# `tinker.lib.public_interfaces.sampling_client`

SamplingClient for Tinker API.

## `SamplingClient` Objects

```python
class SamplingClient(TelemetryProvider, QueueStateObserver)
```

Client for text generation and inference from trained or base models.

The SamplingClient lets you generate text tokens from either a base model or from weights
you've saved using a TrainingClient. You typically get one by calling
`service_client.create_sampling_client()` or `training_client.save_weights_and_get_sampling_client()`.
Key methods:
- sample() - generate text completions with customizable parameters
- compute_logprobs() - get log probabilities for prompt tokens

Args:
    holder: Internal client managing HTTP connections and async operations
    model_path: Path to saved model weights (starts with 'tinker://')
    base_model: Name of base model to use for inference
    retry_config: Configuration for retrying failed requests

Example:
```python
sampling_client = service_client.create_sampling_client(base_model="Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B")
prompt = types.ModelInput.from_ints(tokenizer.encode("The weather today is"))
params = types.SamplingParams(max_tokens=20, temperature=0.7)
future = sampling_client.sample(prompt=prompt, sampling_params=params, num_samples=1)
result = future.result()
```

#### `sample`

```python
@capture_exceptions(fatal=True)
def sample(
        prompt: types.ModelInput,
        num_samples: int,
        sampling_params: types.SamplingParams,
        include_prompt_logprobs: bool = False,
        topk_prompt_logprobs: int = 0
) -> ConcurrentFuture[types.SampleResponse]
```

Generate text completions from the model.

Args:
    prompt: The input tokens as ModelInput
    num_samples: Number of independent samples to generate
    sampling_params: Parameters controlling generation (temperature, max_tokens, etc.)
    include_prompt_logprobs: Whether to include log probabilities for prompt tokens
    topk_prompt_logprobs: Number of top token log probabilities to return per position

Returns:
    A Future containing the SampleResponse with generated text

Example:
```python
prompt = types.ModelInput.from_ints(tokenizer.encode("The weather today is"))
params = types.SamplingParams(max_tokens=20, temperature=0.7)
future = sampling_client.sample(prompt=prompt, sampling_params=params, num_samples=1)
result = future.result()
for sample in result.samples:
    print(tokenizer.decode(sample.tokens))
```

#### `sample_async`

```python
async def sample_async(prompt: types.ModelInput,
                       num_samples: int,
                       sampling_params: types.SamplingParams,
                       include_prompt_logprobs: bool = False,
                       topk_prompt_logprobs: int = 0) -> types.SampleResponse
```

Async version of sample.

#### `compute_logprobs`

```python
@capture_exceptions(fatal=True)
def compute_logprobs(
        prompt: types.ModelInput) -> ConcurrentFuture[list[float | None]]
```

Compute log probabilities for prompt tokens.

Args:
    prompt: The input tokens as ModelInput

Returns:
    A Future containing a list of log probabilities for each token in the prompt.
    None values indicate tokens where log probabilities couldn't be computed.

Example:
```python
prompt = types.ModelInput.from_ints(tokenizer.encode("Hello world"))
future = sampling_client.compute_logprobs(prompt)
logprobs = future.result()
for i, logprob in enumerate(logprobs):
    if logprob is not None:
        print(f"Token {i}: logprob = {logprob:.4f}")
```

#### `compute_logprobs_async`

```python
async def compute_logprobs_async(
        prompt: types.ModelInput) -> list[float | None]
```

Async version of compute_logprobs.