def teach(self, butler, target_index, target_label):
api = VWAPI()
example = butler.targets.get_target_item(butler.exp_uid, target_index)
vw_example = api.to_vw_examples([example])
api.vw.send_example(target_label, features=vw_example)
api.vw.close()
del api
def teach(self, butler, args):
#print(args)
args = json.loads(args)
target_label = args['args']['target_label']
example = args['args']['example']
print('\t*** about to teach ...')
api = VWAPI()
# products are represented as a bag of words (and maybe syntax too)
vw_example = api.to_vw_examples([example])
#print("\t*** vw_example: ", str(vw_example))
api.vw.add_namespaces(vw_example)
# important to send namespaces, not features, because
# to_vw_examples creates namespaces
api.vw.send_example(response=target_label)
api.vw.close()
del api
print('\t*** ... taught')