A Minimum Working Example

This dummy encoder embeds everything to a 3-dimensional vector. You only need two files:

mwu.py

 import numpy as np

 from jina.executors.encoders import BaseEncoder

 class MWUEncoder(BaseEncoder):

     def __init__(self, greetings: str, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self._greetings = greetings

     def encode(self, data: Any, *args, **kwargs):
         self.logger.info('%s %s' % (self._greetings, data))
         return np.random.random([data.shape[0], 3])

And,

mwu.yml

 !MWUEncoder
 with:
   greetings: hello there!
 metas:
   name: my-mwu-encoder
   py_modules: mwu.py
   workspace: ./

To use that in Flow API,

from jina.flow import Flow

f = (Flow()
    .add(name='dummyEncoder', uses='mwu.yml'))

# test it with dry run
with f:
    f.dry_run()

You can also use it as a Pod image, please refer Jina Hub for details.