feat: add external grpc and model autoloading

api/backend/transcript.go

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package backend
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	config "github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/api/config"
+
+	"github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/api/options"
+	"github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pkg/grpc/proto"
+	"github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pkg/grpc/whisper/api"
+	model "github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pkg/model"
+)
+
+func ModelTranscription(audio, language string, loader *model.ModelLoader, c config.Config, o *options.Option) (*api.Result, error) {
+	opts := []model.Option{
+		model.WithBackendString(model.WhisperBackend),
+		model.WithModelFile(c.Model),
+		model.WithContext(o.Context),
+		model.WithThreads(uint32(c.Threads)),
+		model.WithAssetDir(o.AssetsDestination),
+	}
+
+	for k, v := range o.ExternalGRPCBackends {
+		opts = append(opts, model.WithExternalBackend(k, v))
+	}
+
+	whisperModel, err := o.Loader.BackendLoader(opts...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if whisperModel == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not load whisper model")
+	}
+
+	return whisperModel.AudioTranscription(context.Background(), &proto.TranscriptRequest{
+		Dst:      audio,
+		Language: language,
+		Threads:  uint32(c.Threads),
+	})
+}