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Added a note about the debug libraries when building under Windows with Visual Studio.
author Benjamin Golinvaux <bgo@osimis.io>
date Mon, 06 Apr 2020 20:28:19 +0200
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4 Python plugin for Orthanc
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5 =========================
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7 .. contents::
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10 Overview
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13 This plugin can be used to write :ref:`Orthanc plugins
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14 <creating-plugins>` using the `Python programming language
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15 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)>`__
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16 instead of the more complex C/C++ programming languages.
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18 Python plugins have access to more features and a more consistent SDK
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19 than :ref:`Lua scripts <lua>`. The Python API is automatically
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20 generated from the `Orthanc plugin SDK in C
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21 <https://hg.orthanc-server.com/orthanc/file/Orthanc-1.5.7/Plugins/Include/orthanc/OrthancCPlugin.h>`__
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22 using the `Clang <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clang>`__ compiler
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23 front-end.
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25 As of initial release 1.0 of the plugin, the coverage of the C SDK is
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26 about 75% (105 functions are automatically wrapped in Python out of a
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27 total of 139 functions in the Orthanc SDK 1.5.7).
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30 Source code
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31 -----------
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33 * Link to the `official releases of this plugin
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34 <https://www.orthanc-server.com/browse.php?path=/plugin-python>`__.
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36 * Link to the `code repository
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37 <https://hg.orthanc-server.com/orthanc-python/>`__.
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40 Licensing
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43 Pay attention to the fact that this plugin is licensed under the terms
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44 of the `AGPL license
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45 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Affero_General_Public_License>`__.
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47 This has an important consequence: If you distribute Orthanc to
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48 clients together with one Python script, or if you put an Orthanc
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49 server equipped with one Python script on a Web portal, you **must**
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50 disclose the source code of your Python script to the Orthanc
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51 community under the terms of the AGPL license.
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53 We suggest you to put the source code of your Python scripts on the
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54 dedicated `"OrthancContributed" repository on GitHub
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55 <https://github.com/jodogne/OrthancContributed/tree/master/Plugins>`__,
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56 and/or to send it to the `Orthanc Users
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57 <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/orthanc-users>`__ discussion
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58 group.
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60 Check out the :ref:`FAQ about licensing <licensing>` for more context.
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63 Usage
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64 -----
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66 Docker
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67 ......
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69 .. highlight:: json
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71 The most direct way of starting Orthanc together with the Python
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73 ``/tmp/hello.py`` that contains the following basic Python script::
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75 print('Hello world!')
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77 .. highlight:: json
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79 Let's also create the file ``/tmp/orthanc.json`` that contains the
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80 following minimal :ref:`configuration for Orthanc <configuration>`::
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82 {
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83 "StorageDirectory" : "/var/lib/orthanc/db",
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84 "RemoteAccessAllowed" : true,
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85 "Plugins" : [
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86 "/usr/local/share/orthanc/plugins"
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87 ],
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88 "PythonScript" : "/etc/orthanc/hello.py"
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89 }
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91 .. highlight:: bash
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93 Given these two files, Orthanc can be started as follows::
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95 $ docker run -p 4242:4242 -p 8042:8042 --rm \
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100 .. highlight:: text
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102 You'll see the following excerpt in the log, which indicates that the Python plugin is properly loaded::
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104 W0331 15:48:12.990661 PluginsManager.cpp:269] Registering plugin 'python' (version mainline)
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105 W0331 15:48:12.990691 PluginsManager.cpp:168] Python plugin is initializing
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106 W0331 15:48:12.990743 PluginsManager.cpp:168] Using Python script "hello.py" from directory: /etc/orthanc
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107 W0331 15:48:12.990819 PluginsManager.cpp:168] Program name: /usr/local/sbin/Orthanc
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108 Hello world!
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111 Compiling from source
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112 .....................
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114 .. highlight:: bash
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116 The procedure to compile this plugin from source is similar to that
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117 for the :ref:`core of Orthanc <compiling>`. The following commands
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118 should work for most UNIX-like distribution (including GNU/Linux)::
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120 $ mkdir Build
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121 $ cd Build
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122 $ cmake .. -DPYTHON_VERSION=3.7 -DSTATIC_BUILD=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
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123 $ make
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125 Before running CMake, make sure that the Python interpreter and its
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126 associated development library are installed. On Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, you
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127 would for instance install packages ``libpython3.7-dev`` and
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128 ``python3.7``.
