Managing models

You create a custom model by training it using a prepared dataset. AutoML Vision uses the items from the dataset to train the model, test it, and evaluate its performance. You review the results, adjust the training dataset as needed and train a new model using the improved dataset.

Training a model can take several hours to complete. The AutoML API enables you to check the status of training.

Since AutoML Vision creates a new model each time you start training, your project may include numerous models. You can get a list of the models in your project and can delete models that you no longer need.

Listing models

This section describes how to retrieve a list of the available models for a project.

Web UI

To see a list of the available models using the Vision Dashboard, click the lightbulb icon in the left navigation bar.

A list of models

To see the models for a different project, select the project from the drop-down list in the upper right of the title bar.

REST

Before using any of the request data, make the following replacements:

  • project-id: your GCP project ID.

HTTP method and URL:

GET https://automl.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/models

To send your request, choose one of these options:

curl

Execute the following command:

curl -X GET \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
-H "x-goog-user-project: project-id" \
"https://automl.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/models"

PowerShell

Execute the following command:

$cred = gcloud auth print-access-token
$headers = @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer $cred"; "x-goog-user-project" = "project-id" }

Invoke-WebRequest `
-Method GET `
-Headers $headers `
-Uri "https://automl.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/models" | Select-Object -Expand Content

You should receive a JSON response similar to the following example. This response shows information about two Cloud-hosted models.

{
  "model": [
    {
      "name": "projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/models/MODEL_ID_1",
      "displayName": "DISPLAY_NAME_1",
      "datasetId": "DATASET_ID",
      "createTime": "2019-10-30T20:06:08.253243Z",
      "deploymentState": "UNDEPLOYED",
      "updateTime": "2019-10-30T20:54:50.472328Z",
      "imageClassificationModelMetadata": {
        "trainBudget": "1",
        "modelType": "mobile-low-latency-1",
        "nodeQps": 3.2
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/models/MODEL_ID_2",
      "displayName": "DISPLAY_NAME_2",
      "datasetId": "DATASET_ID",
      "createTime": "2019-10-29T19:06:38.048492Z",
      "deploymentState": "UNDEPLOYED",
      "updateTime": "2019-10-29T19:35:19.104716Z",
      "imageClassificationModelMetadata": {
        "trainBudget": "1",
        "modelType": "cloud",
        "nodeQps": 3.2
      }
    }
  ]
}

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the setup instructions for this language on the Client Libraries page.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	automl "cloud.google.com/go/automl/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/automl/apiv1/automlpb"
	"google.golang.org/api/iterator"
)

// listModels lists existing models.
func listModels(w io.Writer, projectID string, location string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// location := "us-central1"

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

	req := &automlpb.ListModelsRequest{
		Parent: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s", projectID, location),
	}

	it := client.ListModels(ctx, req)

	// Iterate over all results
	for {
		model, err := it.Next()
		if err == iterator.Done {
			break
		}
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("ListModels.Next: %w", err)
		}

		// Retrieve deployment state.
		deploymentState := "undeployed"
		if model.GetDeploymentState() == automlpb.Model_DEPLOYED {
			deploymentState = "deployed"
		}

		// Display the model information.
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Model name: %v\n", model.GetName())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Model display name: %v\n", model.GetDisplayName())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Model create time:\n")
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tseconds: %v\n", model.GetCreateTime().GetSeconds())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tnanos: %v\n", model.GetCreateTime().GetNanos())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Model deployment state: %v\n", deploymentState)
	}

	return nil
}

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the setup instructions for this language on the Client Libraries page.

import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.AutoMlClient;
import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.ListModelsRequest;
import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.LocationName;
import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.Model;
import java.io.IOException;

class ListModels {

  static void listModels() throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "YOUR_PROJECT_ID";
    listModels(projectId);
  }

  // List the models available in the specified location
  static void listModels(String projectId) throws IOException {
    // 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");

      // Create list models request.
      ListModelsRequest listModelsRequest =
          ListModelsRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(projectLocation.toString())
              .setFilter("")
              .build();

      // List all the models available in the region by applying filter.
      System.out.println("List of models:");
      for (Model model : client.listModels(listModelsRequest).iterateAll()) {
        // Display the model information.
        System.out.format("Model name: %s\n", model.getName());
        // To get the model id, you have to parse it out of the `name` field. As models Ids are
        // required for other methods.
        // Name Format: `projects/{project_id}/locations/{location_id}/models/{model_id}`
        String[] names = model.getName().split("/");
        String retrievedModelId = names[names.length - 1];
        System.out.format("Model id: %s\n", retrievedModelId);
        System.out.format("Model display name: %s\n", model.getDisplayName());
        System.out.println("Model create time:");
        System.out.format("\tseconds: %s\n", model.getCreateTime().getSeconds());
        System.out.format("\tnanos: %s\n", model.getCreateTime().getNanos());
        System.out.format("Model deployment state: %s\n", model.getDeploymentState());
      }
    }
  }
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the setup instructions for this language on the Client Libraries page.

