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Add an example on how to get started with the Python API #1474
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Thanks for writing this! It might be worth considering linking to this from the main README
in this subdirectory.
I've left some general formatting and English prose suggestions below, but nothing too major.
This starts an HTTP server with default settings, which means that | ||
the server can be accessed at `http://localhost:8080/cryptol` |
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A general comment: this sentence should be indented three spaces so that it is at the same level of indentation as the "Run the Cryptol remote API server" sentence above. That way, GitHub will render this text with the same indentation as above. Currently, it looks like this:
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> cryptol-remote-api http /cryptol | ||
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This starts an HTTP server with default settings, which means that |
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This starts an HTTP server with default settings, which means that | |
This starts an HTTP server with the default settings, which means that |
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> poetry run python | ||
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This runs a python shell within an environment setup by |
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This runs a python shell within an environment setup by | |
This runs a Python shell within an environment set up by |
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The URL is the one where we started the server in step 1. The second parameter resets | ||
the state of the server. See `help("cryptol.connect")` for other options. | ||
At this point `cry` is an object that we can use to interact with Cryptol. |
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At this point `cry` is an object that we can use to interact with Cryptol. | |
At this point, `cry` is an object that we can use to interact with Cryptol. |
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>>> it = cry.evaluate_expression("1+1") | ||
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This command sends the expression `1 + 1` to the server and the value `it` contains |
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This command sends the expression `1 + 1` to the server and the value `it` contains | |
This command sends the expression `1 + 1` to the server, and the value `it` contains |
Just an example of how to get started with the Python API