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130 The compilation will produce the shared library ``OrthancPython``,
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131 that can be loaded by properly setting the ``Plugins``
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132 :ref:`configuration option <configuration>` of Orthanc.
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134 **Warning:** The shared library is only compatible with the Python
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135 interpreter whose version corresponds to the value of the
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136 ``PYTHON_VERSION`` argument that was given to CMake.
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139 Microsoft Windows
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140 .................
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142 Pre-compiled binaries for Microsoft Windows `are also available
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143 <https://www.orthanc-server.com/browse.php?path=/plugin-python>`__.
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145 Beware that one version of the Python plugin can only be run against
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147 indicated in the name of the folder.
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149 As of release 1.0, the Orthanc project only provides pre-compiled
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150 binaries for Microsoft Windows 32bit and Python 2.7. Even though this
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151 version of Python is not supported anymore, it can still run on all
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152 the versions of Microsoft Windows that have been released for more
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153 than 10 years.
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157 You are of course free to compile the plugin from sources if you need
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158 a more recent version. You'll have to explicitly specify the path to
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159 your Python installation while invoking CMake. For instance::
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161 C:\orthanc-python\Build> cmake .. -DPYTHON_VERSION=2.7 -DPYTHON_WINDOWS_ROOT=C:/Python27 \
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162 -DSTATIC_BUILD=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -G "Visual Studio 15 2017"
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164 **Note about debug builds**: usually, building Python modules such as the Python
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165 plugin for Orthanc in debug mode (where ``_DEBUG`` is defined) leads to a module
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170 Since using a debug build of Python is only necessary in very specific cases
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174 This means that you are able to build this plugin in debug mode with the
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177 In case you need to use the Python debug libraries, you can instruct the build
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179 that is ``ON`` by default, to ``OFF``. The previous build example would then be,
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180 should you require a full debug build::
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182 C:\orthanc-python\Build> cmake .. -DPYTHON_VERSION=2.7 -DPYTHON_WINDOWS_ROOT=C:/Python27 \
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189 Configuration options
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190 ---------------------
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192 The only two configuration options that are available for this plugin
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193 are the following:
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195 * ``PythonScript`` indicates where the Python script is located. If
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196 this configuration option is not provided, the Python plugin is not
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197 started.
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199 * ``PythonVerbose`` is a Boolean value to make the Python interpreter
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200 verbose.
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206 Extending the REST API
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207 ......................
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211 Here is a basic Python script that registers two new routes in the
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212 REST API::
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214 import orthanc
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215 import pprint
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217 def OnRest(output, uri, **request):
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218 pprint.pprint(request)
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219 print('Accessing uri: %s' % uri)
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220 output.AnswerBuffer('ok\n', 'text/plain')
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222 orthanc.RegisterRestCallback('/(to)(t)o', OnRest)
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223 orthanc.RegisterRestCallback('/tata', OnRest)
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225 .. highlight:: json
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227 Here is the associated minimal configuration file for Orthanc
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228 (provided the Python script is saved as ``rest.py``)::
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230 {
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231 "Plugins" : [ "." ],
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232 "PythonScript" : "rest.py",
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233 "PythonVerbose" : false
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234 }
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238 The route can then be accessed as::
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240 $ curl http://localhost:8042/toto
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244 Listening to changes
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245 ....................
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247 .. highlight:: python
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249 This sample uploads a DICOM file as soon as Orthanc is started::
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250
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251 import orthanc
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253 def OnChange(changeType, level, resource):
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254 if changeType == orthanc.ChangeType.ORTHANC_STARTED:
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255 print('Started')
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257 with open('/tmp/sample.dcm', 'rb') as f:
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258 orthanc.RestApiPost('/instances', f.read())
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260 elif changeType == orthanc.ChangeType.ORTHANC_STOPPED:
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261 print('Stopped')
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263 elif changeType == orthanc.ChangeType.NEW_INSTANCE:
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264 print('A new instance was uploaded: %s' % resource)
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266 orthanc.RegisterOnChangeCallback(OnChange)
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269 Accessing the content of a new instance
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270 .......................................
