Thalovant Rust SDK

Rust SDK for connecting services, CLIs, devices, and agents to Thalovant hubs.

The control API is used to discover hubs and provision a client identity. After that, the SDK talks directly to the hub data plane over HTTPS, WSS, or MQTTS.

Full docs: https://docs.thalovant.com/developers/sdks/rust/

What You Need

• A Thalovant account with API access for authenticated control-plane actions.
• A hub id or slug.
• A client identity for that hub. You can create one through the API or use one downloaded from the dashboard.

Install

cargo add thalovant

Quick Start

use thalovant::{
    BootstrapIdentityOptions, Client, ControlPlane, HubProtocol, RequestOptions,
};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> thalovant::Result<()> {
    let mut control = ControlPlane::default();

    // Public hub discovery does not require auth.
    let public_hubs = control.list_public_hubs(Some(12), None).await?;
    if let Some(items) = public_hubs.get("data").and_then(|value| value.as_array()) {
        for hub in items {
            println!(
                "{} {} {}",
                hub.get("id").and_then(|value| value.as_str()).unwrap_or(""),
                hub.get("slug").and_then(|value| value.as_str()).unwrap_or(""),
                hub.get("title").and_then(|value| value.as_str()).unwrap_or("")
            );
        }
    }

    // Auth is required when creating a client identity.
    control.login("you@example.com", "password", None).await?;

    let result = control
        .create_client_identity_for_hub_id(
            "hub-id",
            BootstrapIdentityOptions {
                name: "rust-demo-client".into(),
                preferred_protocols: vec![HubProtocol::Wss, HubProtocol::Https, HubProtocol::Mqtt],
                ..Default::default()
            },
        )
        .await?;

    let client = Client::with_protocol(result.identity, HubProtocol::Wss)?;
    let reply = client
        .ask("Tell me a short clean joke.", RequestOptions::default())
        .await?;
    println!("{}", reply.text);
    client.close().await?;

    Ok(())
}

ControlPlane::default() uses https://api.thalovant.com. Use ControlPlane::new(...) only for local development or a self-hosted control plane.

Keep result.identity secret. It contains the client credentials used by the hub. Do not log result.as_value(true).

List Your Hubs

Authenticated accounts can list owned or visible hubs:

let mut control = ControlPlane::default();
control.login("you@example.com", "password", None).await?;

let page = control.list_hubs(Some(50), None, None).await?;
if let Some(items) = page.get("data").and_then(|value| value.as_array()) {
    for hub in items {
        println!(
            "{} {} {}",
            hub.get("id").and_then(|value| value.as_str()).unwrap_or(""),
            hub.get("slug").and_then(|value| value.as_str()).unwrap_or(""),
            hub.get("title").and_then(|value| value.as_str()).unwrap_or("")
        );
    }
}

Use An Existing Identity

If you already downloaded an identity from the dashboard or stored one from a previous provisioning step:

use thalovant::{Client, RequestOptions};

let client = Client::from_file("_identity.json")?;
let reply = client
    .ask("What can this hub do?", RequestOptions::default())
    .await?;
println!("{}", reply.text);
client.close().await?;

Environment variables are supported too:

let client = Client::from_env()?;

Protocols

Hubs may expose one or more public data-plane protocols:

• wss: secure realtime WebSocket, the default public path.
• https: request/response HTTP protocol exposed as HTTPS.
• mqtt: broker-mediated MQTT over TLS. Requires per-client broker credentials.

