predicate-authority-sidecar 0.3.8

Predicate Authority Sidecar binary installer (downloads on install)

predicate-authority-sidecar

Predicate Authority Sidecar binary installer for Python.

This package automatically downloads the Predicate Authority sidecar binary for your platform.

Installation

pip install predicate-authority-sidecar

Or as an optional dependency of predicate-authority:

pip install predicate-authority[sidecar]

What happens on install

1. The package is installed with its dependencies
2. On first import, the sidecar binary is downloaded from GitHub releases
3. The binary is placed in your platform's data directory:
   • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/predicate-authority/bin/
   • Linux: ~/.local/share/predicate-authority/bin/
   • Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%/predicate-authority/bin/

Manual download

You can also trigger a download manually:

predicate-download-sidecar

Or with a specific version:

predicate-download-sidecar --version v0.1.0

Usage

After installation:

from predicate_authority import run_sidecar, get_sidecar_path

# Check path
print(get_sidecar_path())

# Run sidecar
process = run_sidecar(port=8787, policy_file="policy.json")

Or from command line:

# Get the binary path
python -c "from predicate_authority import get_sidecar_path; print(get_sidecar_path())"

# Run it
$(python -c "from predicate_authority import get_sidecar_path; print(get_sidecar_path())") run --port 8787

Supported Platforms

Platform	Architecture
macOS	Apple Silicon (arm64)
macOS	Intel (x64)
Linux	x64
Linux	arm64
Windows	x64

License

MIT / Apache-2.0