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

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

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

async function listModels() {
  // Construct request
  const request = {
    parent: client.locationPath(projectId, location),
    filter: 'translation_model_metadata:*',
  };

  const [response] = await client.listModels(request);

  console.log('List of models:');
  for (const model of response) {
    console.log(`Model name: ${model.name}`);
    console.log(`
      Model id: ${model.name.split('/')[model.name.split('/').length - 1]}`);
    console.log(`Model display name: ${model.displayName}`);
    console.log('Model create time');
    console.log(`\tseconds ${model.createTime.seconds}`);
    console.log(`\tnanos ${model.createTime.nanos / 1e9}`);
    console.log(`Model deployment state: ${model.deploymentState}`);
  }
}

listModels();

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the setup instructions for this language on the Client Libraries page.

from google.cloud import automl

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

client = automl.AutoMlClient()
# A resource that represents Google Cloud Platform location.
project_location = f"projects/{project_id}/locations/us-central1"

request = automl.ListModelsRequest(parent=project_location, filter="")
response = client.list_models(request=request)

print("List of models:")
for model in response:
    # Display the model information.
    if model.deployment_state == automl.Model.DeploymentState.DEPLOYED:
        deployment_state = "deployed"
    else:
        deployment_state = "undeployed"

    print(f"Model name: {model.name}")
    print("Model id: {}".format(model.name.split("/")[-1]))
    print(f"Model display name: {model.display_name}")
    print(f"Model create time: {model.create_time}")
    print(f"Model deployment state: {deployment_state}")

Additional languages

C#: Please follow the C# setup instructions on the client libraries page and then visit the AutoML Vision reference documentation for .NET.

PHP: Please follow the PHP setup instructions on the client libraries page and then visit the AutoML Vision reference documentation for PHP.

Ruby: Please follow the Ruby setup instructions on the client libraries page and then visit the AutoML Vision reference documentation for Ruby.

Getting information about a model

Use the following code samples to get information about a specific trained model. You can use the information returned from this request to modify the mode or send a prediction request.

REST

Before using any of the request data, make the following replacements:

  • project-id: your GCP project ID.
  • model-id: the ID of your model, from the response when you created the model. The ID is the last element of the name of your model. For example:
    • model name: projects/project-id/locations/location-id/models/IOD4412217016962778756
    • model id: IOD4412217016962778756

HTTP method and URL:

GET https://automl.googleapis.com/v1/projects/project-id/locations/us-central1/models/model-id

To send your request, choose one of these options:

curl

Execute the following command:

curl -X GET \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
-H "x-goog-user-project: project-id" \
"https://automl.googleapis.com/v1/projects/project-id/locations/us-central1/models/model-id"

PowerShell

Execute the following command:

$cred = gcloud auth print-access-token
$headers = @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer $cred"; "x-goog-user-project" = "project-id" }

Invoke-WebRequest `
-Method GET `
-Headers $headers `
-Uri "https://automl.googleapis.com/v1/projects/project-id/locations/us-central1/models/model-id" | Select-Object -Expand Content

You should receive a JSON response similar to the following:

{
  "name": "projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/models/MODEL_ID",
  "displayName": "DISPLAY_NAME",
  "datasetId": "DATASET_ID",
  "createTime": "2019-10-29T19:06:38.048492Z",
  "deploymentState": "UNDEPLOYED",
  "updateTime": "2019-10-29T19:35:19.104716Z",
  "imageClassificationModelMetadata": {
    "trainBudget": "1",
    "modelType": "cloud",
    "nodeQps": 3.2
  }
}

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the setup instructions for this language on the Client Libraries page.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

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

// getModel gets a model.
func getModel(w io.Writer, projectID string, location string, modelID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// location := "us-central1"
	// modelID := "TRL123456789..."

