Pass data as JSON over UDP.

Cargo.toml

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ authors = ["Chris, N6CTA  <mail@n6cta.com>"]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 chrono = "0.4"
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.145"
 socket2 = "0.5"
 
 [profile.release]

src/main.rs

@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ use std::convert::TryInto;
 use std::io::{Read, Write};
 use std::net::TcpStream;
 use std::thread::sleep;
-use std::time::Duration;
+use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 use std::net::UdpSocket;
 use std::net::Ipv4Addr;
+use serde_json::json;
 
 /// Validate that the provided port string can be parsed into a u16 and is nonzero.
 fn validate_port(port: &str) -> Result<u16, String> {
@@ -395,11 +396,19 @@ fn handle_frame(frame: &AgwFrame, cli: &Cli, buffers: &mut BufferManager) {
     }
 
     // Send UDP
-    let uaddr = format!("{}:{}", cli.uip, cli.uport);
-    let socket = UdpSocket::bind("0.0.0.0:0");
-    //let message = "Packet received";
-    let message = &text;
-    let _ = socket.expect("REASON").send_to(message.as_bytes(), uaddr);
+    if cli.uport != 55555 {
+        let uaddr = format!("{}:{}", cli.uip, cli.uport);
+        let socket = UdpSocket::bind("0.0.0.0:0");
+        
+        let packet = json!({
+            "final_destination": &final_destination,
+            "source": &source,
+            "summary": &summary,
+            "text": &text,
+            "timestamp": SystemTime::now().duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap().as_secs(),
+        });
+        let _ = socket.expect("REASON").send_to(packet.to_string().as_bytes(), uaddr);
+    }
 
     // In non-debug mode, print the session line and any additional lines.
     if !cli.debug {