--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/ludwig_autogenconfig.py	Tue Jan 07 22:45:39 2025 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import argparse
+import logging
+
+from ludwig import automl
+from ludwig.utils import defaults
+
+from pandas import read_csv
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='Render a Ludwig config')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--dataset',
+        type=str,
+        help='Path to the dataset file',
+        required=True)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--output_feature',
+        type=int,
+        help='Name for the output feature',
+        required=True)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--output',
+        type=str,
+        help='Path for the output file',
+        required=True)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--renderconfig',
+        action='store_true',
+        help='Render the config',
+        required=False,
+        default=False)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # get the output feature name
+    df = read_csv(args.dataset, nrows=2, sep=None, engine='python')
+    names = df.columns.tolist()
+    target = names[args.output_feature-1]
+
+    args_init = ["--dataset", args.dataset,
+                 "--target", target,
+                 "--output", args.output]
+    automl.cli_init_config(args_init)
+
+    if args.renderconfig:
+        args_render = ["--config", args.output, "--output", args.output]
+        defaults.cli_render_config(args_render)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()