Does Apollo support being referenced by an external program that gives some initial conditions and outputs simulation results？

[Caracal117]

Hi Apollo developers,

I'm working on testing autonomous system robustness with a specific toolbox. I'm interested in using Apollo as my simulation platform. But as I built and had a first try with your product. I found that the recommand way to interact with it is through these Docker environments. Simulation is typically completed with Dreamview. My goal is run the simulation in few lines of codes (prefer python) and get feedback for further analysis. I'm worried about whether I could achieve my goal with Apollo.

The ideal feedback is the direct outcome while using data logs is also okay and the initial conditions are typically set through routing requests, or sensor working states, etc. I wonder whether there exists API to finish this task or there is any alternative way to make this happen.