Hello guys!
Does anyone know if there are plans for releasing an Rest API or CLI for slicing? I want to create a print farm and allow users to upload their .stl and receive via web interface an approximate estimation of price, in order to do so I need to slice the .stl file from the website using a relay to a backend that calls the api calls through a VPS that is running Luban.
Much appreciated!
Don’t know.
But I wouldn’t even think about using Luban for that purpose (it’s using the Cura engine anyway). Plenty of other slicers out there that will allow you to be much more efficient. And if that’s how you want to make money, I would suggest using other printers that are more cost efficient and a lot faster.
If it’s something on the side to get your personal costs covered. I wouldn’t make it that complex and do it manually.
And if you do want to make it more complex, there are fully browser based slicers out there: https://grid.space/kiri/ that might be good enough to get to an approximation.
Thanks, brvdboss!
I managed to get around this using one raspberry pi running multiple instances of OctoPrint on different ports so that the clients connected to the website can slice through a simplified gui (.stl upload, material selection, level of detail) using CuraEngine legacy slicer.
Forgot to mention, I want to do this with Snapmaker because I have 6 A350 models from a former project lying around. If I were to expand I would definitely go towards prusa for this task.
Regards!