Q: jobe server - optional or required?

[yarikoptic]

While building a book in the docker container (#1178) I noted references to some external service

sphinx-build -b html -d ././build/fopp/doctrees -c . -Adefault_ac_lang=python -Arunestone_version=3.3.0 -Abasecourse=fopp -Adownloads_enabled=false -Acourse_id=fopp -Aproxy_uri_files=/jobe/index.php/restapi/files/ -Apython3=true -Adburl=postgresql://runestone:secretshhhhh@localhost/runestone -Abuild_info=1.0.13 -Aappname=runestone -Aloglevel=10 -Aproxy_uri_runs=/jobe/index.php/restapi/runs/ -Alogin_required=true -Acourse_url= -Ause_services=true -Aenable_chatcodes=false -Ajobe_server=http://jobe2.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz ./_sources ./build/fopp

What is its purpose and either it is something required or could be "configured out" or ...?

in the "code" it seems to be referenced in both server and components:

(git)hopa:~/doc/classes/psyc161-3rdparty/runestone/RunestoneServer[enh-dockerfile]git
$> git grep jobe   
controllers/proxy.py:def jobeRun():
controllers/proxy.py:    logger.debug("got a jobe request %s", request.vars.run_spec)
controllers/proxy.py:    req.headers['X-API-KEY'] = settings.jobe_key
controllers/proxy.py:    uri = '/jobe/index.php/restapi/runs/'
controllers/proxy.py:    url = settings.jobe_server + uri
controllers/proxy.py:def jobePushFile():
controllers/proxy.py:    logger.debug("got a jobe request %s", request.vars.run_spec)
controllers/proxy.py:    req.headers['X-API-KEY'] = settings.jobe_key
controllers/proxy.py:    uri = '/jobe/index.php/restapi/files/'+request.args[0]
controllers/proxy.py:    url = settings.jobe_server + uri
controllers/proxy.py:def jobeCheckFile():
controllers/proxy.py:    logger.debug("got a jobe request %s", request.vars.run_spec)
controllers/proxy.py:    req.headers['X-API-KEY'] = settings.jobe_key
controllers/proxy.py:    uri = '/jobe/index.php/restapi/files/'+request.args[0]
controllers/proxy.py:    url = settings.jobe_server + uri
tests/test_book/_templates/plugin_layouts/sphinx_bootstrap/layout.html:  eBookConfig.jobehost = '{{jobe_server}}';
tests/test_book/pavement.py:                       'jobe_server': 'http://jobe2.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz',
tests/test_book/pavement.py:                       'proxy_uri_runs': '/jobe/index.php/restapi/runs/',
tests/test_book/pavement.py:                       'proxy_uri_files': '/jobe/index.php/restapi/files/',

$> cd ../RunestoneComponents 

$> git grep jobe            
runestone/activecode/js/activecode.js:    this.JOBE_SERVER = eBookConfig.jobehost || eBookConfig.host;
runestone/activecode/js/activecode.js:    this.resource = eBookConfig.proxyuri_runs ||  '/runestone/proxy/jobeRun';
runestone/activecode/js/activecode.js:    this.jobePutFiles = eBookConfig.proxyuri_files || '/runestone/proxy/jobePushFile/';
runestone/activecode/js/activecode.js:    this.jobeCheckFiles = eBookConfig.proxyuri_files || '/runestone/proxy/jobeCheckFile/';
runestone/activecode/js/activecode.js:    var resource = this.jobeCheckFiles + file_id;
runestone/activecode/js/activecode.js:    var resource = this.jobePutFiles + file_id;
runestone/activecode/test/_templates/plugin_layouts/sphinx_bootstrap/layout.html:  eBookConfig.jobehost = '{{jobe_server}}';
runestone/activecode/test/pavement.py:                       'jobe_server': 'http://jobe2.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz',
runestone/activecode/test/pavement.py:                       'proxy_uri_runs': '/jobe/index.php/restapi/runs/',
runestone/activecode/test/pavement.py:                       'proxy_uri_files': '/jobe/index.php/restapi/files/'
runestone/common/project_template/_templates/plugin_layouts/sphinx_bootstrap/layout.html:  eBookConfig.jobehost = '{{jobe_server}}';
runestone/common/project_template/pavement.tmpl:                       'jobe_server': 'http://jobe2.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz',
runestone/common/project_template/pavement.tmpl:                       'proxy_uri_runs': '/jobe/index.php/restapi/runs/',
runestone/common/project_template/pavement.tmpl:                       'proxy_uri_files': '/jobe/index.php/restapi/files/',
runestone/common/project_template/pavement.tmpl:    del options.build.template_args['jobe_server']

[bjones1]

It's used to run student code in a sandbox. See https://github.com/trampgeek/jobe.

[yarikoptic]

Thanks for the pointer! sweet.
In my case it is all Python AFAIK and I thought that the Skulpt is used through out for all python activecode.
How do I see which code pieces require/use jobe? or may be if it is all Python I could just disable jobe for my instance?

[bjones1]

I don't know -- I don't use activecode in my book. Take a look through https://github.com/RunestoneInteractive/RunestoneComponents/blob/master/runestone/activecode/js/activecode.js.

[bnmnetp]

If you set the language to c, Cupp, or java active code will use the jobe server. You can also force it to use python in a sandbox but neither fopp or thinkcspy do so.

[yarikoptic]

Thank you @bnmnetp and @bjones1 !