Artifact

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Flexible and lightweight building block for dataset and model versioning.

Artifact(
    name: str,
    type: str,
    description: (str | None) = None,
    metadata: (dict[str, Any] | None) = None,
    incremental: bool = (False),
    use_as: (str | None) = None
) -> None

Construct an empty W&B Artifact. Populate an artifacts contents with methods that begin with add. Once the artifact has all the desired files, you can call wandb.log_artifact() to log it.

Args
`name`	A human-readable name for the artifact. Use the name to identify a specific artifact in the W&B App UI or programmatically. You can interactively reference an artifact with the `use_artifact` Public API. A name can contain letters, numbers, underscores, hyphens, and dots. The name must be unique across a project.
`type`	The artifact’s type. Use the type of an artifact to both organize and differentiate artifacts. You can use any string that contains letters, numbers, underscores, hyphens, and dots. Common types include `dataset` or `model`. Include `model` within your type string if you want to link the artifact to the W&B Model Registry.
`description`	A description of the artifact. For Model or Dataset Artifacts, add documentation for your standardized team model or dataset card. View an artifact’s description programmatically with the `Artifact.description` attribute or programmatically with the W&B App UI. W&B renders the description as markdown in the W&B App.
`metadata`	Additional information about an artifact. Specify metadata as a dictionary of key-value pairs. You can specify no more than 100 total keys.
`incremental`	Use `Artifact.new_draft()` method instead to modify an existing artifact.
`use_as`	W&B Launch specific parameter. Not recommended for general use.
`is_link`	Boolean indication of if the artifact is a linked artifact(`True`) or source artifact(`False`).

Returns
An `Artifact` object.

Attributes
`aliases`	List of one or more semantically-friendly references or identifying “nicknames” assigned to an artifact version. Aliases are mutable references that you can programmatically reference. Change an artifact’s alias with the W&B App UI or programmatically. See Create new artifact versions for more information.
`collection`	The collection this artifact was retrieved from. A collection is an ordered group of artifact versions. If this artifact was retrieved from a portfolio / linked collection, that collection will be returned rather than the collection that an artifact version originated from. The collection that an artifact originates from is known as the source sequence.
`commit_hash`	The hash returned when this artifact was committed.
`created_at`	Timestamp when the artifact was created.
`description`	A description of the artifact.
`digest`	The logical digest of the artifact. The digest is the checksum of the artifact’s contents. If an artifact has the same digest as the current `latest` version, then `log_artifact` is a no-op.
`entity`	The name of the entity that the artifact collection belongs to. If the artifact is a link, the entity will be the entity of the linked artifact.
`file_count`	The number of files (including references).
`history_step`	The nearest step at which history metrics were logged for the source run of the artifact.
`id`	The artifact’s ID.
`is_link`	Boolean flag indicating if the artifact is a link artifact. True: The artifact is a link artifact to a source artifact. False: The artifact is a source artifact.
`linked_artifacts`	Returns a list of all the linked artifacts of a source artifact. If the artifact is a link artifact (`artifact.is_link == True`), it will return an empty list. Limited to 500 results.
`manifest`	The artifact’s manifest. The manifest lists all of its contents, and can’t be changed once the artifact has been logged.
`metadata`	User-defined artifact metadata. Structured data associated with the artifact.
`name`	The artifact name and version of the artifact. A string with the format `{collection}:{alias}`. If fetched before an artifact is logged/saved, the name won’t contain the alias. If the artifact is a link, the name will be the name of the linked artifact.
`project`	The name of the project that the artifact collection belongs to. If the artifact is a link, the project will be the project of the linked artifact.
`qualified_name`	The entity/project/name of the artifact. If the artifact is a link, the qualified name will be the qualified name of the linked artifact path.
`size`	The total size of the artifact in bytes. Includes any references tracked by this artifact.
`source_artifact`	Returns the source artifact. The source artifact is the original logged artifact. If the artifact itself is a source artifact (`artifact.is_link == False`), it will return itself.
`source_collection`	The artifact’s source collection. The source collection is the collection that the artifact was logged from.
`source_entity`	The name of the entity of the source artifact.
`source_name`	The artifact name and version of the source artifact. A string with the format `{source_collection}:{alias}`. Before the artifact is saved, contains only the name since the version is not yet known.
`source_project`	The name of the project of the source artifact.
`source_qualified_name`	The source_entity/source_project/source_name of the source artifact.
`source_version`	The source artifact’s version. A string with the format `v{number}`.
`state`	The status of the artifact. One of: “PENDING”, “COMMITTED”, or “DELETED”.
`tags`	List of one or more tags assigned to this artifact version.
`ttl`	The time-to-live (TTL) policy of an artifact. Artifacts are deleted shortly after a TTL policy’s duration passes. If set to `None`, the artifact deactivates TTL policies and will be not scheduled for deletion, even if there is a team default TTL. An artifact inherits a TTL policy from the team default if the team administrator defines a default TTL and there is no custom policy set on an artifact.
`type`	The artifact’s type. Common types include `dataset` or `model`.
`updated_at`	The time when the artifact was last updated.
`url`	Constructs the URL of the artifact.
`version`	The artifact’s version. A string with the format `v{number}`. If the artifact is a link artifact, the version will be from the linked collection.

