offline_engine_api.ipynb

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    "# Offline Engine API\n",
    "\n",
    "SGLang provides a direct inference engine without the need for an HTTP server, especially for use cases where additional HTTP server adds unnecessary complexity or overhead. Here are two general use cases:\n",
    "\n",
    "- Offline Batch Inference\n",
    "- Custom Server on Top of the Engine\n",
    "\n",
    "This document focuses on the offline batch inference, demonstrating four different inference modes:\n",
    "\n",
    "- Non-streaming synchronous generation\n",
    "- Streaming synchronous generation\n",
    "- Non-streaming asynchronous generation\n",
    "- Streaming asynchronous generation\n",
    "\n",
    "Additionally, you can easily build a custom server on top of the SGLang offline engine. A detailed example working in a python script can be found in [custom_server](https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang/blob/main/examples/runtime/engine/custom_server.py)."
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    "## Offline Batch Inference\n",
    "\n",
    "SGLang offline engine supports batch inference with efficient scheduling."
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    "# launch the offline engine\n",
    "\n",
    "import sglang as sgl\n",
    "from sglang.utils import print_highlight\n",
    "import asyncio\n",
    "\n",
    "llm = sgl.Engine(model_path=\"meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct\")"
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    "### Non-streaming Synchronous Generation"
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    "prompts = [\n",
    "    \"Hello, my name is\",\n",
    "    \"The president of the United States is\",\n",
    "    \"The capital of France is\",\n",
    "    \"The future of AI is\",\n",
    "]\n",
    "\n",
    "sampling_params = {\"temperature\": 0.8, \"top_p\": 0.95}\n",
    "\n",
    "outputs = llm.generate(prompts, sampling_params)\n",
    "for prompt, output in zip(prompts, outputs):\n",
    "    print_highlight(\"===============================\")\n",
    "    print_highlight(f\"Prompt: {prompt}\\nGenerated text: {output['text']}\")"
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   "source": [
    "### Streaming Synchronous Generation"
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    "prompts = [\n",
    "    \"Hello, my name is\",\n",
    "    \"The capital of France is\",\n",
    "    \"The future of AI is\",\n",
    "]\n",
    "sampling_params = {\"temperature\": 0.8, \"top_p\": 0.95}\n",
    "\n",
    "print_highlight(\"\\n=== Testing synchronous streaming generation ===\")\n",
    "\n",
    "for prompt in prompts:\n",
    "    print_highlight(f\"\\nPrompt: {prompt}\")\n",
    "    print(\"Generated text: \", end=\"\", flush=True)\n",
    "\n",
    "    for chunk in llm.generate(prompt, sampling_params, stream=True):\n",
    "        print(chunk[\"text\"], end=\"\", flush=True)\n",
    "    print()"
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   "source": [
    "### Non-streaming Asynchronous Generation"
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    "prompts = [\n",
    "    \"Hello, my name is\",\n",
    "    \"The capital of France is\",\n",
    "    \"The future of AI is\",\n",
    "]\n",
    "\n",
    "sampling_params = {\"temperature\": 0.8, \"top_p\": 0.95}\n",
    "\n",
    "print_highlight(\"\\n=== Testing asynchronous batch generation ===\")\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "async def main():\n",
    "    outputs = await llm.async_generate(prompts, sampling_params)\n",
    "\n",
    "    for prompt, output in zip(prompts, outputs):\n",
    "        print_highlight(f\"\\nPrompt: {prompt}\")\n",
    "        print_highlight(f\"Generated text: {output['text']}\")\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "asyncio.run(main())"
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   "source": [
    "### Streaming Asynchronous Generation"
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    "prompts = [\n",
    "    \"Hello, my name is\",\n",
    "    \"The capital of France is\",\n",
    "    \"The future of AI is\",\n",
    "]\n",
    "sampling_params = {\"temperature\": 0.8, \"top_p\": 0.95}\n",
    "\n",
    "print_highlight(\"\\n=== Testing asynchronous streaming generation ===\")\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "async def main():\n",
    "    for prompt in prompts:\n",
    "        print_highlight(f\"\\nPrompt: {prompt}\")\n",
    "        print(\"Generated text: \", end=\"\", flush=True)\n",
    "\n",
    "        generator = await llm.async_generate(prompt, sampling_params, stream=True)\n",
    "        async for chunk in generator:\n",
    "            print(chunk[\"text\"], end=\"\", flush=True)\n",
    "        print()\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "asyncio.run(main())"
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    "llm.shutdown()"
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