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authorFrederick Muriuki Muriithi2022-03-03 10:10:12 +0300
committerFrederick Muriuki Muriithi2022-03-03 10:20:04 +0300
commit84fcbdbafdf58d0f1963c69bad5b6bcb9c805ce1 (patch)
treed5f453322b281466cbb0cbede7d6f6b3d4761452 /gn3/api
parent7de9fea87dc2c9bcb242fd7ffda11af63dbf4268 (diff)
downloadgenenetwork3-84fcbdbafdf58d0f1963c69bad5b6bcb9c805ce1.tar.gz
Add endpoint for checking state of external processes
Long-running computations are handed off to external processes. This avoids timeouts in the webserver, and also reduces chances of instability of the webserver. The results of these long-running computations are needed eventually, so this commit provides a way to check for the state of the computation, and the results if any.
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diff --git a/gn3/api/async_commands.py b/gn3/api/async_commands.py
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+"""Endpoints and functions concerning commands run in external processes."""
+import json
+
+import redis
+from flask import jsonify, Blueprint
+
+async_commands = Blueprint("async_commands", __name__)
+
+@async_commands.route("/state/<command_id>")
+def command_state(command_id):
+ with redis.Redis() as rconn:
+ state = rconn.hgetall(name=command_id)
+ if not state:
+ return jsonify(
+ status=404,
+ error="The command id provided does not exist.")
+ state = {
+ key.decode("utf-8"): val.decode("utf8")
+ for key,val in state.items()
+ }
+ return jsonify(state)