Create a dataset for text classification

Creates a dataset for text classifications.

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Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for AutoML Natural Language, see AutoML Natural Language client libraries. For more information, see the AutoML Natural Language Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to AutoML Natural Language, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	automl "cloud.google.com/go/automl/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/automl/apiv1/automlpb"
)

// languageTextClassificationCreateDataset creates a dataset for text classification.
func languageTextClassificationCreateDataset(w io.Writer, projectID string, location string, datasetName string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// location := "us-central1"
	// datasetName := "dataset_display_name"

	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := automl.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	req := &automlpb.CreateDatasetRequest{
		Parent: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s", projectID, location),
		Dataset: &automlpb.Dataset{
			DisplayName: datasetName,
			DatasetMetadata: &automlpb.Dataset_TextClassificationDatasetMetadata{
				TextClassificationDatasetMetadata: &automlpb.TextClassificationDatasetMetadata{
					// Specify the classification type:
					// - MULTILABEL: Multiple labels are allowed for one example.
					// - MULTICLASS: At most one label is allowed per example.
					ClassificationType: automlpb.ClassificationType_MULTICLASS,
				},
			},
		},
	}

	op, err := client.CreateDataset(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("CreateDataset: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Processing operation name: %q\n", op.Name())

	dataset, err := op.Wait(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Wait: %w", err)
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Dataset name: %v\n", dataset.GetName())

	return nil
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for AutoML Natural Language, see AutoML Natural Language client libraries. For more information, see the AutoML Natural Language Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to AutoML Natural Language, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.api.gax.longrunning.OperationFuture;
import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.AutoMlClient;
import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.ClassificationType;
import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.Dataset;
import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.LocationName;
import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.OperationMetadata;
import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.TextClassificationDatasetMetadata;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;

class LanguageTextClassificationCreateDataset {

  public static void main(String[] args)
      throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "YOUR_PROJECT_ID";
    String displayName = "YOUR_DATASET_NAME";
    createDataset(projectId, displayName);
  }

  // Create a dataset
  static void createDataset(String projectId, String displayName)
      throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (AutoMlClient client = AutoMlClient.create()) {
      // A resource that represents Google Cloud Platform location.
      LocationName projectLocation = LocationName.of(projectId, "us-central1");

      // Specify the classification type
      // Types:
      // MultiLabel: Multiple labels are allowed for one example.
      // MultiClass: At most one label is allowed per example.
      ClassificationType classificationType = ClassificationType.MULTILABEL;

      // Specify the text classification type for the dataset.
      TextClassificationDatasetMetadata metadata =
          TextClassificationDatasetMetadata.newBuilder()
              .setClassificationType(classificationType)
              .build();
      Dataset dataset =
          Dataset.newBuilder()
              .setDisplayName(displayName)
              .setTextClassificationDatasetMetadata(metadata)
              .build();
      OperationFuture<Dataset, OperationMetadata> future =
          client.createDatasetAsync(projectLocation, dataset);

      Dataset createdDataset = future.get();

      // Display the dataset information.
      System.out.format("Dataset name: %s\n", createdDataset.getName());
      // To get the dataset id, you have to parse it out of the `name` field. As dataset Ids are
      // required for other methods.
      // Name Form: `projects/{project_id}/locations/{location_id}/datasets/{dataset_id}`
      String[] names = createdDataset.getName().split("/");
      String datasetId = names[names.length - 1];
      System.out.format("Dataset id: %s\n", datasetId);
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for AutoML Natural Language, see AutoML Natural Language client libraries. For more information, see the AutoML Natural Language Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to AutoML Natural Language, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID';
// const location = 'us-central1';
// const displayName = 'YOUR_DISPLAY_NAME';

// Imports the Google Cloud AutoML library
const {AutoMlClient} = require('@google-cloud/automl').v1;

// Instantiates a client
const client = new AutoMlClient();

async function createDataset() {
  // Construct request
  const request = {
    parent: client.locationPath(projectId, location),
    dataset: {
      displayName: displayName,
      textClassificationDatasetMetadata: {
        classificationType: 'MULTICLASS',
      },
    },
  };

  // Create dataset
  const [operation] = await client.createDataset(request);

  // Wait for operation to complete.
  const [response] = await operation.promise();

  console.log(`Dataset name: ${response.name}`);
  console.log(`
    Dataset id: ${
      response.name
        .split('/')
        [response.name.split('/').length - 1].split('\n')[0]
    }`);
}

createDataset();

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for AutoML Natural Language, see AutoML Natural Language client libraries. For more information, see the AutoML Natural Language Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to AutoML Natural Language, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

from google.cloud import automl

# TODO(developer): Uncomment and set the following variables
# project_id = "YOUR_PROJECT_ID"
# display_name = "YOUR_DATASET_NAME"

client = automl.AutoMlClient()

# A resource that represents Google Cloud Platform location.
project_location = f"projects/{project_id}/locations/us-central1"
# Specify the classification type
# Types:
# MultiLabel: Multiple labels are allowed for one example.
# MultiClass: At most one label is allowed per example.
metadata = automl.TextClassificationDatasetMetadata(
    classification_type=automl.ClassificationType.MULTICLASS
)
dataset = automl.Dataset(
    display_name=display_name,
    text_classification_dataset_metadata=metadata,
)

# Create a dataset with the dataset metadata in the region.
response = client.create_dataset(parent=project_location, dataset=dataset)

created_dataset = response.result()

# Display the dataset information
print(f"Dataset name: {created_dataset.name}")
print("Dataset id: {}".format(created_dataset.name.split("/")[-1]))

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