MLLP_SEND(1)							    python-hl7							      MLLP_SEND(1)

NAME

       mllp_send - MLLP network client

       python-hl7 features a simple network client, mllp_send, which reads HL7 messages from a file or sys.stdin and posts them to an MLLP server.
       mllp_send is a command-line wrapper around hl7.client.MLLPClient.  mllp_send is a useful tool  for  testing  HL7  interfaces  or  resending
       logged messages:

       $ mllp_send --file sample.hl7 --port 6661 mirth.example.com
       MSH|^~&|LIS|Example|Hospital|Mirth|20111207105244||ACK^A01|A234244|P|2.3.1|
       MSA|AA|234242|Message Received Successfully|

USAGE

       Usage: mllp_send [options] <server>

       Options:
	 -h, --help	       show this help message and exit
	 -p PORT, --port=PORT  port to connect to
	 -f FILE, --file=FILE  read from FILE instead of stdin
	 -q, --quiet	       do not print status messages to stdout
	 --loose	       allow file to be a HL7-like object (
 instead of
			       
). Can ONLY send 1 message. Requires --file option
			       (no stdin)

INPUT FORMAT

       By default, mllp_send expects the FILE or stdin input to be a properly formatted HL7 message (carriage returns separating segments) wrapped
       in a MLLP stream (<SB>message1<EB><CR><SB>message2<EB><CR>...).

       However, it is common, especially if the file has been manually edited in certain text editors, that the ASCII control characters  will	be
       lost  and  the  carriage  returns  will be replaced with the platform's default line endings.  In this case, mllp_send provides the --loose
       option, which attempts to take something that "looks like HL7" and convert it into a proper HL7 message. Currently the --loose  option  can
       only handle 1 HL7 message per file (it causes mllp_send to assume the whole file is one HL7 message).

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

	  o http://python-hl7.readthedocs.org

AUTHOR

       John Paulett

COPYRIGHT

       2011, John Paulett

0.2.2								 December 17, 2011						      MLLP_SEND(1)