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wandb.Artifact
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Flexible and lightweight building block for dataset and model versioning.
Artifact(
    name: str,
    type: str,
    description: Optional[str] = None,
    metadata: Optional[dict] = None,
    incremental: Optional[bool] = None,
    use_as: Optional[str] = None
) -> None
Constructs an empty artifact whose contents can be populated using its add family of functions. Once the artifact has all the desired files, you can call wandb.log_artifact() to log it.
Arguments
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name
(str) A human-readable name for this artifact, which is how you can identify this artifact in the UI or reference it in use_artifact calls. Names can contain letters, numbers, underscores, hyphens, and dots. The name must be unique across a project.
type
(str) The type of the artifact, which is used to organize and differentiate artifacts. Common types include dataset or model, but you can use any string containing letters, numbers, underscores, hyphens, and dots.
description
(str, optional) Free text that offers a description of the artifact. The description is markdown rendered in the UI, so this is a good place to place tables, links, etc.
metadata
(dict, optional) Structured data associated with the artifact, for example class distribution of a dataset. This will eventually be queryable and plottable in the UI. There is a hard limit of 100 total keys.
Examples:
Basic usage
wandb.init()
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artifact = wandb.Artifact('mnist', type='dataset')
artifact.add_dir('mnist/')
wandb.log_artifact(artifact)
Raises
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Exception
if problem.
Returns
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An Artifact object.
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Attributes
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aliases
Returns: (list): A list of the aliases associated with this artifact. The list is mutable and calling save() will persist all alias changes.
commit_hash
Returns: (str): The artifact's commit hash which is used in http URLs
description
Returns: (str): Free text that offers a description of the artifact. The description is markdown rendered in the UI, so this is a good place to put links, etc.
digest
Returns: (str): The artifact's logical digest, a checksum of its contents. If an artifact has the same digest as the current latest version, then log_artifact is a no-op.
entity
Returns: (str): The name of the entity this artifact belongs to.
id
Returns: (str): The artifact's ID
manifest
Returns: (ArtifactManifest): The artifact's manifest, listing all of its contents. You cannot add more files to an artifact once you've retrieved its manifest.
metadata
Returns: (dict): Structured data associated with the artifact, for example class distribution of a dataset. This will eventually be queryable and plottable in the UI. There is a hard limit of 100 total keys.
name
Returns: (str): The artifact's name
project
Returns: (str): The name of the project this artifact belongs to.
size
Returns: (int): The size in bytes of the artifact. Includes any references tracked by this artifact.
state
Returns: (str): The state of the artifact, which can be one of "PENDING", "COMMITTED", or "DELETED".
type
Returns: (str): The artifact's type
version
Returns: (str): The version of this artifact. For example, if this is the first version of an artifact, its version will be 'v0'.
Methods
add
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add(
    obj: data_types.WBValue,
    name: str
) -> ArtifactEntry
Adds wandb.WBValue obj to the artifact.
obj = artifact.get(name)
Arguments
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obj
(wandb.WBValue) The object to add. Currently support one of Bokeh, JoinedTable, PartitionedTable, Table, Classes, ImageMask, BoundingBoxes2D, Audio, Image, Video, Html, Object3D
name
(str) The path within the artifact to add the object.
Returns
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ArtifactManifestEntry
the added manifest entry
Examples:
Basic usage
artifact = wandb.Artifact('my_table', 'dataset')
table = wandb.Table(columns=["a", "b", "c"], data=[[i, i*2, 2**i]])
artifact.add(table, "my_table")
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wandb.log_artifact(artifact)
Retrieving an object:
artifact = wandb.use_artifact('my_table:latest')
table = artifact.get("my_table")
add_dir
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add_dir(
    local_path: str,
    name: Optional[str] = None
) -> None
Adds a local directory to the artifact.
Arguments
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local_path
(str) The path to the directory being added.
name
(str, optional) The path within the artifact to use for the directory being added. Defaults to files being added under the root of the artifact.
Examples:
Adding a directory without an explicit name:
artifact.add_dir('my_dir/') # All files in `my_dir/` are added at the root of the artifact.
Adding a directory without an explicit name:
artifact.add_dir('my_dir/', path='destination') # All files in `my_dir/` are added under `destination/`.
Raises
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Exception
if problem.
Returns
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None
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add_file
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add_file(
    local_path: str,
    name: Optional[str] = None,
    is_tmp: Optional[bool] = (False)
) -> ArtifactEntry
Adds a local file to the artifact.
Arguments
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local_path
(str) The path to the file being added.
name
(str, optional) The path within the artifact to use for the file being added. Defaults to the basename of the file.
is_tmp
(bool, optional) If true, then the file is renamed deterministically to avoid collisions. (default: False)
Examples:
Adding a file without an explicit name:
artifact.add_file('path/to/file.txt') # Added as `file.txt'
Adding a file with an explicit name:
artifact.add_file('path/to/file.txt', name='new/path/file.txt') # Added as 'new/path/file.txt'
Raises
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Exception
if problem
Returns
