Installation

To install the Python client, run the following command:

pip install literalai

You can use the Literal AI Python client synchronous or asynchronous. For trying it out on small scale, you can use the synchronous version. If you move to production, you’ll want to use asynchronous functions. All functions can be used both sync or async, except for functions on Dataset, which are always sync. All examples in the documentation are, for simplicity, using the synchronous client. If you want to use the async functions, make sure to await the functions.

To instantiate the synchronous client:

import os
from literalai import LiteralClient

literal_client = LiteralClient(api_key=os.getenv("LITERAL_API_KEY")) 

or, async:

import os
from literalai import AsyncLiteralClient

async_literal_client = AsyncLiteralClient(api_key=os.getenv("LITERAL_API_KEY")) 

Additionally, you can pass the optional batch_size argument to batch multiple events - handled simultaneously by Literal. Events are batched up to batch_size. Defaults to 5.

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Disable Decorators

When instantiating the client, you have the option to disable the decorators that comes with the SDK. This can be useful when you want to disable the decorators without changing the code.

import os
from literalai import LiteralClient

literal_client = LiteralClient(api_key=os.getenv("LITERAL_API_KEY"), disabled=True) # Disable decorators

literal_client = LiteralClient(api_key=os.getenv("LITERAL_API_KEY"), batch_size=5) # Batch events