From 6ffabb016782b497116070e9273645d59e62633f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: iamnotcj <69222710+iamnotcj@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 16:42:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Garak API

---
 garak/__main__.py |  6 +++++-
 garak/api.py      | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 garak/api.py

diff --git a/garak/__main__.py b/garak/__main__.py
index 923bbebdc..bbdb52b12 100644
--- a/garak/__main__.py
+++ b/garak/__main__.py
@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@
 import sys
 
 from garak import cli
+from garak import api
 
 
 def main():
-    cli.main(sys.argv[1:])
+    if "--remote" in sys.argv:
+        api.run()
+    else:
+        cli.main(sys.argv[1:])
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/garak/api.py b/garak/api.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c816eb5c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/garak/api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+from garak.cli import main
+from socket import socket, AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM
+import sys
+
+# 2 sockets, one that receives the arguments, and another that is dedicated to sending the output as a client.
+
+ADDRESS = "localhost"
+PORT = 45345
+
+
+def run():
+    garak_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM)
+    garak_socket.bind((ADDRESS, PORT))
+    garak_socket.listen()
+    # Client needs to tell the api which port to send the output to.
+    while True:
+        client_socket, client = garak_socket.accept()
+
+        arguments = client_socket.recv(1024).decode()
+        arguments = arguments.split()
+
+        client_address = client[0]
+        client_port = int(arguments[0])
+
+        # This just makes sure that the output of the cli is returned to the client.
+        def redirectOut(port=0, host=0):
+            if port == 0 or host == 0:
+                raise ValueError("Client port or address weren't found")
+            sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM)
+            sock.connect((host, port))
+            with sock.makefile("w") as file:
+                sys.stdout = file
+                main(arguments[1:])
+            return sock  # if caller needs to access it raw
+
+        redirectOut(client_port, client_address)

From cc1cc7bbf2df57183a36cc4c1d8eb097cc9a58d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ Anih <69222710+iamnotcj@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 16:45:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update api.py

Signed-off-by: CJ Anih <69222710+iamnotcj@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 garak/api.py | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/garak/api.py b/garak/api.py
index c816eb5c9..b5e25169d 100644
--- a/garak/api.py
+++ b/garak/api.py
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@
 from socket import socket, AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM
 import sys
 
-# 2 sockets, one that receives the arguments, and another that is dedicated to sending the output as a client.
-
 ADDRESS = "localhost"
 PORT = 45345
 
-
 def run():
     garak_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM)
     garak_socket.bind((ADDRESS, PORT))
@@ -31,6 +28,6 @@ def redirectOut(port=0, host=0):
             with sock.makefile("w") as file:
                 sys.stdout = file
                 main(arguments[1:])
-            return sock  # if caller needs to access it raw
+            return sock
 
         redirectOut(client_port, client_address)