Inspect what an identity supports:

let identity = result.identity.clone();

println!("{:?}", identity.enabled_protocols());
println!("{:?}", identity.endpoint_for(HubProtocol::Wss));
println!("{:?}", identity.endpoint_for(HubProtocol::Https));
println!("{:?}", identity.endpoint_for(HubProtocol::Mqtt));
println!("{:?}", identity.mqtt.as_ref().map(|mqtt| &mqtt.endpoint));

Connect with a specific protocol:

for protocol in [HubProtocol::Wss, HubProtocol::Https, HubProtocol::Mqtt] {
    if !identity.supports_protocol(protocol) {
        continue;
    }
    if protocol == HubProtocol::Mqtt && identity.mqtt.is_none() {
        continue;
    }

    let client = Client::with_protocol(identity.clone(), protocol)?;
    let reply = client
        .ask(&format!("Reply over {protocol:?}."), RequestOptions::default())
        .await?;
    println!("{protocol:?}: {}", reply.text);
    client.close().await?;
}

MQTT identities include a broker endpoint, username, password, TLS flag, and topic prefix. The broker credentials are scoped to that client and should be treated like a password.

Conversations

Use a conversation when related turns should share one session.

use thalovant::{ConversationOptions, RequestOptions};

let conversation = client.conversation(ConversationOptions {
    lang: Some("en-us".into()),
    ..Default::default()
});

let first = conversation
    .ask("Remember that my favorite color is blue.", RequestOptions::default())
    .await?;
let second = conversation
    .ask("What color did I mention?", RequestOptions::default())
    .await?;

println!("{}", first.text);
println!("{}", second.text);

Client Context

Context lets skills know which app, device, user, or channel made the request.

use thalovant::{build_client_context, ClientContextOptions, RequestOptions};

let context = build_client_context(None, ClientContextOptions {
    user_id: Some("user-42".into()),
    user_name: Some("Ada".into()),
    auth_provider: Some("oidc".into()),
    roles: vec!["member".into()],
    platform: Some("kiosk".into()),
    source: Some("checkout-kiosk".into()),
    channel: Some("chat".into()),
    ..Default::default()
});

let reply = client
    .ask(
        "Show the next instruction.",
        RequestOptions {
            context: Some(context),
            ..Default::default()
        },
    )
    .await?;

Actions And Exact Inputs

Use actions for button payloads and codes for exact typed or scanned values.

use thalovant::{ActionOptions, CodeOptions, ConversationOptions};

let conversation = client.conversation(ConversationOptions {
    session_id: Some("work-session".into()),
    ..Default::default()
});

conversation
    .send_action(
        r#"/choose{"id":"42"}"#,
        ActionOptions {
            title: Some("Choose item".into()),
            ..Default::default()
        },
    )
    .await?;

conversation
    .send_code(
        "SN-001-XYZ",
        CodeOptions {
            kind: Some("qr".into()),
            label: Some("serial".into()),
            ..Default::default()
        },
    )
    .await?;

Rich Responses

Replies can include text, choices, tables, images, or attachments.

let items = reply.display_items(Some(600));
for item in items {
    if item.kind == "text" {
        println!("{}", item.text.unwrap_or_default());
    }
}

Common Issues

• missing access token: call control.login(...) before private control-plane actions, or pass an access token to ControlPlane::new.
• API access requires a paid plan: upgrade the workspace before using the SDK control-plane API to provision private resources.
• UnsupportedProtocol: the hub does not expose that protocol, or the identity was created before that protocol was enabled.
• MQTT fails immediately: create or download a fresh client identity after MQTT is enabled. MQTT needs the per-client identity.mqtt credentials.
• A request times out: set RequestOptions { timeout: Some(...), .. }.

API Shape

• ControlPlane::default()
• ControlPlane::new(api_url, access_token) for local or self-hosted control planes
• control.login(email, password, scope)
• control.list_public_hubs(limit, cursor)
• control.get_public_hub(hub_ref)
• control.list_hubs(limit, cursor, owner_id)
• control.get_hub(hub_id)
• control.create_client_identity_for_hub_id(hub_id, options)
• Identity::from_file(path)
• Client::from_file(path)
• Client::from_env()
• Client::with_protocol(identity, protocol)
• client.ask(text, options)
• client.send_utterance(text, options)
• client.send_action(payload, options)
• client.send_code(value, options)
• client.conversation(options)

Development

cargo test