Cannot use external action

[DaAwesomeP]

Description

I am trying to use an action from irobot_create_msgs, but I am not quite sure how I am supposed to format ActionClient() to properly associate the action with irobot_create_msgs. If this is instead a bug with rosbridge, please let me know.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create venv, install roslibpy
2. Create file ros.py:

from __future__ import print_function
import roslibpy
import roslibpy.actionlib

client = roslibpy.Ros(host='127.0.0.1', port=9090)
client.run()

action_client = roslibpy.actionlib.ActionClient(client,
                                                '/myrobot',
                                                'irobot_create_msgs/DriveDistanceAction')

goal = roslibpy.actionlib.Goal(action_client,
                               roslibpy.Message({'distance': 0.5}))


goal.on('feedback', lambda f: print(f['remaining_travel_distance']))
goal.send()
result = goal.wait(10)
action_client.dispose()

print('Result: {}'.format(result['pose']))

3. Errors when running file:

$ python3 ros.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/pi/repo/ros.py", line 8, in <module>
    action_client = roslibpy.actionlib.ActionClient(client,
  File "/home/pi/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/roslibpy/actionlib.py", line 234, in __init__
    raise Exception('Action client failed to connect, no status received.')
Exception: Action client failed to connect, no status received.

Expected behavior

Screenshots

rosbridge log:

docker-rosbridge-1  | [rosbridge_websocket-1] [INFO] [1655330361.880834837] [rosbridge_websocket]: Client connected. 1 clients total.
docker-rosbridge-1  | [rosbridge_websocket-1] [ERROR] [1655330361.888610688] [rosbridge_websocket]: [Client 74d4ac77-fb09-4970-845a-ccd9ebcf8f7f] [id: advertise:/myrobot/goal:1] advertise: Unable to import msg class DriveDistanceActionGoal from package irobot_create_msgs. Caused by module 'irobot_create_msgs.msg' has no attribute 'DriveDistanceActionGoal'
docker-rosbridge-1  | [rosbridge_websocket-1] [INFO] [1655330361.899699162] [rosbridge_websocket]: [Client 74d4ac77-fb09-4970-845a-ccd9ebcf8f7f] Subscribed to /myrobot/status
docker-rosbridge-1  | [rosbridge_websocket-1] [ERROR] [1655330361.902967490] [rosbridge_websocket]: [Client 74d4ac77-fb09-4970-845a-ccd9ebcf8f7f] [id: subscribe:/myrobot/feedback:4] subscribe: Unable to import msg class DriveDistanceActionFeedback from package irobot_create_msgs. Caused by module 'irobot_create_msgs.msg' has no attribute 'DriveDistanceActionFeedback'
docker-rosbridge-1  | [rosbridge_websocket-1] [ERROR] [1655330361.906295577] [rosbridge_websocket]: [Client 74d4ac77-fb09-4970-845a-ccd9ebcf8f7f] [id: subscribe:/myrobot/result:5] subscribe: Unable to import msg class DriveDistanceActionResult from package irobot_create_msgs. Caused by module 'irobot_create_msgs.msg' has no attribute 'DriveDistanceActionResult'
docker-rosbridge-1  | [rosbridge_websocket-1] [INFO] [1655330364.476330826] [rosbridge_websocket]: Client disconnected. 0 clients total.

System (please complete the following information):

• OS: Raspberry Pi OS (Debian) Lite aarch64 (amd64)
• Python version: 3.9.2
• Python package manager: pip

Additional context

rosbridge is running in a Docker container on the same machine with networking in host mode and the following Dockerfile:

FROM ros:galactic-ros-core

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
      ros-${ROS_DISTRO}-rosbridge-suite \
      ros-${ROS_DISTRO}-irobot-create-msgs && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

EXPOSE 9090
EXPOSE 11311

CMD ["ros2", "launch", "rosbridge_server", "rosbridge_websocket_launch.xml"]

The bridge is definitely functioning and connecting with the iRobot, as I see the iRobot topics in the correct namespace when I run roslibpy topic list. I also verified that the action is installed:

$ cat /opt/ros/galactic/share/irobot_create_msgs/action/DriveDistance.action
# Request

# Drive a distance (meters) in a straight line
float32 distance
# Max translation speed (positive m/s), will cap negative distance to negative speed
float32 max_translation_speed 0.3
---
# Result
# Pose where robot finished
geometry_msgs/PoseStamped pose
---
# Feedback
# How much distance is left to travel
float32 remaining_travel_distance

[DaAwesomeP]

Appears to be related to RobotWebTools/rosbridge_suite#552 and RobotWebTools/rosbridge_suite#697

[mhubii]

might be related to RobotWebTools/rosbridge_suite#804

[ender18g]

@DaAwesomeP any luck with this issue? We are having the exact same problem with create3s running Humble, and rosbridge suite running in a docker container just like yours.

[DaAwesomeP]

@ender18g Unfortunately I haven't used ROS in few years now. I don't think that we solved the issue.