status-python-sdk/docs/utils.md

Utils

Helper functions for setting up the Status Backend environment.

Methods

launch_docker_container()

Launch Status Backend Docker container in the background using docker-compose.yaml. If docker is not installed, or if the container fails to start, an exception will be raised with the error message from Docker.

from bot import launch_docker_container

launch_docker_container()

Windows Note: In Docker go to Settings > Resources > WSL integration and make sure Enable integration with my default WSL distro and Ubuntu are turned on.