Methods

`add`

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add(
    obj: WBValue,
    name: StrPath,
    overwrite: bool = (False)
) -> ArtifactManifestEntry

Add wandb.WBValue obj to the artifact.

Args
`obj`	The object to add. Currently support one of Bokeh, JoinedTable, PartitionedTable, Table, Classes, ImageMask, BoundingBoxes2D, Audio, Image, Video, Html, Object3D
`name`	The path within the artifact to add the object.
`overwrite`	If True, overwrite existing objects with the same file path (if applicable).

Returns
The added manifest entry

Raises
`ArtifactFinalizedError`	You cannot make changes to the current artifact version because it is finalized. Log a new artifact version instead.

`add_dir`

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add_dir(
    local_path: str,
    name: (str | None) = None,
    skip_cache: (bool | None) = (False),
    policy: (Literal['mutable', 'immutable'] | None) = "mutable"
) -> None

Add a local directory to the artifact.

Args
`local_path`	The path of the local directory.
`name`	The subdirectory name within an artifact. The name you specify appears in the W&B App UI nested by artifact’s `type`. Defaults to the root of the artifact.
`skip_cache`	If set to `True`, W&B will not copy/move files to the cache while uploading
`policy`	“mutable”

Raises
`ArtifactFinalizedError`	You cannot make changes to the current artifact version because it is finalized. Log a new artifact version instead.
`ValueError`	Policy must be “mutable” or “immutable”

`add_file`

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add_file(
    local_path: str,
    name: (str | None) = None,
    is_tmp: (bool | None) = (False),
    skip_cache: (bool | None) = (False),
    policy: (Literal['mutable', 'immutable'] | None) = "mutable",
    overwrite: bool = (False)
) -> ArtifactManifestEntry

Add a local file to the artifact.

Args
`local_path`	The path to the file being added.
`name`	The path within the artifact to use for the file being added. Defaults to the basename of the file.
`is_tmp`	If true, then the file is renamed deterministically to avoid collisions.
`skip_cache`	If `True`, W&B will not copy files to the cache after uploading.
`policy`	By default, set to “mutable”. If set to “mutable”, create a temporary copy of the file to prevent corruption during upload. If set to “immutable”, disable protection and rely on the user not to delete or change the file.
`overwrite`	If `True`, overwrite the file if it already exists.

Returns
The added manifest entry.

Raises
`ArtifactFinalizedError`	You cannot make changes to the current artifact version because it is finalized. Log a new artifact version instead.
`ValueError`	Policy must be “mutable” or “immutable”

`add_reference`

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add_reference(
    uri: (ArtifactManifestEntry | str),
    name: (StrPath | None) = None,
    checksum: bool = (True),
    max_objects: (int | None) = None
) -> Sequence[ArtifactManifestEntry]

Add a reference denoted by a URI to the artifact.

