labthings_fastapi.client.in_server
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.. py:module:: labthings_fastapi.client.in_server

.. autoapi-nested-parse::

   A mock client that uses a Thing directly.

   When `.Thing` objects interact on the server, it can be very useful to
   use an interface that is identical to the `.ThingClient` used to access
   the same `.Thing` remotely. This means that code can run either on the
   server or on a client, e.g. in a Jupyter notebook where it is much
   easier to debug. See :ref:`things_from_things` for more detail.

   Currently `.DirectThingClient` is not a subclass of `.ThingClient`,
   that may need to change. It's a good idea to create a
   `.DirectThingClient` at module level, so that type hints work.