Understanding helper and supporting libraries

The helper and supporting functions are implemented in the helpers.py file, which can be found in the lib/util folder of the fl_main directory.

Importing libraries for helper libraries

In this helpers.py code example, the file imports general libraries such as json and time:

import json, time, pickle, pathlib, socket, asyncio
from getmac import get_mac_address as gma
from typing import Dict, List, Any
from hashlib import sha256
from fl_main.lib.util.states import IDPrefix, ClientState

Next, let’s move on to the list of functions of the helper library.

Functions of the helper library

The following is a list of functions related to the helper library.

The set_config_file function

The set_config_file function takes the type of the config file, such as db, aggregator, or agent, as a parameter and returns a string of the path to the configuration file:

def set_config_file(config_type: str) -> str:
 ...