Unlike files or directories that you add to an artifact, references are not uploaded to W&B. For more information, see Track external files.

By default, the following schemes are supported:

http(s): The size and digest of the file will be inferred by the Content-Length and the ETag response headers returned by the server.
s3: The checksum and size are pulled from the object metadata. If bucket versioning is enabled, then the version ID is also tracked.
gs: The checksum and size are pulled from the object metadata. If bucket versioning is enabled, then the version ID is also tracked.
https, domain matching *.blob.core.windows.net (Azure): The checksum and size are be pulled from the blob metadata. If storage account versioning is enabled, then the version ID is also tracked.
file: The checksum and size are pulled from the file system. This scheme is useful if you have an NFS share or other externally mounted volume containing files you wish to track but not necessarily upload.

For any other scheme, the digest is just a hash of the URI and the size is left blank.

Args
`uri`	The URI path of the reference to add. The URI path can be an object returned from `Artifact.get_entry` to store a reference to another artifact’s entry.
`name`	The path within the artifact to place the contents of this reference.
`checksum`	Whether or not to checksum the resource(s) located at the reference URI. Checksumming is strongly recommended as it enables automatic integrity validation. Disabling checksumming will speed up artifact creation but reference directories will not iterated through so the objects in the directory will not be saved to the artifact. We recommend setting `checksum=False` when adding reference objects, in which case a new version will only be created if the reference URI changes.
`max_objects`	The maximum number of objects to consider when adding a reference that points to directory or bucket store prefix. By default, the maximum number of objects allowed for Amazon S3, GCS, Azure, and local files is 10,000,000. Other URI schemas do not have a maximum.

Returns
The added manifest entries.

Raises
`ArtifactFinalizedError`	You cannot make changes to the current artifact version because it is finalized. Log a new artifact version instead.

`checkout`

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checkout(
    root: (str | None) = None
) -> str

Replace the specified root directory with the contents of the artifact.

WARNING: This will delete all files in root that are not included in the artifact.

Args
`root`	The directory to replace with this artifact’s files.

Returns
The path of the checked out contents.

Raises
`ArtifactNotLoggedError`	If the artifact is not logged.

`delete`

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delete(
    delete_aliases: bool = (False)
) -> None

Delete an artifact and its files.

If called on a linked artifact (i.e. a member of a portfolio collection): only the link is deleted, and the source artifact is unaffected.

Use artifact.unlink() instead of artifact.delete() to remove a link between a source artifact and a linked artifact.

Args
`delete_aliases`	If set to `True`, deletes all aliases associated with the artifact. Otherwise, this raises an exception if the artifact has existing aliases. This parameter is ignored if the artifact is linked (i.e. a member of a portfolio collection).

Raises
`ArtifactNotLoggedError`	If the artifact is not logged.

`download`

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download(
    root: (StrPath | None) = None,
    allow_missing_references: bool = (False),
    skip_cache: (bool | None) = None,
    path_prefix: (StrPath | None) = None,
    multipart: (bool | None) = None
) -> FilePathStr

Download the contents of the artifact to the specified root directory.

Existing files located within root are not modified. Explicitly delete root before you call download if you want the contents of root to exactly match the artifact.

Args
`root`	The directory W&B stores the artifact’s files.
`allow_missing_references`	If set to `True`, any invalid reference paths will be ignored while downloading referenced files.
`skip_cache`	If set to `True`, the artifact cache will be skipped when downloading and W&B will download each file into the default root or specified download directory.
`path_prefix`	If specified, only files with a path that starts with the given prefix will be downloaded. Uses unix format (forward slashes).
`multipart`	If set to `None` (default), the artifact will be downloaded in parallel using multipart download if individual file size is greater than 2GB. If set to `True` or `False`, the artifact will be downloaded in parallel or serially regardless of the file size.