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ArtifactManifestEntry
the added manifest entry
add_reference
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add_reference(
    uri: Union[ArtifactEntry, str],
    name: Optional[str] = None,
    checksum: bool = (True),
    max_objects: Optional[int] = None
) -> Sequence[ArtifactEntry]
Adds a reference denoted by a URI to the artifact. Unlike adding files or directories, references are NOT uploaded to W&B. However, artifact methods such as download() can be used regardless of whether the artifact contains references or uploaded files.
By default, W&B offers special handling for the following schemes:
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 will be pulled from the object metadata. If bucket versioning is enabled, then the version ID is also tracked.
gs: The checksum and size will be pulled from the object metadata. If bucket versioning is enabled, then the version ID is also tracked.
file: The checksum and size will be 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.
Arguments
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uri
(str) The URI path of the reference to add. Can be an object returned from Artifact.get_path to store a reference to another artifact's entry.
name
(str) The path within the artifact to place the contents of this reference
checksum
(bool, optional) Whether or not to checksum the resource(s) located at the reference URI. Checksumming is strongly recommended as it enables automatic integrity validation, however it can be disabled to speed up artifact creation. (default: True)
max_objects
(int, optional) The maximum number of objects to consider when adding a reference that points to directory or bucket store prefix. For S3 and GCS, this limit is 10,000 by default but is uncapped for other URI schemes. (default: None)
Raises
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Exception
If problem.
Returns
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List[ArtifactManifestEntry]: The added manifest entries.
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Examples:
Adding an HTTP link:
# Adds `file.txt` to the root of the artifact as a reference
artifact.add_reference('http://myserver.com/file.txt')
Adding an S3 prefix without an explicit name:
# All objects under `prefix/` will be added at the root of the artifact.
artifact.add_reference('s3://mybucket/prefix')
Adding a GCS prefix with an explicit name:
# All objects under `prefix/` will be added under `path/` at the top of the artifact.
artifact.add_reference('gs://mybucket/prefix', name='path')
checkout
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checkout(
    root: Optional[str] = None
) -> str
Replaces 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.
Arguments
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root
(str, optional) The directory to replace with this artifact's files.
Returns
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(str): The path to the checked out contents.
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delete
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delete() -> None
Deletes this artifact, cleaning up all files associated with it.
NOTE: Deletion is permanent and CANNOT be undone.
Returns
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None
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download
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download(
    root: str = None,
    recursive: bool = (False)
) -> str
Downloads the contents of the artifact to the specified root directory.
NOTE: Any existing files at root are left untouched. Explicitly delete root before calling download if you want the contents of root to exactly match the artifact.
Arguments
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root
(str, optional) The directory in which to download this artifact's files.
recursive
(bool, optional) If true, then all dependent artifacts are eagerly downloaded. Otherwise, the dependent artifacts are downloaded as needed.
Returns
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(str): The path to the downloaded contents.
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finalize
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finalize() -> None
Marks this artifact as final, which disallows further additions to the artifact. This happens automatically when calling log_artifact.
Returns
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None
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get
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get(
    name: str
) -> data_types.WBValue
Gets the WBValue object located at the artifact relative name.
NOTE: This will raise an error unless the artifact has been fetched using use_artifact, fetched using the API, or wait() has been called.
Arguments
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name
(str) The artifact relative name to get
Raises
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Exception
if problem
Examples:
Basic usage
# Run logging the artifact
with wandb.init() as r:
    artifact = wandb.Artifact('my_dataset', type='dataset')
    table = wandb.Table(columns=["a", "b", "c"], data=[[i, i*2, 2**i]])
    artifact.add(table, "my_table")
    wandb.log_artifact(artifact)
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# Run using the artifact
with wandb.init() as r:
    artifact = r.use_artifact('my_dataset:latest')
    table = r.get('my_table')
get_added_local_path_name
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get_added_local_path_name(
    local_path: str
) -> Optional[str]
Get the artifact relative name of a file added by a local filesystem path.
Arguments
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local_path
(str) The local path to resolve into an artifact relative name.
Returns
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str
The artifact relative name.
Examples:
Basic usage
artifact = wandb.Artifact('my_dataset', type='dataset')
artifact.add_file('path/to/file.txt', name='artifact/path/file.txt')
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# Returns `artifact/path/file.txt`:
name = artifact.get_added_local_path_name('path/to/file.txt')
get_path
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get_path(
    name: str
) -> ArtifactEntry
Gets the path to the file located at the artifact relative name.
