Module tf.browser.web

Web interface

About

TF contains a web interface in which you can enter a search template and view the results.

This is realized by a web app based on Flask.

This web app initializes by loading a TF corpus from which it obtains data. In response to requests, it merges the retrieved data into a set of templates.

Start up

Web server and browser page are started up by means of a script called tf, which will be installed in an executable directory by the pip installer.

Routes

There are 4 kinds of routes in the web app:

URL pattern effect
/browser/static/... serves a static file from the server-wide static folder
/data/static/... serves a static file from the app specific static folder
/local/static/... serves a static file from a local directory specified by the app
anything else submits the form with user data and return the processed request

Templates

There are two templates in templates :

  • index: the normal template for returning responses to user requests;
  • export: the template used for exporting results; it has printer / PDF-friendly formatting: good page breaks. Pretty displays always occur on a page by their own. It has very few user interaction controls. When saved as PDF from the browser, it is a neat record of work done, with DOI links to the corpus and to TF.

CSS

We format the web pages with CSS, with extensive use of flexbox.

There are several sources of CSS formatting:

  • the CSS loaded from the app dependent extraApi, used for pretty displays;
  • index.css: the formatting of the index web page with which the user interacts;
  • export.css the formatting of the export page;
  • base.css shared formatting between the index and export pages.

JavaScript

We use a modest amount of JavaScript on top of JQuery.

For collapsing and expanding elements we use the details element. This is a convenient, JavaScript-free way to manage collapsing. Unfortunately it is not supported by the Microsoft browsers, not even Edge.

On Windows?

Windows users should install Chrome of Firefox.

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# Web interface

## About

TF contains a web interface
in which you can enter a search template and view the results.

This is realized by a web app based on
[Flask](https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/3.0.x/).

This web app initializes by loading a TF corpus from which it obtains data.
In response to requests, it merges the retrieved data into a set of
[templates](https://github.com/annotation/text-fabric/tree/master/tf/browser/views).

## Start up

Web server and browser page are started
up by means of a script called `tf`, which will be installed in an executable
directory by the `pip` installer.

## Routes

There are 4 kinds of routes in the web app:

URL pattern | effect
--- | ---
`/browser/static/...` | serves a static file from the server-wide [static folder](https://github.com/annotation/text-fabric/tree/master/tf/browser/static)
`/data/static/...` | serves a static file from the app specific static folder
`/local/static/...` | serves a static file from a local directory specified by the app
anything else | submits the form with user data and return the processed request

## Templates

There are two templates in
[templates](https://github.com/annotation/text-fabric/tree/master/tf/browser/templates)
:

*   *index*: the normal template for returning responses
    to user requests;
*   *export*: the template used for exporting results; it
    has printer / PDF-friendly formatting: good page breaks.
    Pretty displays always occur on a page by their own.
    It has very few user interaction controls.
    When saved as PDF from the browser, it is a neat record
    of work done, with DOI links to the corpus and to TF.

## CSS

We format the web pages with CSS, with extensive use of
[flexbox](https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox).

There are several sources of CSS formatting:

*   the CSS loaded from the app dependent `extraApi`, used
    for pretty displays;
*   [index.css](https://github.com/annotation/text-fabric/blob/master/tf/browser/static/index.css):
    the formatting of the *index* web page with which the user interacts;
*   [export.css](https://github.com/annotation/text-fabric/blob/master/tf/browser/templates/export.css)
    the formatting of the export page;
*   [base.css](https://github.com/annotation/text-fabric/blob/master/tf/browser/templates/base.css)
    shared formatting between the index and export pages.

## JavaScript

We use a
[modest amount of JavaScript](https://github.com/annotation/text-fabric/blob/master/tf/browser/static/tf3.0.js)
on top of
[JQuery](https://api.jquery.com).

For collapsing and expanding elements we use the
[details](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/details)
element. This is a convenient, JavaScript-free way to manage
collapsing. Unfortunately it is not supported by the Microsoft
browsers, not even Edge.

!!! caution "On Windows?"
    Windows users should install Chrome of Firefox.
"""

from flask import Flask, send_file
from werkzeug.serving import run_simple

from ..parameters import HOST, GH
from ..core.helpers import console as cs
from ..core.files import abspath, fileExists, dirNm
from ..core.timestamp import AUTO
from ..advanced.app import findApp

from .command import argApp
from .kernel import makeTfKernel
from .serve import (
    serveTable,
    serveQuery,
    servePassage,
    serveExport,
    serveDownload,
    serveAll,
)

# Here we import additional annotation tools
from .ner.web import factory as nerFactory
# End of importing additional annotation tools


TF_DONE = "TF setup done."
TF_ERROR = "Could not set up TF"

