Introduction

This is a CLI for the Google Prediction API.

Mac Prerequisites for Development

XCode

Install Xcode http://developer.apple.com/xcode/

Node

The prediction-cli utility is powered by node.

$ brew install node

GSUtil

A tool that enables you to access Google Cloud Storage from the command-line.

$ pip install gsutil

Or, follow instructions at https://developers.google.com/storage/docs/gsutil_install

Google Developer Console Configuration

1. Create a new project in Google Developer Console

2. Activate Cloud Storage and Prediction API's

3. Create a new service account credential

4. Download Credential Private Key

Local Configuration

1. Authorize GSUtil to access your project's cloud storage.

   $ gsutil config
   

2. Translate Private Key for Node

Note on the private_key.pem: Node.js currently does not support direct access to the keys stored within PKCS12 file (see issue comment nodejs/node-v0.x-archive#4050 (comment)) so the private key must be extracted and converted to a passphrase-less RSA key:

    $ openssl pkcs12 -in private_key.p12 -nocerts -nodes | openssl rsa -out private_key.pem

3. Clone this repository.

4. Install the project, plus dependencies, globally

    $ cd /the/repo/dir
    $ npm install -g
   

Usage

1. Upload csv formatted, seed training data

    $ gsutil cp training_data.csv gs://bucket_name/training_data.csv
   

2. Utilize the command line app to process, update and query the data via the Google Prediction API

    $ prediction-cli -h