veux.serve

veux.serve(thing, viewer='mv', port=None, view_options=None)

Serve the given thing using the specified viewer and port.

Parameters

thingobject

The object to be served. It can be an artist with a canvas attribute or a canvas itself.

viewerstr, optional

The viewer to use for serving the thing. Default is "mv".

portint, optional

The port to run the server on. If not specified, a default port will be used.

Raises

ValueError

If the thing cannot be served because it does not have the required methods.

Notes

The function checks the following in order:

1. If the thing has a ‘canvas’ attribute, it uses the canvas.

2. If the canvas has a ‘to_glb’ method, it serves using GLB format.

3. If the canvas has a ‘to_html’ method, it serves using HTML format.

4. If the canvas has a ‘show’ method, it calls the show method.

5. If none of the above conditions are met, it raises a ValueError.