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 (\r\n instead of
                               \r). 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

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

AUTHOR

       John Paulett

COPYRIGHT

       2011, John Paulett