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The most common API routines for getting information about your node and working with names are described below.

Accessing node information

rospy.get_name()

• Get the fully-qualified name of this node

rospy.get_namespace()

• Get the namespace of this node

rospy.get_node_uri()

• Get the XMLRPC URI of this node

Manipulating Names

Advanced users: For a node-independent library for manipulating ROS names, please see roslib.names.

rospy.resolve_name(name, caller_id=None, remap=True)

• Resolve a name, including remapping, unless remap is False. To resolve a name relative to a different node name (aka "caller ID"), use the caller_id parameter.