Is it possible to programmatically call kedro plug...
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Andrew Stewart
11/16/2023, 12:34 AMIs it possible to programmatically call kedro plugins, like
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Nok Lam Chan
11/16/2023, 2:39 AMCan you explains more what do you need?
Nok Lam Chan
11/16/2023, 2:41 AMYou can always do subprocess run.
For each plugins it will be different, viz comes with a Jupyter magic %run_viz that you can call from a notebook
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Andrew Stewart
11/16/2023, 5:10 AMI don't want to go through subprocess. I just want to call kedro viz the same way that the CLI
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11/16/2023, 5:10 AMLet's say just from a regular python script
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Nok Lam Chan
11/16/2023, 5:39 AMviz itself is an application, if you are launching it as the same way as the CLI, I think it will block the program?
Nok Lam Chan
11/16/2023, 5:39 AMThe Jupyter magic has the recipes to get around this
Nok Lam Chan
11/16/2023, 5:42 AMIf you absolutely want to do it, see https://github.com/kedro-org/kedro-viz/blob/main/package/kedro_viz/server.py
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Nok Lam Chan
11/16/2023, 5:43 AMFrom an application point of view, it’s also weird to have a python program launching another application, could you explains more what are you trying to do?
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Andrew Stewart
11/16/2023, 5:23 PMRight, that would be weird 😄 but I'm just trying to programmatically trigger the startup of the server, not run it from another application.
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Andrew Stewart
11/17/2023, 11:56 PMcould you explains more what are you trying to do?@Nok Lam Chan tbh I'm not trying to create anything specific, I'm more just trying to figure out to what extent kedro-viz can be incorporated into various "outer layers". I'm using Streamlit as such an "outer layer", but could apply to others. Another thought here btw is to use the
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Nok Lam Chan
11/18/2023, 5:16 AMInteresting! Let us know how does it go
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Andrew Stewart
11/20/2023, 5:58 PMMy frontend knowledge is not very good - particularly react etc, so I might have some questions on how to use the kedro-viz react component
Andrew Stewart
11/20/2023, 6:00 PMI think I can basically follow this tutorial here: https://blog.streamlit.io/how-to-build-your-own-streamlit-component/
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Nero Okwa
11/29/2023, 11:52 AMThanks for the question @Andrew Stewart. What are you trying to do with your Kedro-Viz/Streamlit workflow that you can't currently do with just Kedro-Viz?
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