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+# This file is part of the LLM4AD project (https://github.com/Optima-CityU/llm4ad).
+# Last Revision: 2025/2/16
+#
+# ------------------------------- Copyright --------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) 2025 Optima Group.
+#
+# Permission is granted to use the LLM4AD platform for research purposes.
+# All publications, software, or other works that utilize this platform
+# or any part of its codebase must acknowledge the use of "LLM4AD" and
+# cite the following reference:
+#
+# Fei Liu, Rui Zhang, Zhuoliang Xie, Rui Sun, Kai Li, Xi Lin, Zhenkun Wang,
+# Zhichao Lu, and Qingfu Zhang, "LLM4AD: A Platform for Algorithm Design
+# with Large Language Model," arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.17287 (2024).
+#
+# For inquiries regarding commercial use or licensing, please contact
+# http://www.llm4ad.com/contact.html
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import http.client
+import json
+import time
+from typing import Any
+import traceback
+from ...base import LLM
+
+
+class LocalApi(LLM):
+    def __init__(self, model, timeout=20, **kwargs):
+        # Both 'host' and 'base url' parameters are supported
+        host = kwargs.pop('host', None)
+        if host is None:
+            host = kwargs.pop('base_url', None)
+        if host is None:
+            raise ValueError("The host or base url parameter must be provided")
+
+        # Both 'key' and 'api key' parameters are supported
+        key = kwargs.pop('key', None)
+        if key is None:
+            key = kwargs.pop('api_key', None)
+        if key is None:
+            raise ValueError("The key or api key parameter must be provided")
+
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self._host = host
+        self._key = key
+        self._model = model
+        self._timeout = timeout
+        self._kwargs = kwargs
+        self._cumulative_error = 0
+
+    def draw_sample(self, prompt: str | Any, *args, **kwargs) -> str:
+        if isinstance(prompt, str):
+            prompt = [{'role': 'user', 'content': prompt.strip()}]
+
+        while True:
+            try:
+                conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(self._host, timeout=self._timeout)
+                payload = json.dumps({
+                    'max_tokens': self._kwargs.get('max_tokens', 4096),
+                    'top_p': self._kwargs.get('top_p', None),
+                    'temperature': self._kwargs.get('temperature', 1.0),
+                    'model': self._model,
+                    'messages': prompt
+                })
+                headers = {
+                    'Authorization': f'Bearer {self._key}',
+                    'User-Agent': 'Apifox/1.0.0 (https://apifox.com)',
+                    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+                }
+                conn.request('POST', '/v1/chat/completions', payload, headers)
+                res = conn.getresponse()
+                data = res.read().decode('utf-8')
+                data = json.loads(data)
+                # print(data)
+                response = data['choices'][0]['message']['content']
+                if self.debug_mode:
+                    self._cumulative_error = 0
+                return response
+            except Exception as e:
+                self._cumulative_error += 1
+                if self.debug_mode:
+                    if self._cumulative_error == 10:
+                        raise RuntimeError(f'{self.__class__.__name__} error: {traceback.format_exc()}.'
+                                           f'You may check your API host and API key.')
+                else:
+                    print(f'{self.__class__.__name__} error: {traceback.format_exc()}.'
+                          f'You may check your API host and API key.')
+                    time.sleep(2)
+                continue