Pass port in from cmd. If not passed, default to 5000 (it's the Flask…

… default) (#302)

* chat in browser

* pass port in as an arg

* more comment

cli.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 import torch
 
-default_device = "cpu" 
+default_device = "cpu"
 
 def check_args(args, name: str) -> None:
     pass
@@ -29,8 +29,14 @@ def add_arguments_for_export(parser):
     _add_arguments_common(parser)
 
 def add_arguments_for_browser(parser):
-    # Only export specific options should be here
+    # Only browser specific options should be here
     _add_arguments_common(parser)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--port",
+        type=int,
+        default=5000,
+        help="Port for the web server for browser mode."
+    )
 
 def _add_arguments_common(parser):
     # TODO: Refactor this so that only common options are here

torchchat.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Top-level command")
     subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(
         dest="subcommand",
-        help="Use `generate`, `eval` or `export` followed by subcommand specific options.",
+        help="Use `generate`, `eval`, `export` or `browser` followed by subcommand specific options.",
     )
 
     parser_generate = subparsers.add_parser("generate")
@@ -63,10 +63,26 @@
     elif args.subcommand == "browser":
         # TODO: add check_args()
 
+        # Look for port from cmd args. Default to 5000 if not found.
+        # The port args will be passed directly to the Flask app.
+        port = 5000
+        i = 2
+        while i < len(sys.argv):
+            # Check if the current argument is '--port'
+            if sys.argv[i] == '--port':
+                # Check if there's a value immediately following '--port'
+                if i + 1 < len(sys.argv):
+                    # Extract the value and remove '--port' and the value from sys.argv
+                    port = sys.argv[i + 1]
+                    del sys.argv[i:i+2]  # Delete '--port' and the value
+                    break  # Exit loop since port is found
+            else:
+                i += 1
+
         # Assume the user wants "chat" when entering "browser". TODO: add support for "generate" as well
         args_plus_chat = ['"{}"'.format(s) for s in sys.argv[2:]] + ['"--chat"'] + ['"--num-samples"'] + ['"1000000"']
         formatted_args = ", ".join(args_plus_chat)
-        command = ["flask", "--app", "chat_in_browser:create_app(" + formatted_args + ")", "run"]
+        command = ["flask", "--app", "chat_in_browser:create_app(" + formatted_args + ")", "run", "--port", f"{port}"]
         subprocess.run(command)
     else:
         raise RuntimeError("Must specify valid subcommands: generate, export, eval")