mlem.api.import_object()

Try to load an object as MLEM model (or dataset) and return it, optionally saving to the specified target location.

def import_object(
    path: str,
    project: Optional[str] = None,
    rev: Optional[str] = None,
    fs: Optional[AbstractFileSystem] = None,
    target: Optional[str] = None,
    target_project: Optional[str] = None,
    target_fs: Optional[AbstractFileSystem] = None,
    type_: Optional[str] = None,
    copy_data: bool = True,
    external: bool = None,
    index: bool = None,
)

Usage:

import os
from mlem.api import import_object
from mlem.core.objects import MlemData
from mlem.contrib.pandas import DataFrameType

path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "data.csv")
target_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "imported_data")
meta = import_object(path, target=target_path, type_="pandas[csv]", copy_data=True)

assert isinstance(meta, MlemData)
dt = meta.dataset
assert isinstance(dt, DataFrameType)

Description

Existing datasets and model files are imported as MLEM Objects. Specifically, they are tried to be loaded as MlemModel or MlemData. The function also supports saving these objects for future use within the MLEM context. This API is the underlying mechanism for the mlem import command.

Parameters

• path (required) - Path of file to import.
• project (optional) - Path to MLEM project.
• rev (optional) - revision, could be Git commit SHA, branch name or tag.
• fs (optional) - FileSystem for the path argument
• target (optional) - Path to save MLEM object into.
• target_project (optional) - Path to MLEM project for target.
• target_fs (optional) - FileSystem for the target argument
• type_ (optional) - Specify how to read file. Available types: ['pickle', 'pandas']. Defaults to auto-infer.
• copy_data (optional) - Whether to create a copy of file in target location or just link existing file. Defaults to True.
• external (optional) - Save result directly to target (not inside .mlem/)
• index (optional) - Whether to index output in .mlem/ directory

Exceptions

None

Example: Import a saved model as MlemModel

import os
from mlem.core.objects import MlemModel
from mlem.api import import_object

path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "mymodel")
target_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "mlem_model")
meta = import_object(path, target=target_path, type_="pickle", copy_data=True)
assert isinstance(meta, MlemModel)