[bodom0015]

Problem

Because they run as a FastAPI background_task, restarting the mmli-backend API server removes any running / pending ChemScraper jobs

Approach

• feat: connect up to the /jobs endpoint to submit ChemScraper as a Kubernetes Job

How to Test

Currently deployed on chemscraper-frontend-staging
Relies on moleculemaker/mmli-backend#82 merged

1. Navigate to https://chemscraper.frontend.staging.mmli1.ncsa.illinois.edu/configuration
2. Upload a PDF file to the frontend, and click Analyze
   • You should see a Job ID is returned for your new ChemScraper Job
   • You should see that your job is submitted to the backend
3. Check the cluster for your running pod: kubectl get pod -n staging
   • You should see a job that matches the Job ID you just submitted
   • NOTE: this part is the change from our previous workflow, which had no way to track jobs without checking the logs
4. Wait for the job to complete
   • You should see the chemscraper-frontend navigates you to the results page for your job
   • You should see the results of your job visualized on this page