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274 ::
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276 import orthanc
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277 import json
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278 import pprint
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280 def OnStoredInstance(dicom, instanceId):
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281 print('Received instance %s of size %d (transfer syntax %s, SOP class UID %s)' % (
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282 instanceId, dicom.GetInstanceSize(),
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283 dicom.GetInstanceMetadata('TransferSyntax'),
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284 dicom.GetInstanceMetadata('SopClassUid')))
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286 # Print the origin information
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287 if dicom.GetInstanceOrigin() == orthanc.InstanceOrigin.DICOM_PROTOCOL:
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288 print('This instance was received through the DICOM protocol')
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289 elif dicom.GetInstanceOrigin() == orthanc.InstanceOrigin.REST_API:
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290 print('This instance was received through the REST API')
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292 # Print the DICOM tags
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293 pprint.pprint(json.loads(dicom.GetInstanceSimplifiedJson()))
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295 orthanc.RegisterOnStoredInstanceCallback(OnStoredInstance)
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298 Calling pydicom
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299 ...............
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301 .. highlight:: python
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302
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303 Here is a sample Python plugin that registers a REST callback to dump
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304 the content of the dataset of one given DICOM instance stored in
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305 Orthanc, using `pydicom <https://pydicom.github.io/>`__::
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306
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307 import io
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308 import orthanc
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309 import pydicom
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310
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311 def DecodeInstance(output, uri, **request):
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312 if request['method'] == 'GET':
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313 # Retrieve the instance ID from the regular expression (*)
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314 instanceId = request['groups'][0]
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315 # Get the content of the DICOM file
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316 f = orthanc.GetDicomForInstance(instanceId)
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317 # Parse it using pydicom
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318 dicom = pydicom.dcmread(io.BytesIO(f))
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319 # Return a string representation the dataset to the caller
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320 output.AnswerBuffer(str(dicom), 'text/plain')
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321 else:
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322 output.SendMethodNotAllowed('GET')
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324 orthanc.RegisterRestCallback('/pydicom/(.*)', DecodeInstance) # (*)
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325
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326 .. highlight:: bash
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327
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328 This can be called as follows::
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329
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330 $ curl http://localhost:8042/pydicom/19816330-cb02e1cf-df3a8fe8-bf510623-ccefe9f5
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333 Auto-routing studies
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334 ....................
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335
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336 .. highlight:: python
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337
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338 Here is a sample Python plugin that routes any :ref:`stable study
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339 <lua-callbacks>` to a modality named ``samples`` (as declared in the
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340 ``DicomModalities`` configuration option)::
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341
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342 import orthanc
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344 def OnChange(changeType, level, resourceId):
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345 if changeType == orthanc.ChangeType.STABLE_STUDY:
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346 print('Stable study: %s' % resourceId)
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347 orthanc.RestApiPost('/modalities/sample/store', resourceId)
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349 orthanc.RegisterOnChangeCallback(OnChange)
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352 Rendering a thumbnail using PIL/Pillow
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353 ......................................
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355 .. highlight:: python
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357 ::
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359 from PIL import Image
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360 import io
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361 import orthanc
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362
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363 def DecodeInstance(output, uri, **request):
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364 if request['method'] == 'GET':
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365 # Retrieve the instance ID from the regular expression (*)
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366 instanceId = request['groups'][0]
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367
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368 # Render the instance, then open it in Python using PIL/Pillow
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369 png = orthanc.RestApiGet('/instances/%s/rendered' % instanceId)
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370 image = Image.open(io.BytesIO(png))
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372 # Downsize the image as a 64x64 thumbnail
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373 image.thumbnail((64, 64), Image.ANTIALIAS)
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375 # Save the thumbnail as JPEG, then send the buffer to the caller
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376 jpeg = io.BytesIO()
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377 image.save(jpeg, format = "JPEG", quality = 80)
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378 jpeg.seek(0)
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379 output.AnswerBuffer(jpeg.read(), 'text/plain')
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380
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381 else:
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382 output.SendMethodNotAllowed('GET')
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384 orthanc.RegisterRestCallback('/pydicom/(.*)', DecodeInstance) # (*)
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387 .. _python-introspection:
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388
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389 Inspecting the available API
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390 ............................
