progressBarDistributed
progressBarDistributed is a Python library that provides a tqdm-based progress bar for distributed tasks using shared memory. It allows you to track the progress of multiple workers across different processes.
Features
- Distributed progress tracking using shared memory
- Compatible with multiprocessing and joblib parallel processing
- Customizable progress bar display using tqdm
Installation
To install SharedMemoryProgressBar, you can use pip:
pip install .
Usage
Usage multiprocessing
Here's a basic example of how to use SharedMemoryProgressBar using multiprocessing
import multiprocessing
def _multiprocessing_worker(worker_id, steps, shm_name):
import time
from progressBarDistributed import SharedMemoryProgressBarWorker
with SharedMemoryProgressBarWorker(worker_id, shm_name) as pbar:
pbar.set_total_steps(steps)
for _ in range(steps):
time.sleep(0.1)
pbar.update(1)
raise NotImplementedError()
def main(n_jobs):
from progressBarDistributed import SharedMemoryProgressBar
import random
with SharedMemoryProgressBar(n_jobs) as pbar:
shm_name = pbar.shm_name
args_list = [(i, random.randint(10, 20), shm_name) for i in range(n_jobs)]
processes = []
for i in range(n_jobs):
p = multiprocessing.Process(target=_multiprocessing_worker, args=args_list[i])
p.start()
processes.append(p)
for p in processes:
p.join()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main(4)
Usage subprocess
Here's a basic example of how to use SharedMemoryProgressBar using subprocesses
### worker.py
import sys, os
import random
import time
from progressBarDistributed import SharedMemoryProgressBarWorker
def compute_steps():
random.randint(0, 1000)
if __name__ == "__main__":
shm_name = sys.argv[1]
worker_id = int(os.environ.get("PROGRESS_BAR_WORKER_ID"))
steps = compute_steps() #Compute the number of steps that this worker is going to do
with SharedMemoryProgressBarWorker(worker_id, shm_name) as pbar:
pbar.set_total_steps(steps)
for _ in range(steps):
time.sleep(0.1)
pbar.update(1)
### END OF worker.py
### main.py
from subprocess import Popen
from progressBarDistributed import SharedMemoryProgressBar
def main(n_jobs):
processes = []
with SharedMemoryProgressBar(n_jobs) as pbar:
for i in range(n_jobs):
env = os.environ.copy()
env["PROGRESS_BAR_WORKER_ID"] = str(i)
cmd = [sys.executable, "worker.py", pbar.shm_name]
print(cmd)
p = Popen(cmd, universal_newlines=True, shell=False, env=env)
processes.append(p)
# Wait for the processes to finish
for i, p in enumerate(processes):
out, err = p.communicate()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main(4)
### END OF main.py
API Reference
SharedMemoryProgressBar
__init__(n_workers, shm_name=None): Initialize the progress bar
get_worker(worker_id, shm_name): Get a worker instance
close(): Clean up resources
SharedMemoryProgressBarWorker
update(n=1): Update progress set_total_steps(n): Set the total number of steps for the worker
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