Returns
The path to the downloaded contents.

Raises
`ArtifactNotLoggedError`	If the artifact is not logged.

`file`

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file(
    root: (str | None) = None
) -> StrPath

Download a single file artifact to the directory you specify with root.

Args
`root`	The root directory to store the file. Defaults to ‘./artifacts/self.name/’.

Returns
The full path of the downloaded file.

Raises
`ArtifactNotLoggedError`	If the artifact is not logged.
`ValueError`	If the artifact contains more than one file.

`files`

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files(
    names: (list[str] | None) = None,
    per_page: int = 50
) -> ArtifactFiles

Iterate over all files stored in this artifact.

Args
`names`	The filename paths relative to the root of the artifact you wish to list.
`per_page`	The number of files to return per request.

Returns
An iterator containing `File` objects.

Raises
`ArtifactNotLoggedError`	If the artifact is not logged.

`finalize`

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finalize() -> None

Finalize the artifact version.

You cannot modify an artifact version once it is finalized because the artifact is logged as a specific artifact version. Create a new artifact version to log more data to an artifact. An artifact is automatically finalized when you log the artifact with log_artifact.

`get`

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get(
    name: str
) -> (WBValue | None)

Get the WBValue object located at the artifact relative name.

Args
`name`	The artifact relative name to retrieve.

Returns
W&B object that can be logged with `wandb.log()` and visualized in the W&B UI.

Raises
`ArtifactNotLoggedError`	if the artifact isn’t logged or the run is offline

`get_added_local_path_name`

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get_added_local_path_name(
    local_path: str
) -> (str | None)

Get the artifact relative name of a file added by a local filesystem path.

Args
`local_path`	The local path to resolve into an artifact relative name.

Returns
The artifact relative name.

`get_entry`

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get_entry(
    name: StrPath
) -> ArtifactManifestEntry

Get the entry with the given name.

Args
`name`	The artifact relative name to get

Returns
A `W&B` object.

Raises
`ArtifactNotLoggedError`	if the artifact isn’t logged or the run is offline.
`KeyError`	if the artifact doesn’t contain an entry with the given name.

`get_path`

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get_path(
    name: StrPath
) -> ArtifactManifestEntry

Deprecated. Use get_entry(name).

`is_draft`

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is_draft() -> bool

Check if artifact is not saved.

Returns: Boolean. False if artifact is saved. True if artifact is not saved.

`json_encode`

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json_encode() -> dict[str, Any]

Returns the artifact encoded to the JSON format.

Returns
A `dict` with `string` keys representing attributes of the artifact.

`link`

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link(
    target_path: str,
    aliases: (list[str] | None) = None
) -> (Artifact | None)

Link this artifact to a portfolio (a promoted collection of artifacts).

Args

target_path The path to the portfolio inside a project. The target path must adhere to one of the following schemas {portfolio}, {project}/{portfolio} or {entity}/{project}/{portfolio}. To link the artifact to the Model Registry, rather than to a generic portfolio inside a project, set target_path to the following schema {"model-registry"}/{Registered Model Name} or {entity}/{"model-registry"}/{Registered Model Name}.

aliases A list of strings that uniquely identifies the artifact inside the specified portfolio.

Args
`target_path`	The path to the portfolio inside a project. The target path must adhere to one of the following schemas `{portfolio}`, `{project}/{portfolio}` or `{entity}/{project}/{portfolio}`. To link the artifact to the Model Registry, rather than to a generic portfolio inside a project, set `target_path` to the following schema `{"model-registry"}/{Registered Model Name}` or `{entity}/{"model-registry"}/{Registered Model Name}`.
`aliases`	A list of strings that uniquely identifies the artifact inside the specified portfolio.

Raises
`ArtifactNotLoggedError`	If the artifact is not logged.

Returns
The linked artifact if linking was successful, otherwise None.

