gocpp

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gocpp

Go types and message definitions for the Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP), versions 1.6 and 2.1, as defined by the Open Charge Alliance.

What this is

gocpp provides spec-compliant Go types for OCPP messages and data types, suitable for use as a foundation when building charge point or central system implementations, for either protocol version:

• OCPP 1.6 (v16): all 56 message types (Authorize through UpdateFirmware) and their supporting data types.
• OCPP 2.1 (v21): all 91 actions (181 request/response types — one, NotifyPeriodicEventStream, is a one-way message with no response), 121 datatypes, and 110 enumerations.

Both are implemented with validation on unmarshal and full test coverage.

What this is not

This library does not provide a WebSocket transport, message routing, or any networking. It is purely a typed representation of the protocol.

Packages

• v16 — OCPP 1.6 message and data types (enums, request/response structs, suffixed Req/Conf per OCPP 1.6's own terminology).
• v21 — OCPP 2.1 message and data types (enums, request/response structs, suffixed Request/Response per OCPP 2.1's own terminology).
• ocpp — shared, version-agnostic error types used across both v16 and v21.

Installation

go get github.com/feightree/gocpp

Requires Go 1.26+.

Usage

import "github.com/feightree/gocpp/v16"

// Unmarshal an incoming message
var req v16.BootNotificationReq
if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &req); err != nil {
    // invalid payload or out-of-spec field values
}

// Construct an outgoing message
conf := v16.BootNotificationConf{
    CurrentTime: time.Now().UTC(),
    Interval:    60,
    Status:      v16.RegistrationStatusAccepted,
}

// Marshal does not validate — call Validate explicitly for messages you build by hand
if err := conf.Validate(); err != nil {
    // constructed message violates the spec
}

data, err := json.Marshal(conf)

v21 follows the same design (UnmarshalJSON validates, Validate is exposed for hand-built messages you marshal yourself), just with Request/ Response naming instead of Req/Conf, e.g. v21.BootNotificationRequest / v21.BootNotificationResponse — each package matches the terminology its own OCPP version uses.

Every type validates itself on unmarshal — enum fields must match a known value, required fields must be present, and constrained fields (string lengths, numeric ranges, cross-field rules like TxProfile-only charging profiles) are checked. Failures return an *ocpp.Error wrapping an ocpp.ErrorCode (e.g. ocpp.ErrPropertyConstraintViolation, ocpp.ErrOccurenceConstraintViolation), matching the error codes OCPP itself uses in CALLERROR messages. Use errors.Is to detect a specific code.

import (
    "errors"

    "github.com/feightree/gocpp/ocpp"
    "github.com/feightree/gocpp/v16"
)

var status v16.AuthorizationStatus
err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(`"Bogus"`), &status)
if errors.Is(err, ocpp.ErrPropertyConstraintViolation) {
    // received an unknown enum value
}

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

MIT.