With these, you can specify

The contact email, repository, social media links, etc.

The ordering and grouping of parameters

parameter tooltip descriptions

parameter display names

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Parameter Display

The UI only displays parameters specified in the LatchMetadata object: 
from latch.types import LatchParameter, LatchAppearanceType, LatchRule

metadata = LatchMetadata(
    parameters: {
        'param_0': LatchParameter(
            display_name="Parameter 0",
            description="This is parameter 0",
            hidden=False,
        ),
        'param_1': LatchParameter(
            display_name="Parameter 1",
            description="This is parameter 1",
            hidden=True, # parameter is collapsed
        )
    }
)
...

@workflow(metadata)
def wf(
    param_0: int, # any supported type works
    param_1: str,
    ...
)
Each key in metadata.parameters must be the name of one of the parameters of the workflow function. Other keys will be ignored. Parameters without a corresponding key in metadata.parameters will not be displayed.
  • {class} ~latch.types.metadata.LatchParameter specifies the metadata associated with each workflow parameter.
  • {class} ~latch.types.metadata.LatchAuthor describes information about the workflow author.
  • {class} ~latch.types.metadata.LatchRule describes the rule that the parameter input must follow.

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Custom Parameter Layout (Flow)

By default, parameters are displayed in a flat list, in the order in which they are declared in the metadata. For more complex workflows it is often better to specify a custom layout, known as a “flow”. The custom layout is defined using the flow parameter of the {class} ~latch.types.metadata.Metadata specification, which is a list of flow elements. Some flow elements can have child flows. All flow elements can be arbitrarily nested.

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Flow Elements

  • {class} ~latch.types.metadata.Params is the most basic flow element which displays the specified parameter widgets one after another. A parameter can be part of any number of {class} ~latch.types.metadata.Params elements. The default workflow layout is equivalent to flow=[Params("first_param", "second_param", ...)]
  • {class} ~latch.types.metadata.Title and {class} ~latch.types.metadata.Text are decorative flow elements that display a string of title and body text respectively. These elements have full markdown support. They are most often used to explain a parameter or group parameters without cluttering the UI as much as a {class} ~latch.types.metadata.Section
  • {class} ~latch.types.metadata.Section displays a child flow in a card with a given title. This is the basic building block of most UIs
  • {class} ~latch.types.metadata.Spoiler displays a child flow in a collapsible card with a given title. The spoiler is collapsed by default. This is often used for hiding away parts of the UI that will not be useful to the majority of users
  • {class} ~latch.types.metadata.Fork shows a set of mutually-exclusive alternatives. The alternatives are specified as a list of {class} ~latch.types.metadata.ForkBranch, each of which displays a child flow when active and nothing otherwise. Each branch is identified by a unique key. This key is passed to the workflow is a str-typed parameter so the user selection can be used to change runtime behavior
Visit the API docs for an example of how to use each flow element.