`logged_by`

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logged_by() -> (Run | None)

Get the W&B run that originally logged the artifact.

Returns
The name of the W&B run that originally logged the artifact.

Raises
`ArtifactNotLoggedError`	If the artifact is not logged.

`new_draft`

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new_draft() -> Artifact

Create a new draft artifact with the same content as this committed artifact.

Modifying an existing artifact creates a new artifact version known as an “incremental artifact”. The artifact returned can be extended or modified and logged as a new version.

Returns
An `Artifact` object.

Raises
`ArtifactNotLoggedError`	If the artifact is not logged.

`new_file`

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@contextlib.contextmanager
new_file(
    name: str,
    mode: str = "x",
    encoding: (str | None) = None
) -> Iterator[IO]

Open a new temporary file and add it to the artifact.

Args
`name`	The name of the new file to add to the artifact.
`mode`	The file access mode to use to open the new file.
`encoding`	The encoding used to open the new file.

Returns
A new file object that can be written to. Upon closing, the file will be automatically added to the artifact.

Raises
`ArtifactFinalizedError`	You cannot make changes to the current artifact version because it is finalized. Log a new artifact version instead.

`remove`

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remove(
    item: (StrPath | ArtifactManifestEntry)
) -> None

Remove an item from the artifact.

Args
`item`	The item to remove. Can be a specific manifest entry or the name of an artifact-relative path. If the item matches a directory all items in that directory will be removed.

Raises
`ArtifactFinalizedError`	You cannot make changes to the current artifact version because it is finalized. Log a new artifact version instead.
`FileNotFoundError`	If the item isn’t found in the artifact.

`save`

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save(
    project: (str | None) = None,
    settings: (wandb.Settings | None) = None
) -> None

Persist any changes made to the artifact.

If currently in a run, that run will log this artifact. If not currently in a run, a run of type “auto” is created to track this artifact.

Args
`project`	A project to use for the artifact in the case that a run is not already in context.
`settings`	A settings object to use when initializing an automatic run. Most commonly used in testing harness.

`unlink`

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unlink() -> None

Unlink this artifact if it is currently a member of a portfolio (a promoted collection of artifacts).

Raises
`ArtifactNotLoggedError`	If the artifact is not logged.
`ValueError`	If the artifact is not linked, i.e. it is not a member of a portfolio collection.

`used_by`

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used_by() -> list[Run]

Get a list of the runs that have used this artifact and its linked artifacts.

Returns
A list of `Run` objects.

Raises
`ArtifactNotLoggedError`	If the artifact is not logged.

`verify`

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verify(
    root: (str | None) = None
) -> None

Verify that the contents of an artifact match the manifest.

All files in the directory are checksummed and the checksums are then cross-referenced against the artifact’s manifest. References are not verified.

Args
`root`	The directory to verify. If None artifact will be downloaded to ‘./artifacts/self.name/’

Raises
`ArtifactNotLoggedError`	If the artifact is not logged.
`ValueError`	If the verification fails.

`wait`

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wait(
    timeout: (int | None) = None
) -> Artifact

If needed, wait for this artifact to finish logging.

Args
`timeout`	The time, in seconds, to wait.

Returns
An `Artifact` object.

`getitem`

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__getitem__(
    name: str
) -> (WBValue | None)

Get the WBValue object located at the artifact relative name.

Args
`name`	The artifact relative name to get.

Returns
W&B object that can be logged with `wandb.log()` and visualized in the W&B UI.

Raises
`ArtifactNotLoggedError`	If the artifact isn’t logged or the run is offline.

`setitem`

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__setitem__(
    name: str,
    item: WBValue
) -> ArtifactManifestEntry

Add item to the artifact at path name.

Args
`name`	The path within the artifact to add the object.
`item`	The object to add.

Returns
The added manifest entry

Raises
`ArtifactFinalizedError`	You cannot make changes to the current artifact version because it is finalized. Log a new artifact version instead.

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Last modified May 21, 2025

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