could you make API proto file for other language

[mullerhai]

HI, in pytorch ON SCALA3,we need use visdom,please make api proto file for other language like tensorboard,thanks

[Karman580]

Hi, this is an interesting request.

Visdom currently exposes its API through Python/JS bindings, so introducing a language-agnostic interface (e.g. via Protocol Buffers) could indeed make it easier to support clients in Scala, Java, or other ecosystems, similar to how TensorBoard approaches this.

I’m curious about a few things before exploring this further:

• Would the expectation be to define a .proto spec for the existing server–client communication, or only for a subset (e.g. logging, visualization updates)?
• Are there any prior discussions or constraints around introducing protobuf/gRPC into Visdom?
• Would maintainers be open to this as an incremental, experimental interface rather than a full replacement?

I’m interested in exploring a design proposal here and would appreciate guidance on scope and expectations.

[mullerhai]

Hi, this is an interesting request.

Visdom currently exposes its API through Python/JS bindings, so introducing a language-agnostic interface (e.g. via Protocol Buffers) could indeed make it easier to support clients in Scala, Java, or other ecosystems, similar to how TensorBoard approaches this.

I’m curious about a few things before exploring this further:

• Would the expectation be to define a .proto spec for the existing server–client communication, or only for a subset (e.g. logging, visualization updates)?
• Are there any prior discussions or constraints around introducing protobuf/gRPC into Visdom?
• Would maintainers be open to this as an incremental, experimental interface rather than a full replacement?

I’m interested in exploring a design proposal here and would appreciate guidance on scope and expectations.

Thank you very much for your reply. Visdom is excellent, and we are very much looking forward to using it. Visdom also has a front-end and back-end separated architecture, with a Python server and Python client for the back-end and JavaScript for the front-end. We actually hope that Java can also become a client. We can refer to wandb, as they provide proto files and previous Java examples, which allows us to easily use wandb in PyTorch on Java training. We hope Visdom can be the same way.

you could found the proto file here。
https://github.com/wandb/wandb/tree/main/wandb/proto
https://github.com/mullerhai/storch-wandb
https://github.com/wandb/wandb/tree/main/wandb/proto