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391
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392 .. highlight:: python
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393
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394 Thanks to Python's introspection primitives, it is possible to inspect
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395 the API of the ``orthanc`` module in order to dump all the available
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396 features::
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397
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398 import inspect
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399 import numbers
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400 import orthanc
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401
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402 # Loop over the members of the "orthanc" module
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403 for (name, obj) in inspect.getmembers(orthanc):
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404 if inspect.isroutine(obj):
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405 print('Function %s():\n Documentation: %s\n' % (name, inspect.getdoc(obj)))
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407 elif inspect.isclass(obj):
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408 print('Class %s:\n Documentation: %s' % (name, inspect.getdoc(obj)))
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410 # Loop over the members of the class
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411 for (subname, subobj) in inspect.getmembers(obj):
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412 if isinstance(subobj, numbers.Number):
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413 print(' - Enumeration value %s: %s' % (subname, subobj))
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414 elif (not subname.startswith('_') and
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415 inspect.ismethoddescriptor(subobj)):
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416 print(' - Method %s(): %s' % (subname, inspect.getdoc(subobj)))
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417 print('')
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420 .. _python-scheduler:
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422 Scheduling a task for periodic execution
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423 ........................................
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425 .. highlight:: python
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427 The following Python script will periodically (every second) run the
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428 function ``Hello()`` thanks to the ``threading`` module::
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430 import orthanc
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431 import threading
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432
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433 TIMER = None
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435 def Hello():
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436 global TIMER
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437 TIMER = None
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438 orthanc.LogWarning("In Hello()")
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439 # Do stuff...
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440 TIMER = threading.Timer(1, Hello) # Re-schedule after 1 second
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441 TIMER.start()
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442
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443 def OnChange(changeType, level, resource):
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444 if changeType == orthanc.ChangeType.ORTHANC_STARTED:
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445 orthanc.LogWarning("Starting the scheduler")
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446 Hello()
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447
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448 elif changeType == orthanc.ChangeType.ORTHANC_STOPPED:
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449 if TIMER != None:
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450 orthanc.LogWarning("Stopping the scheduler")
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451 TIMER.cancel()
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452
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453 orthanc.RegisterOnChangeCallback(OnChange)
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454
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458 Performance and concurrency
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459 ---------------------------
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460
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461 .. highlight:: python
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462
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463 Let us consider the following sample Python script that makes a
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464 CPU-intensive computation on a REST callback::
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466 import math
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467 import orthanc
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468 import time
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469
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470 # CPU-intensive computation taking about 4 seconds
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471 def SlowComputation():
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472 start = time.time()
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473 for i in range(1000):
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474 for j in range(30000):
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475 math.sqrt(float(j))
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476 end = time.time()
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477 duration = (end - start)
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478 return 'computation done in %.03f seconds\n' % duration
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479
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480 def OnRest(output, uri, **request):
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481 answer = SlowComputation()
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482 output.AnswerBuffer(answer, 'text/plain')
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483
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484 orthanc.RegisterRestCallback('/computation', OnRest)
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487 .. highlight:: text
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488
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489 Calling this REST route from the command-line returns the time that is
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490 needed to compute 30 million times a squared root on your CPU::
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491
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492 $ curl http://localhost:8042/computation
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493 computation done in 4.208 seconds
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494
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495 Now, let us call this route three times concurrently (we use bash)::
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496
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497 $ (curl http://localhost:8042/computation & curl http://localhost:8042/computation & curl http://localhost:8042/computation )
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498 computation done in 11.262 seconds
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499 computation done in 12.457 seconds
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500 computation done in 13.360 seconds
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501
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502 As can be seen, the computation time has tripled. This means that the
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503 computations were not distributed across the available CPU cores.
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504 This might seem surprising, as Orthanc is a threaded server (in
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505 Orthanc, a pool of C++ threads serves concurrent requests).
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506
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507 The explanation is that the Python interpreter (`CPython
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508 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPython>`__ actually) is built on the
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509 top of a so-called `Global Interpreter Lock (GIL)
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510 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_interpreter_lock>`__. The GIL is
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511 basically a mutex that protects all the calls to the Python
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512 interpreter. If multiple C++ threads from Orthanc call a Python
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513 callback, only one can proceed at any given time. Note however that
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514 the GIL only applies to the Python script: The baseline REST API of
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515 Orthanc is not affected by the GIL.