NOTE: This will raise an error unless the artifact has been fetched using use_artifact, fetched using the API, or wait() has been called.
Arguments
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name
(str) The artifact relative name to get
Raises
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Exception
if problem
Examples:
Basic usage
# Run logging the artifact
with wandb.init() as r:
    artifact = wandb.Artifact('my_dataset', type='dataset')
    artifact.add_file('path/to/file.txt')
    wandb.log_artifact(artifact)
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# Run using the artifact
with wandb.init() as r:
    artifact = r.use_artifact('my_dataset:latest')
    path = artifact.get_path('file.txt')
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    # Can now download 'file.txt' directly:
    path.download()
json_encode
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json_encode() -> Dict[str, Any]
link
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link(
    target_path: str,
    aliases: Optional[List[str]] = None
) -> None
Links this artifact to a portfolio (a promoted collection of artifacts), with aliases.
Arguments
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target_path
(str) The path to the portfolio. It must take the form {portfolio}, {project}/{portfolio} or {entity}/{project}/{portfolio}.
aliases
(Optional[List[str]]) A list of strings which uniquely identifies the artifact inside the specified portfolio.
Returns
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None
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logged_by
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logged_by() -> "wandb.apis.public.Run"
Returns: (Run): The run that first logged this artifact.
new_file
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@contextlib.contextmanager
new_file(
    name: str,
    mode: str = "w",
    encoding: Optional[str] = None
) -> Generator[IO, None, None]
Open a new temporary file that will be automatically added to the artifact.
Arguments
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name
(str) The name of the new file being added to the artifact.
mode
(str, optional) The mode in which to open the new file.
encoding
(str, optional) The encoding in which to open the new file.
Examples:
artifact = wandb.Artifact('my_data', type='dataset')
with artifact.new_file('hello.txt') as f:
    f.write('hello!')
wandb.log_artifact(artifact)
Returns
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(file): A new file object that can be written to. Upon closing, the file will be automatically added to the artifact.
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save
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save(
    project: Optional[str] = None,
    settings: Optional['wandb.wandb_sdk.wandb_settings.Settings'] = None
) -> None
Persists 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" will be created to track this artifact.
Arguments
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project
(str, optional) A project to use for the artifact in the case that a run is not already in context
settings
(wandb.Settings, optional) A settings object to use when initializing an automatic run. Most commonly used in testing harness.
Returns
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None
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used_by
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used_by() -> List['wandb.apis.public.Run']
Returns: (list): A list of the runs that have used this artifact.
verify
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verify(
    root: Optional[str] = None
) -> bool
Verify that the actual contents of an artifact at a specified directory root match the expected contents of the artifact according to its manifest.
All files in the directory are checksummed and the checksums are then cross-referenced against the artifact's manifest.
NOTE: References are not verified.
Arguments
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root
(str, optional) The directory to verify. If None artifact will be downloaded to './artifacts/<self.name>/'
Raises
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(ValueError): If the verification fails.
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wait
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wait(
    timeout: Optional[int] = None
) -> ArtifactInterface
Arguments: timeout: (int, optional) Waits in seconds for artifact to finish logging if needed.
__getitem__
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__getitem__(
    name: str
) -> Optional[data_types.WBValue]
Gets the WBValue object located at the artifact relative name.
NOTE: This will raise an error unless the artifact has been fetched using use_artifact, fetched using the API, or wait() has been called.
Arguments
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name
(str) The artifact relative name to get
Raises
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Exception
if problem
Examples:
Basic usage
artifact = wandb.Artifact('my_table', 'dataset')
table = wandb.Table(columns=["a", "b", "c"], data=[[i, i*2, 2**i]])
artifact["my_table"] = table
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wandb.log_artifact(artifact)
Retrieving an object:
artifact = wandb.use_artifact('my_table:latest')
table = artifact["my_table"]
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Methods
add
add_dir
add_file
add_reference
checkout
delete
download
finalize
get
get_added_local_path_name
get_path
json_encode
link
logged_by
new_file
save
used_by
verify
wait
__getitem__
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Methods

`add`

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`add_dir`

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`add_file`

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`add_reference`

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`checkout`

`delete`

`download`

`finalize`

`get`

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`get_added_local_path_name`

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`get_path`

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`json_encode`

`link`

`logged_by`

`new_file`

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`save`

`used_by`

`verify`

`wait`

`getitem`

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