vilvik 0.2.1

Official Python SDK for the Vilvik genetic-algorithm cloud API.

vilvik

Official Python SDK for Vilvik, a cloud platform that runs Genetic Algorithm (PyGAD) workloads with a REST API, scoped keys, and webhook delivery.

Documentation: SDK guide · REST API reference · all docs

pip install vilvik

Quick start

import vilvik

client = vilvik.Client(api_key="vlk_live_…")

submission = client.submissions.create(
    fitness_func="""
def fitness_func(ga_instance, solution, idx):
    return -sum(s * s for s in solution)
""",
    num_genes=5,
    num_generations=100,
    sol_per_pop=50,
    name="quadratic-minimisation",
)

print(submission.id, submission.status)        # "abc123…", "queued"

result = client.results.wait_for(submission.id, timeout=300)
print(result.best_fitness, result.best_solution)

The run() one-liner

For scripts and notebook cells, vilvik.run(...) packages create-and-wait into a context manager that also cancels the run if you exit the block early:

import vilvik

fn = """
def fitness_func(ga_instance, solution, idx):
    return -sum(s * s for s in solution)
"""

with vilvik.run(fitness_func=fn, num_genes=5, num_generations=50) as result:
    print(result.best_fitness)

The API key is read from VILVIK_API_KEY if you do not pass it explicitly.

Listing and pagination

The list endpoints return a Page whose items are typed dataclasses; for walking everything use iter_all:

page = client.submissions.list(limit=25)
for sub in page:
    print(sub.id, sub.status, sub.name)

# All submissions, transparently following the cursor:
for sub in client.submissions.iter_all():
    ...

Branching a finished run

Results.continue_run branches a fresh run from a finished result. Each call creates a child submission whose parent_submission is the result you forked from. Pass any GA parameter you want to override:

parent = client.results.get(result_id)
variant_a = client.results.continue_run(parent.id, mutation_probability=0.10)
variant_b = client.results.continue_run(parent.id, sol_per_pop=100)

The Vilvik dashboard renders the resulting lineage as an interactive tree on the result page.

Errors

Every SDK error inherits from vilvik.VilvikError. Subclasses let you catch specific failure modes:

try:
    client.submissions.get("does-not-exist")
except vilvik.NotFoundError as e:
    print("Not found:", e.request_id)
except vilvik.RateLimitError as e:
    print("Slow down, retry after", e.retry_after, "seconds")
except vilvik.AuthenticationError:
    print("Check your API key and scopes")
except vilvik.VilvikError:
    print("Something else went wrong")

Configuration

Argument	Default	Notes
api_key	os.environ["VILVIK_API_KEY"]	Required. Bearer token created in the dashboard.
base_url	https://vilvik.com/api/v1	Override for staging or self-hosted instances.
timeout	60.0 seconds	Per-HTTP-request timeout.
max_retries	2	Idempotent (GET / HEAD) retries on network errors.

Documentation

The full SDK guide lives at https://vilvik.com/docs/sdk/, with a page per feature:

• Installation and configuration
• Submissions, results, and the run() helper
• Importing a local PyGAD run, code uploads, and webhooks
• Error handling and worked examples

Every SDK page links to the matching REST API reference, so you can drop down to the raw HTTP calls whenever you need to.

Development

pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest

License

MIT.