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516
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517 .. highlight:: python
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518
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519 The solution is to use the `multiprocessing primitives
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520 <https://docs.python.org/3/library/multiprocessing.html>`__ of Python.
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521 The "master" Python interpreter that is initially started by the
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522 Orthanc plugin, can start several `children processes
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523 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_(computing)>`__, each of these
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524 processes running a separate Python interpreter. This allows to
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525 offload intensive computations from the "master" Python interpreter of
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526 Orthanc onto those "slave" interpreters. The ``multiprocessing``
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527 library is actually quite straightforward to use::
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528
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529 import math
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530 import multiprocessing
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531 import orthanc
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532 import signal
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533 import time
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534
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535 # CPU-intensive computation taking about 4 seconds
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536 # (same code as above)
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537 def SlowComputation():
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538 start = time.time()
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539 for i in range(1000):
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540 for j in range(30000):
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541 math.sqrt(float(j))
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542 end = time.time()
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543 duration = (end - start)
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544 return 'computation done in %.03f seconds\n' % duration
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545
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546 # Ignore CTRL+C in the slave processes
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547 def Initializer():
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548 signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_IGN)
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549
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550 # Create a pool of 4 slave Python interpreters
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551 POOL = multiprocessing.Pool(4, initializer = Initializer)
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552
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553 def OnRest(output, uri, **request):
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554 # Offload the call to "SlowComputation" onto one slave process.
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555 # The GIL is unlocked until the slave sends its answer back.
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556 answer = POOL.apply(SlowComputation)
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557 output.AnswerBuffer(answer, 'text/plain')
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559 orthanc.RegisterRestCallback('/computation', OnRest)
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560
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561 .. highlight:: text
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562
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563 Here is now the result of calling this route three times concurrently::
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564
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565 $ (curl http://localhost:8042/computation & curl http://localhost:8042/computation & curl http://localhost:8042/computation )
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566 computation done in 4.211 seconds
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567 computation done in 4.215 seconds
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568 computation done in 4.225 seconds
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569
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570 As can be seen, the calls to the Python computation now fully run in
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571 parallel (the time is cut down from 12 seconds to 4 seconds, the same
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572 as for one isolated request).
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573
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574 Note also how the ``multiprocessing`` library allows to make a fine
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575 control over the computational resources that are available to the
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576 Python script: The number of "slave" interpreters can be easily
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577 changed in the constructor of the ``multiprocessing.Pool`` object, and
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578 are fully independent of the threads used by the Orthanc server.
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579
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581
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582 Very importantly, pay attention to the fact that only the "master"
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583 Python interpreter has access to the Orthanc SDK. For instance, here
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584 is how you would parse a DICOM file in a slave process::
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585
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586 import pydicom
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587 import io
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588
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589 def OffloadedDicomParsing(dicom):
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590 # No access to the "orthanc" library here, as we are in the slave process
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591 dataset = pydicom.dcmread(io.BytesIO(dicom))
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592 return str(dataset)
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594 def OnRest(output, uri, **request):
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595 # The call to "orthanc.RestApiGet()" is only possible in the master process
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596 dicom = orthanc.RestApiGet('/instances/19816330-cb02e1cf-df3a8fe8-bf510623-ccefe9f5/file')
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597 answer = POOL.apply(OffloadedDicomParsing, args = (dicom, ))
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598 output.AnswerBuffer(answer, 'text/plain')
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599
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600 Communication primitives such as ``multiprocessing.Queue`` are
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601 available to exchange messages from the "slave" Python interpreters to
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602 the "master" Python interpreter if further calls to the Orthanc SDK
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603 are required.
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605 Obviously, an in-depth discussion about the ``multiprocessing``
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606 library is out of the scope of this document. There are many
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607 references available on Internet. Also, note that ``threading`` is not
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608 useful here, as Python multithreading is also limited by the GIL, and
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609 is more targeted at dealing with costly I/O operations or with the
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610 :ref:`scheduling of commands <python-scheduler>`.