Start ASReview LAB
After you install ASReview LAB, start the program via the command line to start using it.
asreview lab
When you are using Windows, open CMD.exe and run the command. When you use MacOS or Linux, you can open Terminal and run the command.
The information in the sections below is more advanced and not needed for the majority of the ASReview LAB users.
Command line arguments for starting ASReview LAB
ASReview LAB provides a powerful command line interface for running ASReview
LAB with other options or even run tasks like simulations. For a list of
available commands in ASReview LAB, type asreview lab --help
.
asreview lab launches the ASReview LAB software (the frontend).
asreview lab [options]
- -h, --help
Show help message and exit.
- --ip IP
The IP address the server will listen on.
- --port PORT
The port the server will listen on.
- --port-retries NUMBER_RETRIES
The number of additional ports to try if the specified port is not available.
- --no-browser NO_BROWSER
Do not open ASReview LAB in a browser after startup.
- --certfile CERTFILE_FULL_PATH
The full path to an SSL/TLS certificate file.
- --keyfile KEYFILE_FULL_PATH
The full path to a private key file for usage with SSL/TLS.
- --embedding EMBEDDING_FP
File path of embedding matrix. Required for LSTM models.
- --clean-project CLEAN_PROJECT
Safe cleanup of temporary files in project.
- --clean-all-projects CLEAN_ALL_PROJECTS
Safe cleanup of temporary files in all projects.
- --seed SEED
Seed for the model (classifiers, balance strategies, feature extraction techniques, and query strategies). Use an integer between 0 and 2^32 - 1.
Set environment variables
The following environment variables are available.
- ASREVIEW_PATH
The path to the folder with project. Default ~/.asreview.
How you set environment variables depends on the operating system and the environment in which you deploy ASReview LAB.
In MacOS or Linux operating systems, you can set environment variables from the command line. For example:
export ASREVIEW_PATH=~/.asreview
On Windows, you can use the following syntax:
set ASREVIEW_PATH=~/.asreview
To check if you set an environment variable successfully, run the following on *nix operating systems:
echo $ASREVIEW_PATH
Or the following on Windows operating systems:
echo %ASREVIEW_PATH%
Run ASReview LAB on localhost with a different port
By default, ASReview LAB runs on port 5000. If that port is already in use or if you want to specify a different port, start ASReview LAB with the following command:
asreview lab --port <port>
For example, start ASReview LAB on port 5001:
asreview lab --port 5001