boinc/tools/demo_submit_batch

#! /usr/bin/env python3

# usage: demo_submit_batch user_id app_name dir
# submit a batch of jobs
# assumptions:
# - you have an app that takes 1 input file
# - there's a directory of input files
#
# The job names will be of the form
# appname__batchid__*
# so that assimilators can know where to put output files

import os, sys, time, subprocess

def main(argv):
    if len(argv) != 4:
        print('Usage: demo_submit_batch user_id app_name dir')
        sys.exit(1)

    user_id = int(argv[1])
    app_name = argv[2]
    dir = argv[3]

    # get list of input files

    files = []
    for entry in os.scandir(dir):
        if not entry.is_file():
            raise Exception('not file')
        files.append(entry.name)

    # make the batch record

    cmd = [
        'bin/create_batch',
        '--app_name', app_name,
        '--user_id', str(user_id),
        '--njobs', str(len(files)),
        '--name', '%s__%d'%(app_name, int(time.time()))
    ]
    ret = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True)
    if ret.returncode:
        raise Exception('create_batch failed (%d): %s'%(ret.returncode, ret.stdout))
    batch_id = int(ret.stdout)

    # stage the input files

    cmd = ['bin/stage_file', '--copy', dir]
    ret = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True)
    if ret.returncode:
        raise Exception('stage_file failed (%d): %s'%(ret.returncode, ret.stdout))

    # create the jobs

    fstr = '\n'.join(files)
    cmd = [
        'bin/create_work',
        '--appname', app_name,
        '--batch', str(batch_id),
        '--stdin'
    ]
    ret = subprocess.run(cmd, input=fstr, capture_output=True, encoding='ascii')
    if ret.returncode:
        raise Exception('create_work failed (%d): %s'%(ret.returncode, ret.stdout))

    # mark the batch as in progress

    cmd = ['bin/create_batch', '--enable', str(batch_id)]
    ret = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True)
    if ret.returncode:
        raise Exception('enable batch failed (%d): %s'%(ret.returncode, ret.stdout))

    print('%d jobs submitted.  Batch ID %d'%(len(files), batch_id))

main(sys.argv)