MY_DIR = dirNm(abspath(__file__))


class Web:
    def __init__(self, kernelApi):
        self.debug = False
        self.kernelApi = kernelApi
        app = kernelApi.app
        self.context = app.context
        self.wildQueries = set()

    def console(self, msg):
        if self.debug:
            cs(msg)


def factory(web):
    app = Flask(__name__)

    # Here we add the annotation tools as blue prints
    app.register_blueprint(nerFactory(web))
    # End of adding annotation tools

    aContext = web.context
    appPath = aContext.appPath
    localDir = aContext.localDir

    @app.route("/browser/static/<path:filepath>")
    def serveStatic(filepath):
        theFile = f"{MY_DIR}/static/{filepath}"
        return send_file(theFile) if fileExists(theFile) else ""

    @app.route("/data/static/<path:filepath>")
    def serveData(filepath):
        theFile = f"{appPath}/static/{filepath}"
        return send_file(theFile) if appPath and fileExists(theFile) else ""

    @app.route("/local/<path:filepath>")
    def serveLocal(filepath):
        theFile = f"{localDir}/{filepath}"
        return send_file(theFile) if fileExists(theFile) else ""

    @app.route("/sections", methods=["GET", "POST"])
    def serveSectionsBare():
        return serveTable(web, "sections")

    @app.route("/sections/<int:getx>", methods=["GET", "POST"])
    def serveSections(getx):
        return serveTable(web, "sections", getx=getx)

    @app.route("/tuples", methods=["GET", "POST"])
    def serveTuplesBare():
        return serveTable(web, "tuples")

    @app.route("/tuples/<int:getx>", methods=["GET", "POST"])
    def serveTuples(getx):
        return serveTable(web, "tuples", getx=getx)

    @app.route("/query", methods=["GET", "POST"])
    def serveQueryBare():
        return serveQuery(web)

    @app.route("/query/<int:getx>", methods=["GET", "POST"])
    def serveQueryX(getx):
        return serveQuery(web, getx=getx)

    @app.route("/passage", methods=["GET", "POST"])
    def servePassageBare():
        return servePassage(web)

    @app.route("/passage/<getx>", methods=["GET", "POST"])
    def servePassageX(getx):
        return servePassage(web, getx=getx)

    @app.route("/export", methods=["GET", "POST"])
    def serveExportX():
        return serveExport(web)

    @app.route("/download", methods=["GET", "POST"])
    def serveDownloadX():
        return serveDownload(web, False)

    @app.route("/downloadj", methods=["GET", "POST"])
    def serveDownloadJ():
        return serveDownload(web, True)

    @app.route("/", methods=["GET", "POST"])
    @app.route("/<path:anything>", methods=["GET", "POST"])
    def serveAllX(anything=None):
        return serveAll(web, anything)

    return app


def setup(debug, *args):
    appSpecs = argApp(args, False)

    if not appSpecs:
        cs("No TF dataset specified")
        cs(f"{TF_ERROR}")
        return

    backend = appSpecs.get("backend", GH) or GH
    appName = appSpecs["appName"]
    checkout = appSpecs["checkout"]
    checkoutApp = appSpecs["checkoutApp"]
    relative = appSpecs["relative"]
    dataLoc = appSpecs["dataLoc"]
    moduleRefs = appSpecs["moduleRefs"]
    locations = appSpecs["locations"]
    modules = appSpecs["modules"]
    setFile = appSpecs["setFile"]
    version = appSpecs["version"]

    if checkout is None:
        checkout = ""

    versionRep = "" if version is None else f" version {version}"
    cs(
        f"Setting up TF browser for {appName} {moduleRefs or ''} "
        f"{setFile or ''}{versionRep}"
    )
    app = findApp(
        appName,
        checkoutApp,
        dataLoc,
        backend,
        True,
        silent=AUTO,
        checkout=checkout,
        relative=relative,
        mod=moduleRefs,
        locations=locations,
        modules=modules,
        setFile=setFile,
        version=version,
    )
    if app is None:
        cs(f"{TF_ERROR}")
        return

    cs("Loading TF corpus data. Please wait ...")

    web = Web(makeTfKernel(app, appName))
    webapp = factory(web)

    if debug:
        webapp.config['TEMPLATES_AUTO_RELOAD'] = True
    web.debug = debug
    cs(f"{TF_DONE}")

    return webapp


def runWeb(webapp, debug, portWeb):
    run_simple(
        HOST,
        int(portWeb),
        webapp,
        use_reloader=debug,
        use_debugger=debug,
        use_evalex=debug,
        threaded=True,
    )

    return 0

Functions

def factory(web)
def runWeb(webapp, debug, portWeb)
def setup(debug, *args)

Classes

class Web (kernelApi)
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class Web:
    def __init__(self, kernelApi):
        self.debug = False
        self.kernelApi = kernelApi
        app = kernelApi.app
        self.context = app.context
        self.wildQueries = set()

    def console(self, msg):
        if self.debug:
            cs(msg)

Methods

def console(self, msg)