synthetichealth/synthea

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#951 opened on Nov 2, 2021

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Hi there,

I'd be very happy to include synthea as a module into my Python based projects. Unfortunately, since this is a Java library it is clumsy to run synthea as shell commands and then fetching any results.

Would it be possible to write a Python API wrapper for Synthea?

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Research direction
Understand the Synthea Java API and identify key classes and methods. Design a Python wrapper that communicates via subprocess or a bridge like Py4J. Implement a minimal proof of concept with one function (e.g., generate patient data) and write tests.
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javapython
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3
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60