geniface

geniface turns plain Python functions into small, portable interfaces:

• a command-line runner
• a built-in HTTP server with a browser UI
• generated adapter code such as FastAPI

It stays close to the function signature and uses standard library tooling where possible.

Installation

geniface is intended to be installed from PyPI:

pip install geniface

Requirements:

• Python 3.10+

Optional packages:

• For development and tests:

pip install "geniface[dev]"

• For generated FastAPI adapters, install FastAPI and a server:

pip install fastapi python-multipart uvicorn

Quick Example

Create a module with a function:

# demo.py
from pathlib import Path


def greet(name: str, excited: bool = False) -> str:
    return f"hello {name}!" if excited else f"hello {name}"


def read_file(path: Path) -> str:
    return path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")

Run

Run a function directly from the command line:

python -m geniface.run demo:greet Ada --excited true

Output:

hello Ada!

Rules:

• required parameters are positional
• parameters with defaults are passed as flags
• supported primitive CLI types are str, int, float, bool, and pathlib.Path

Examples:

python -m geniface.run demo:greet Ada
python -m geniface.run demo:read_file ./notes.txt

Serve

Start the built-in HTTP server:

python -m geniface.serve --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000 demo:greet

When the server is ready it prints the bound address:

Serving on http://127.0.0.1:8000

Available endpoints:

• POST /<function_name> executes the function
• GET /ui serves a browser form generated from the function signature

For the greet example, send JSON to:

curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/greet \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"Ada","excited":true}'

The response shape is always:

{"result": "hello Ada!"}

Browser UI

Open:

http://127.0.0.1:8000/ui

The UI:

• builds a form from the function signature
• supports str, int, float, bool, and pathlib.Path
• uses file inputs for Path parameters
• submits multipart/form-data automatically when file inputs are present

Generate

Generate adapter code from a function:

python -m geniface.generate demo:greet --target fastapi --output generated_api.py

Currently supported targets:

• fastapi

This writes a Python file that imports the target function and exposes a FastAPI app with a single POST endpoint at /<function_name>.

For functions without file inputs, the generated adapter accepts JSON.

For functions with pathlib.Path parameters, the generated adapter:

• exposes file uploads with UploadFile = File(...)
• uses Form(...) for non-file parameters
• writes uploaded files to temporary files
• passes Path objects into the target function

Run the generated FastAPI app with:

uvicorn generated_api:app --reload

Notes

• geniface does not validate beyond the underlying Python call and parser behavior.
• Uploaded files are written to temporary files and are not deleted automatically.
• The package is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.