Problem to consider:
CoralNet traffic fluctuates. When the load is heavy, requests to CoralNet can take a while to process. When the Puerto Cortes dataset was processed, it would take less than 20 minutes for a batch of 5 images to process. Recently, as of writing on Oct 3 2022, the waiting times have been a lot longer; when sending requests for batches of 5 for the Santa Fe dataset, I left a python notebook running for over an hour yielding no results.
After searching around a bit, it turns out only 5 requests can be handled at a time, even if they are in queue: https://groups.google.com/g/coralnet-users/c/7BSazee3jrY
Additionally, as stated in the link, requests cannot be manually stopped by users, they have to be stopped by CoralNet admins.
All this just to say to keep in mind of the few requests that can be handled and the fluctuation in wait times. Considering how few requests may be handled, it may be necessary to require a password to ensure Rare staff can use the website exclusively, at least while CoralNet is tight on resources.
Problem to consider:
CoralNet traffic fluctuates. When the load is heavy, requests to CoralNet can take a while to process. When the Puerto Cortes dataset was processed, it would take less than 20 minutes for a batch of 5 images to process. Recently, as of writing on Oct 3 2022, the waiting times have been a lot longer; when sending requests for batches of 5 for the Santa Fe dataset, I left a python notebook running for over an hour yielding no results.
After searching around a bit, it turns out only 5 requests can be handled at a time, even if they are in queue: https://groups.google.com/g/coralnet-users/c/7BSazee3jrY
Additionally, as stated in the link, requests cannot be manually stopped by users, they have to be stopped by CoralNet admins.
All this just to say to keep in mind of the few requests that can be handled and the fluctuation in wait times. Considering how few requests may be handled, it may be necessary to require a password to ensure Rare staff can use the website exclusively, at least while CoralNet is tight on resources.