Add API for getting the settings text being used

AirLib/include/api/RpcLibClientBase.hpp

@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ class RpcLibClientBase {
 
     void simSetWind(const Vector3r& wind) const;
 
+    std::string getSettingsString() const;
+
 protected:
     void* getClient();
     const void* getClient() const;

AirLib/include/api/WorldSimApiBase.hpp

@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ class WorldSimApiBase {
     virtual bool isRecording() const = 0;
 
     virtual void setWind(const Vector3r& wind) const = 0;
+
+    virtual std::string getSettingsString() const = 0;
 };
 
 

AirLib/src/api/RpcLibClientBase.cpp

@@ -470,6 +470,11 @@ void RpcLibClientBase::simSetWind(const Vector3r& wind) const
     pimpl_->client.call("simSetWind", conv_wind);
 }
 
+std::string RpcLibClientBase::getSettingsString() const
+{
+    return pimpl_->client.call("getSettingsString").as<std::string>();
+}
+
 void* RpcLibClientBase::getClient()
 {
     return &pimpl_->client;

AirLib/src/api/RpcLibServerBase.cpp

@@ -383,6 +383,10 @@ RpcLibServerBase::RpcLibServerBase(ApiProvider* api_provider, const std::string&
         getWorldSimApi()->setWind(wind.to());
     });
 
+    pimpl_->server.bind("getSettingsString", [&]() -> std::string {
+        return getWorldSimApi()->getSettingsString();
+    });
+
     //if we don't suppress then server will bomb out for exceptions raised by any method
     pimpl_->server.suppress_exceptions(true);
 }

PythonClient/airsim/client.py

@@ -872,6 +872,15 @@ def simAddVehicle(self, vehicle_name, vehicle_type, pose, pawn_path = ""):
         """
         return self.client.call('simAddVehicle', vehicle_name, vehicle_type, pose, pawn_path)
 
+    def getSettingsString(self):
+        """
+        Fetch the settings text being used by AirSim
+
+        Returns:
+            str: Settings text in JSON format
+        """
+        return self.client.call('getSettingsString')
+
 # -----------------------------------  Multirotor APIs ---------------------------------------------
 class MultirotorClient(VehicleClient, object):
     def __init__(self, ip = "", port = 41451, timeout_value = 3600):

Unreal/Plugins/AirSim/Source/WorldSimApi.cpp

@@ -573,3 +573,8 @@ void WorldSimApi::setWind(const Vector3r& wind) const
 {
     simmode_->setWind(wind);
 }
+
+std::string WorldSimApi::getSettingsString() const
+{
+    return msr::airlib::AirSimSettings::singleton().settings_text_;
+}

Unreal/Plugins/AirSim/Source/WorldSimApi.h

@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ class WorldSimApi : public msr::airlib::WorldSimApiBase {
     virtual void setWind(const Vector3r& wind) const override;
     virtual bool createVoxelGrid(const Vector3r& position, const int& x_size, const int& y_size, const int& z_size, const float& res, const std::string& output_file) override;
 
+    virtual std::string getSettingsString() const override;
+
 private:
     AActor* createNewActor(const FActorSpawnParameters& spawn_params, const FTransform& actor_transform, const Vector3r& scale, UStaticMesh* static_mesh);
     void spawnPlayer();