How to setup locally?

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Evolutionary-Algorithms-On-Click/evolve-backend-python

2. Go to the backend directory

3. Create a virtual environment

python -m venv venv

4. Activate the virtual environment

macOS / Linux

source venv/bin/activate

windows

.\venv\Scripts\activate 

Note

To deactivate the virtual environment run

deactivate

5. Install the dependencies

macOS and Linux

pip install -r requirements.txt

Windows

Important

• uvloop library is not needed in Windows, It can be removed from requirements.txt.
• pygraphviz has some problems with windows so, Refer for instructions.

1. Install Visual C/C++ from here.
2. Download and install Graphviz for Windows 10 (64-bit).
3. Install PyGraphviz via

python -m pip install --config-settings="--global-option=build_ext" --config-settings="--global-option=-IC:\Program Files\Graphviz\include" --config-settings="--global-option=-LC:\Program Files\Graphviz\lib" pygraphviz

Update the requirements

pip freeze > requirements.txt

6. Start the FastAPI app

uvicorn main:app --reload

7. To run in production.

In Windows.

uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --workers 4

In Linux.

gunicorn main:app -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 -w 4