# RemoteSpacy **`class RemoteSpacy(config)`** Bases: [`BatchedStep`](../technical/libnlp/steps/standard.md#squirro.lib.nlp.steps.batched_step.BatchedStep) Step that uses an external API endpoint. It sends a batch of [`Document`](../technical/libnlp/base.md#squirro.lib.nlp.document.Document) in the shape of {“docs”:LIST_OF_DOCS, “fields”:LIST_OF_FIELDS} to spaCy and returns the annotated batch of [`Document`](../technical/libnlp/base.md#squirro.lib.nlp.document.Document) Parameters - `step` ([`str`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#str)`, ``"external"`) – external - `type` ([`str`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#str)`, ``"remote_spacy"`) – remote_spacy - `field_mapping` ([`dict`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#dict)) – Mapping of input field to output field - `max_concurrent` ([`int`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/functions.html#int)`, ``10`) – Maximum concurrent requests - `language_service_mapping` ([`dict`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#dict)`,``{}`) – Define custom service URL that should be used for the detected language. If the language is not found in the mapping, the default_worker is used and the service URL is read from the configuration service. - `default_worker` ([`str`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#str)`, ``"fast"`) – Default worker that is used to read service URL from the configuration service if detected language is not found in the language_service_mapping. - `disable_pipes__field` ([`str`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#str)`, ``None`) – Programmatic selection of disabled pipelines (read disabled pipelines from field). Uses disable_pipes__default if empty. - `disable_pipes__default` ([`list`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#list)`, ``[``]`) – specified pipes are disabled by default, if no disable_pipes__field specified or value is null **Example** ```json { "step": "external", "type": "remote_spacy", "field_mapping": {"body": "nlp__body", "title": "nlp__title"}, "language_service_mapping": { "en": "http://localhost:8000" }, "default_worker: "fast", "disable_pipes__default": ["ner"] } ``` Methods SummaryMethods Documentation **`get_client(language, worker)`** Return type `SpacyClient` **`process_batch(batch)`** Process a batch of documents. If not defined will default to using self.process_doc for each document in the batch. Parameters `batch` ([`list`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#list)`(`[`Document`](../technical/libnlp/base.md#squirro.lib.nlp.document.Document)`)`) – List of documents Returns List of processed documents Return type [list](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#list)([Document](../technical/libnlp/base.md#squirro.lib.nlp.document.Document))