Canals is a component orchestration engine. Components are Python objects that can execute a task, like reading a file, performing calculations, or making API calls. Canals connects these objects together: it builds a graph of components and takes care of managing their execution order, making sure that each object receives the input it expects from the other components of the pipeline.
Canals powers version 2.0 of the Haystack framework.
To install Canals, run:
pip install canalsTo be able to draw pipelines (Pipeline.draw() method), please make sure you have either an internet connection (to reach the Mermaid graph renderer at https://mermaid.ink) or graphviz (version 2.49.0) installed. If you
plan to use Mermaid there is no additional steps to take, while for graphviz
you need to do:
sudo apt install graphviz # You may need `graphviz-dev` too
pip install pygraphviz