wrapAsync confusion

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1

We are trying to make use of the net-snmp node package in Meteor for talking to some physical devices and getting back information. We have tried following a number of examples but seem to have problems getting a return value from the call.

A simple portion of our code looks like the following inside Meteor.methods:

import snmp from 'net-snmp';

Meteor.methods({
  snmpGet: function snmpGet(ip, oids, inCommunity) {
    check(ip, String);
    check(oids, [String]);
    check(inCommunity, Match.Maybe(String));

    const community = (typeof inCommunity === 'undefined') ?
      Meteor.settings.private.snmp.public : inCommunity;
    const session = snmp.createSession(ip, community);
    const getResult = {};
    const sessionGetSync = Meteor.wrapAsync(session.get);

    try {
      const result = sessionGetSync(oids);
      getResult.success = true;
      getResult.varbinds = result;
    } catch (error) {
      getResult.success = false;
      getResult.error = error;
    }
    session.close();
    return getResult;
  },
});

Every time we call this it returns an error of “TypeError: this.simpleGet is not a function” and I am guessing it is because we use the snmp import to create the session, which in turn is what we are passing to the wrapAsync function. I have tried a number of variations to get this working, hoping somebody can provide me with the answer.

Thanks!

2

Your import statement looks okay. Can you try binding to the session context:

const sessionGetSync = Meteor.wrapAsync(session.get, session);
3

First, thanks for the quick response! I have tried that already and it yields the error: “Error: argument is not a valid OID string”.

4

Well, that sounds like it’s working and isn’t being passed what you think is being passed. Have you tried hard coding the oids or console.loging what’s coming in via the call?

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5

I did check this and was passing in the oids array with [ ‘.1.3.6.1.4.1.41112.1.4.7.1.2’ ]. However, going on your feel that it was wrong simply removed the starting ‘.’ and it passed through fine and is working! Thank you very much!

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