zoo start-session

Starts a modeling session.

Options

listen_on

What host/port to accept KCL programs on
Default value: 0.0.0.0:3333

num_engine_connections

How many engine connections to use in the connection pool
Default value: 1

-d/--debug

Print debug info
Default value: false

-h/--help

Print help (see a summary with '-h')

About

This command starts a server on localhost (on the configurable interface), and waits to receive KCL programs over that server. It also connects to the KittyCAD API and keeps the connection alive until this process is stopped. When it receives a KCL program over the local server, it executes it using the long-lived KittyCAD connection.

This subcommand is designed to be used with zoo kcl snapshot --session localhost:3333, which will reuse the existing connection started by zoo start-session localhost:3333.