text: ## compute_input.py
  
  import sys, json, datetime, numpy as np
  import logger
  
  #Read data from stdin
  def read_in():
      lines = sys.stdin.readlines()
      #Since our input would only be having one line, parse our JSON data from that
      return json.loads(lines[0])
  
  def getTimestamp():
      return 'Timestamp: ' + str(datetime.datetime.now().time()) + '\n'
  
  def main():
      # write a file to demonstrate that the script ran
      logger.instantiateLogFile()
      # file = open("./pythonBackend/pythonOutput.txt","w+")
      # file.write('PYTHON LOGFILE from compute_input\n')
  
      
  
      #get our data as an array from read_in()
      lines = read_in()
  
      writeString = 'Received input: ' + str(lines)
      logger.writeToLogFile(writeString)
  
      # file.write(getTimestamp())
      # file.write('received input: ')
      # linesAsString = str(lines)
      # file.write(linesAsString)
      # file.write('\n')
      # file.close()
  
      #create a numpy array
      np_lines = np.array(lines)
  
      #use numpys sum method to find sum of all elements in the array
      lines_sum = np.sum(np_lines)
  
      #return the sum to the output stream
      print('something else coming back from python')
      print('echo: ', lines)
      #print(lines_sum)
  
  #start process
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      main()