remove decode and encode (#515)

Author: aniketmaurya

README.md

@@ -81,21 +81,14 @@ class InferencePipeline(ls.LitAPI):
         self.model1 = lambda x: x**2
         self.model2 = lambda x: x**3
 
-    def decode_request(self, request):
-        # get inputs to /predict
-        return request["input"]
-
-    def predict(self, x):
+    def predict(self, request):
+        x = request["input"]    
         # perform calculations using both models
         a = self.model1(x)
         b = self.model2(x)
         c = a + b
         return {"output": c}
 
-    def encode_response(self, output):
-        # package outputs from /predict
-        return {"output": output} 
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     # 12+ features like batching, streaming, etc...
     server = ls.LitServer(InferencePipeline(max_batch_size=1), accelerator="auto")