Driving the toolbox from other programs (the bridge)

python -m neurogenesis.bridge is a server that reads one JSON request per line on stdin and writes one JSON message per line on stdout. The desktop apps use it; any program that can start a process can too.

Python client (minimal)

import json, subprocess

p = subprocess.Popen(["python", "-m", "neurogenesis.bridge"], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                     text=True, bufsize=1)
ready = json.loads(p.stdout.readline())                 # {"event": "ready", "data": {"protocol": "1.0", ...}}

def call(i, method, **params):
    p.stdin.write(json.dumps({"id": i, "method": method, "params": params}) + "\n")
    while True:
        msg = json.loads(p.stdout.readline())
        if msg.get("id") == i:
            return msg

print(call(1, "ping"))
print(call(2, "models")["result"])
net = call(3, "generate", morphology="column", neurons=300, seed=1)["result"]   # {path, neurons, synapses, ...}
spikes = call(4, "simulate", ngb=net["path"], model="lif_int", ticks=200, seed=0)["result"]

Other languages

• C# / .NET: the Windows and Linux app (desktop/avalonia/).

• Swift: the macOS app (desktop/mac/Sources/Bridge.swift).

• JavaScript / Node, Julia, MATLAB, R: start the process, write lines, read lines.

Methods cover projects, plans, development (with step-by-step checkpoints), simulation, cost estimates, f–I curves, plasticity, evolution (long jobs with progress events) and modules. Full list and message formats: Bridge protocol, version 1.0.

PLACEHOLDER

Small client libraries (neurogenesis-bridge for Node and Julia), and an example notebook driving the bridge from MATLAB.