Multi function REST API

Feature Requests
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This has been discussed somehow in other threads but not in detail.

I think it would be useful to start a REST API layer to support various functionalities.

  • obviously the “translate” function (as supported now in the zmq server - but zmq only supports this one)

  • get model “info” (topology, vocab info ?)

  • “adapt” by passing additional text. Since we can update almost in real-time, it could be useful for adaptive MT.

  • “evaluate” which could be useful to get BLEU score based on a test set and therefore know if a model is appropriate before actually using it.

does this go beyond the scope of the project or not ?

Vincent

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Hi Vincent! It is definitely in the scope of the project! I am currently working on unification of train/translate in a single server - evaluate is a bit different since it is not an intrinsic feature. Do you have a proposition for a specific API?

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in case this helps: https://luarocks.org/modules/hisham/restserver

4

Hi Jean,

I just wanted to check if this was finally made. I’m very interested in training and translating using the same server but I don’t want to reinvent the wheel.

Greetings,

Miguel

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Miguel,
we did not do this. Developments on Lua were more or less stopped.

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Thanks for the replay Vincent. I’ll look into it myself and try to contribute once I’m done.

Greetings,

Miguel