update helix debug scripts

Author: saschatommasone

plugins/helix/scripts/publisher.py

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import sys
+import json
+
+try:
+    import redis
+except ImportError:
+    print("Error: Missing Python module. Please install 'redis' before running this script.")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    sequence_number: int = 0
+    client: redis.Redis = redis.Redis(host="localhost", port=6379, db=0)
+
+    while True:
+        channels: list[str] = input("Enter channels: ").split()
+        if not channels:
+            break
+
+        command: str = input("Enter command: ")
+        identifiers: list[str] = input("Enter identifiers: ").split()
+
+        for channel in channels:
+            client.publish(channel, json.dumps({"sequence_number": sequence_number, "command": command,"instances": identifiers}))
+
+        sequence_number += 1
+        print()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

plugins/helix/scripts/subscriber.py

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+import sys
 import json
-import redis
+
+try:
+    import redis
+except ImportError:
+    print("Error: Missing Python module. Please install 'redis' before running this script.")
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 
 CHANNELS: list[str] = ["hal", "application1", "application2"]