Bird BGP server](https://bird.network.cz/) for administrative
and instrumentation purposes.
## Documentation
- [API Reference](https://docs.rs/birdc)
- [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md)
## Examples
```rust
use birdc::*;
// create the client
let client = Client::for_unix_socket("/run/bird/bird.ctl");
// we can either use raw protocol
async fn show_interfaces_raw(client: &Client) -> Result<()> {
let mut connection = client.connect().await?;
// we can either use raw protocol
let messages = connection.send_request("show interfaces").await?;
for message in &messages {
println!("received message: {:?}", message);
}
Ok(())
}
// or we can use structured exchange
async fn show_interfaces(client: &Client) -> Result<()> {
let mut connection = client.connect().await?;
// let's make a semantic call now
match connection.show_interfaces().await {
Ok(entries) => {
for e in &entries {
println!("received entry: {:?}", e);
}
}
Err(Error::ParseError(messages)) => {
// we can still go through the raw response
// even though semantic parsing failed
for msg in &messages {
println!("raw message: {:?}", msg);
}
}
Err(e) => {
return Err(e);
}
}
Ok(())
}
```
## License
Licensed under either of
* Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
* MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
### Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any
additional terms or conditions.