fastSDK turns any hosted service — OpenAPI/FastAPI, APIPod, RunPod, Replicate, Cog — into a Python client that feels like a local library: typed methods, file upload/download, async job handling and parallel execution included.
Point it at a service. Call it like a function. That's the whole idea.
import fastsdk
client = fastsdk.connect("http://localhost:8009")
job = client.submit_job("/text2voice", text="hello world")
audio = job.get_result()
audio.save("hello.mp3")Calling a web service from Python sounds trivial until you actually do it in production:
you wait synchronously on long-running ML jobs, you hand-write request code for every endpoint, you fight with file uploads (try sending a 1 GB video through requests), you poll job status loops, and you reinvent threading to run requests in parallel.
fastSDK solves exactly that, and nothing else:
- One call = one job. Every call returns a job object immediately. Get the result when you need it, run hundreds of jobs in parallel meanwhile.
- Files just work. Images, audio, video are handled by media-toolkit — local paths, URLs, bytes or numpy arrays in; media objects out. Large files are uploaded via cloud storage (S3, Azure) when configured.
- Job-based providers are normalized. Replicate, RunPod serverless, APIPod and Socaity all expose "submit, then poll" APIs with different wire formats. fastSDK handles submission, polling, progress and cancellation uniformly.
- Codegen when you want it, not when you don't. Use
connect()for instant access, orgenerate_stub()to get a typed.pyclient with one method per endpoint - autocomplete and docstrings included.
pip install fastsdk # core
pip install fastsdk[replicate] # + Replicate model supportNo files, no codegen. Works with a URL, an openapi.json path, or a Replicate model reference.
import fastsdk
client = fastsdk.connect("http://localhost:8009")
job = client.submit_job("/text2voice", text="hello world")
result = job.get_result()Generates a .py file with one typed method per endpoint. This is your SDK.
import fastsdk
stub = fastsdk.generate_stub("http://localhost:8009", save_path="clients/")
print(stub.path, stub.class_name)
# use it immediately ...
client = stub.client()
job = client.text2voice(text="hello world")
# ... or import it in your next run like any other module
# from clients.speechcraft import speechcraft
# client = speechcraft()Re-running generate_stub is safe: the file is overwritten and the service registration is updated, not duplicated.
Official models (called via /v1/models/{owner}/{name}/predictions) and community models (called via /v1/predictions with a version) are resolved automatically — you just name the model:
import fastsdk # requires: pip install fastsdk[replicate] and REPLICATE_API_KEY
stub = fastsdk.generate_stub("replicate:black-forest-labs/flux-schnell", save_path="clients/")
flux = stub.client()
job = flux(prompt="a t-rex on a skateboard")
image = job.get_result()job = client.swap_img_to_img(source_img="face1.jpg", target_img="face2.jpg")
job.get_result() # block until done and return the result
job.cancel() # cancel locally and remotely (provider permitting)
# run many jobs in parallel - this is where fastSDK shines
jobs = [client.text2voice(text=t) for t in hundred_texts]
results = fastsdk.gather_results(jobs)Pass api_key=... to connect(), generate_stub() or the client constructor — or set environment variables: REPLICATE_API_KEY, RUNPOD_API_KEY, SOCAITY_API_KEY, or <SERVICE_ID>_API_KEY for your own services.
| Concept | What it is |
|---|---|
| Service definition | The parsed, normalized description of a service: endpoints, parameters, address, provider type. Get one with fastsdk.inspect_service(source) — it has no side effects. |
| Registry | An in-process directory of service definitions, shared by all clients. register_service() adds to it; generated stubs look their service up in it by ID. |
| Client | The runtime object you call (FastClient). It submits jobs to the service. connect() gives you a generic one instantly. |
| Stub | A generated .py file containing a client subclass with one typed method per endpoint. Made by generate_stub(); it's plain code — read it, version it, ship it. |
Everything above also works from the terminal — same verbs, same behavior:
# What can this service do?
fastsdk inspect http://localhost:8009
# Generate a typed client stub
fastsdk generate http://localhost:8009 -o clients/ --name SpeechCraft
fastsdk generate replicate:black-forest-labs/flux-schnell --api-key r8_...
# Call an endpoint without writing any code (curl for AI services)
fastsdk call http://localhost:8009 /text2voice --text "hello world" -o hello.mp3
# Keep services around by name (persisted in ~/.fastsdk/registry)
fastsdk registry add http://localhost:8009 --name speechcraft
fastsdk registry list
fastsdk call speechcraft /text2voice --text "hi again"Works out of the box with:
- APIPod services (job-based, the natural counterpart to fastSDK)
- Replicate models (official and community)
- RunPod serverless endpoints
- Cog services
- Any OpenAPI 3.0 service (FastAPI, Flask, ...)
- Socaity.ai services
APIPod builds and deploys the services; fastSDK consumes them. Two beating hearts 💕 for service ↔ client interaction.
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