Added docstrings for communicators module.

communicators.py

@@ -11,12 +11,44 @@ from redis_super_storage import RedisSuperStorage
 
 
 class ProducerCommunicator:
+    """
+    This class is used to communicate with producers.
+    The addresses of producers are fetched from `RedisSuperStorage`.
+    """
 
     def __init__(self, redis_store: RedisSuperStorage):
+        """
+        Upon creating this object. A requests session is created on order to take advantage of keep-alive connections.
+
+        :param redis_store: A `RedisSuperStorage` instance.
+        """
         self._redis_store = redis_store
         self._session = requests.Session()
 
     def push_ip_update(self, newip: str):
+        """
+        This method is used to push an ip update to all known consumers.
+        The list of consumers are read from the `RedisSuperStorage` instance.
+        (The list of producers are maintained by the api endpoint.)
+
+        The uuid of this consumer is acquired directly from the `LOCAL_UUID` envvar.
+
+        A timeout of 5 seconds is hardcoded for each producer individually. Timeout is logged as warning.
+
+        Called URL::
+
+            http://<producer ip>/ip
+
+        Body::
+
+            {
+                "uuid" : "str: LOCAL_UUID",
+                "ip": "str: provided by param"
+            }
+
+
+        :param newip: New ipaddress to be annouced.
+        """
 
         for key, ip in self._redis_store.get_producer_list().items():
 
@@ -32,12 +64,44 @@ class ProducerCommunicator:
 
 
 class ConsumerCommunicator:
+    """
+    This class is used to communicate with consumers.
+    The addresses of consumers are fetched from the `RedisSuperStorage`.
+    """
 
     def __init__(self, redis_store: RedisSuperStorage):
+        """
+        Upon creating this object. A requests session is created on order to take advantage of keep-alive connections.
+
+        :param redis_store: A `RedisSuperStorage` instance.
+        """
         self._redis_store = redis_store
         self._session = requests.Session()
 
     def targeted_snyc(self, ip: str):
+        """
+        This method works similarly to `sync_all` however the target is not fetched from the `RedisSuperStorage` instance.
+        The results are processed the same way (saved to redis).
+
+        A timeout of 5 seconds is hardcoded for this function. Timeout is logged as warning.
+
+        This method is preferred when the remote is unknown (uuid is unknown). Mostly when the application just started up,
+        and an initial syncrhronization to all consumers is required.
+
+        See `sync_all` for more information.
+
+        Called URL::
+
+            http://<consumer ip>/sync
+
+        Body::
+
+            {
+                "uuid" : "str: LOCAL_UUID"
+            }
+
+        :param ip: The ip address of the consumer to be synced to.
+        """
         try:
             # request synchronization
             response = self._session.post(f"http://{ip}/sync", json={'uuid': os.environ['LOCAL_UUID']}, timeout=5)
@@ -50,6 +114,28 @@ class ConsumerCommunicator:
             self._redis_store.update_consumer(response.json()['uuid'], ip)
 
     def sync_all(self):
+        """
+        This method is used to syncronize with each known consumer.
+        The list of consumers are acquired from the `RedisSuperStorage` instance.
+
+        This syncrhonization run causes the followings:
+         * Each consumer known by this consumer is checked for availability
+         * Each consumer this consumer communicated with updated the availability of this consumer.
+         * Each consumer which had no information of this consumer, now have.
+
+        A timeout of 5 seconds is hardcoded for each consumer individually. Timeout is logged as warning.
+
+        Called URL::
+
+            http://<consumer ip>/sync
+
+        Body::
+
+            {
+                "uuid" : "str: LOCAL_UUID"
+            }
+
+        """
         for uuid, info in self._redis_store.get_consumer_list().items():
             ip = info['ip']
             try: