API Basics

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Creating and Loading Hub Datasets
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import hub
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# Load a Hub Dataset if it already exists (same as hub.load), or initialize 
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# a new Hub Dataset if it does not already exist (same as hub.empty)
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ds = hub.dataset('./local_path') # Local path
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ds = hub.dataset('hub://username/dataset_name') # Activeloop Platform Storage
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ds = hub.dataset('s3://bucket_name/dataset_name', creds = {}) # AWS S3
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# Load a Hub Dataset
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ds = hub.load('dataset_path') # Can use any of the paths above
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# Create an empty Hub Dataset
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ds = hub.empty('dataset_path') # Can use any of the paths above
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# Automatically create a Hub Dataset - Coming Soon
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ds = hub.ingest.from_path('source_path', 'hub_dataset_path')
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ds = hub.ingest.from_kaggle('kaggle_path', 'hub_dataset_path')
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# Delete a Hub Dataset
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ds.delete()
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Creating Tensors and Adding Data
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# Create a tensor
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# Specifying htype is recommended for maximizing performance.
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# Specifying dtype is required if you desire a different dtype compared
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# to the default dtype for the specified htype.
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ds.create_tensor('my_tensor', htype = 'bbox', dtype = 'int32')
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ds.create_tensor('localization/my_tensor', htype = 'bbox', dtype = 'float32')
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# Specifiying the correct compression is critical for images, videos, and 
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# other rich data types. 
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ds.create_tensor('images', htype = 'image', sample_compression = 'jpeg')
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# Append a single sample array at the end of a tensor
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ds.my_tensor.append(np.ones((1,4))) # Appends an array at the end of a tensor
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# Append multiple samples at the end of a tensor. The first axis in the 
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# numpy array is assumed to be the sample axis for the tensor
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ds.my_tensor.extend(np.ones((5,1,4)))
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# Append multiple samples at the end of a tensor.
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ds.my_tensor.extend([np.ones((1,4)), np.ones((3,4)), np.ones((2,4))])
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Adding User-Specified Metadata to Datasets and Tensors
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# Add or update dataset metadata
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ds.info.update(key1 = 'text', key2 = number)
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# Also can run  
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# ds.info.update({'key1'='value1', 'key2' = num_value})
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# Add or update tensor metadata
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ds.my_tensor.info.update(key1 = 'text', key2 = number)
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#Delete metadata
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ds.info.delete() #Delete all metadata
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ds.info.delete('key1') #Delete 1 key in metadata
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ds.info.delete(['key1', 'key2']) #Delete multiple keys in metadata
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Maximizing performance
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# Data gets written to long-terms storage at the end of the 'with'
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# block or whenever the cache is full. This minimizes the number of 
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# write operations during dataset creation.
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ds = hub.load('dataset_path')
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with ds:
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    ds.create_tensor('my_tensor')
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    for i in range(10):
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        ds.my_tensor.append(i)
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Accessing Tensor Data
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# Read tensor sample into numpy array
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np_array = ds.my_tensor[0].numpy()
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# Read multiple tensor samples into numpy array
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# Returns an error if tensor samples do not have equal shape
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np_array = ds.my_tensor[0:10].numpy() 
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# Read multiple tensor samples into a list of numpy arrays
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np_array_list = ds.my_tensor[0:10].numpy(aslist=True)
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Connecting Hub Datasets to ML Frameworks
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# PyTorch Dataloader
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dataloader = ds.pytorch(batch_size = 16, num_workers = 2)
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# TensorFlow Dataset
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ds_tensorflow = ds.tensorflow()
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Contents

Creating and Loading Hub Datasets

Creating Tensors and Adding Data

Adding User-Specified Metadata to Datasets and Tensors

Maximizing performance

Accessing Tensor Data

Connecting Hub Datasets to ML Frameworks