Command line tool

Basic usage

The senpy server is launched via the senpy command:

usage: senpy [-h] [--level logging_level] [--log-format log_format] [--debug]
            [--no-default-plugins] [--host HOST] [--port PORT]
            [--plugins-folder PLUGINS_FOLDER] [--install]
            [--test] [--no-run] [--data-folder DATA_FOLDER]
            [--no-threaded] [--no-deps] [--version] [--allow-fail]

Run a Senpy server

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --level logging_level, -l logging_level
                        Logging level
  --log-format log_format
                        Logging format
  --debug, -d           Run the application in debug mode
  --no-default-plugins  Do not load the default plugins
  --host HOST           Use 0.0.0.0 to accept requests from any host.
  --port PORT, -p PORT  Port to listen on.
  --plugins-folder PLUGINS_FOLDER, -f PLUGINS_FOLDER
                        Where to look for plugins.
  --install, -i         Install plugin dependencies before launching the server.
  --test, -t            Test all plugins before launching the server
  --no-run              Do not launch the server
  --data-folder DATA_FOLDER, --data DATA_FOLDER
                        Where to look for data. It be set with the SENPY_DATA
                        environment variable as well.
  --no-threaded         Run the server without threading
  --no-deps, -n         Skip installing dependencies
  --version, -v         Output the senpy version and exit
  --allow-fail, --fail  Do not exit if some plugins fail to activate

When launched, the server will recursively look for plugins in the specified plugins folder (the current working directory by default). For every plugin found, it will download its dependencies, and try to activate it. The default server includes a playground and an endpoint with all plugins found.

Let’s run senpy with the default plugins:

senpy -f .

Now open your browser and go to http://localhost:5000, where you should be greeted by the senpy playground:

Playground

The playground is a user-friendly way to test your plugins, but you can always use the service directly: http://localhost:5000/api?input=hello.

By default, senpy will listen only on 127.0.0.1. That means you can only access the API from your PC (i.e. localhost). You can listen on a different address using the –host flag (e.g., 0.0.0.0, to allow any computer to access it). The default port is 5000. You can change it with the –port flag.

For instance, to accept connections on port 6000 on any interface:

senpy --host 0.0.0.0 --port 6000

For more options, see the –help page.

Sentiment analysis in the command line

Although the main use of senpy is to publish services, the tool can also be used locally to analyze text in the command line. This is a short video demonstration:

CLI demo