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

	req := &automlpb.GetModelRequest{
		Name: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/models/%s", projectID, location, modelID),
	}

	model, err := client.GetModel(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("GetModel: %w", err)
	}

	// Retrieve deployment state.
	deploymentState := "undeployed"
	if model.GetDeploymentState() == automlpb.Model_DEPLOYED {
		deploymentState = "deployed"
	}

	// Display the model information.
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Model name: %v\n", model.GetName())
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Model display name: %v\n", model.GetDisplayName())
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Model create time:\n")
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tseconds: %v\n", model.GetCreateTime().GetSeconds())
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tnanos: %v\n", model.GetCreateTime().GetNanos())
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Model deployment state: %v\n", deploymentState)

	return nil
}

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the setup instructions for this language on the Client Libraries page.

import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.AutoMlClient;
import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.Model;
import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.ModelName;
import java.io.IOException;

class GetModel {

  static void getModel() throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "YOUR_PROJECT_ID";
    String modelId = "YOUR_MODEL_ID";
    getModel(projectId, modelId);
  }

  // Get a model
  static void getModel(String projectId, String modelId) throws IOException {
    // 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()) {
      // Get the full path of the model.
      ModelName modelFullId = ModelName.of(projectId, "us-central1", modelId);
      Model model = client.getModel(modelFullId);

      // Display the model information.
      System.out.format("Model name: %s\n", model.getName());
      // To get the model id, you have to parse it out of the `name` field. As models Ids are
      // required for other methods.
      // Name Format: `projects/{project_id}/locations/{location_id}/models/{model_id}`
      String[] names = model.getName().split("/");
      String retrievedModelId = names[names.length - 1];
      System.out.format("Model id: %s\n", retrievedModelId);
      System.out.format("Model display name: %s\n", model.getDisplayName());
      System.out.println("Model create time:");
      System.out.format("\tseconds: %s\n", model.getCreateTime().getSeconds());
      System.out.format("\tnanos: %s\n", model.getCreateTime().getNanos());
      System.out.format("Model deployment state: %s\n", model.getDeploymentState());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the setup instructions for this language on the Client Libraries page.

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

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

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

async function getModel() {
  // Construct request
  const request = {
    name: client.modelPath(projectId, location, modelId),
  };

  const [response] = await client.getModel(request);

  console.log(`Model name: ${response.name}`);
  console.log(
    `Model id: ${
      response.name.split('/')[response.name.split('/').length - 1]
    }`
  );
  console.log(`Model display name: ${response.displayName}`);
  console.log('Model create time');
  console.log(`\tseconds ${response.createTime.seconds}`);
  console.log(`\tnanos ${response.createTime.nanos / 1e9}`);
  console.log(`Model deployment state: ${response.deploymentState}`);
}

getModel();

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the setup instructions for this language on the Client Libraries page.

from google.cloud import automl

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

client = automl.AutoMlClient()
# Get the full path of the model.
model_full_id = client.model_path(project_id, "us-central1", model_id)
model = client.get_model(name=model_full_id)

# Retrieve deployment state.
if model.deployment_state == automl.Model.DeploymentState.DEPLOYED:
    deployment_state = "deployed"
else:
    deployment_state = "undeployed"

# Display the model information.
print(f"Model name: {model.name}")
print("Model id: {}".format(model.name.split("/")[-1]))
print(f"Model display name: {model.display_name}")
print(f"Model create time: {model.create_time}")
print(f"Model deployment state: {deployment_state}")

Additional languages

C#: Please follow the C# setup instructions on the client libraries page and then visit the AutoML Vision Object Detection reference documentation for .NET.

PHP: Please follow the PHP setup instructions on the client libraries page and then visit the AutoML Vision Object Detection reference documentation for PHP.

Ruby: Please follow the Ruby setup instructions on the client libraries page and then visit the AutoML Vision Object Detection reference documentation for Ruby.

Update a model's node number

Once you have a trained deployed model you can update the number of nodes the model is deployed on to respond to your specific amount of traffic. For example, if you experience a higher amount of queries per second (QPS) than expected.

You can change this node number without first having to undeploy the model. Updating deployment will change the node number without interrupting your served prediction traffic.

Web UI

  1. In the Vision Dashboard select the Models tab in the left navigation bar to display the available models.

    To view the models for a different project, select the project from the drop-down list in the upper right of the title bar.

  2. Select your trained model that you have deployed.
  3. Select the Test & Use tab just below the title bar.
  4. A message is displayed in a box at the top of the page that says "Your model is deployed and is available for online prediction requests". Select the Update deployment option to the side of this text.

    image of update deployment button
  5. In the Update deployment window that opens select the new node number to deploy your model on from the list. Node numbers display their estimated prediction queries per second (QPS). image of update deployment popup window
  6. After selecting a new node number from the list select Update deployment to update the node number the model is deployed on.

    update deployment window after selecting a new node number
  7. You will be returned to the Test & Use window where you see the text box now displaying "Deploying model...". model deploying
  8. After your model has successfully deployed on the new node number you will receive an email at the address associated with your project.

REST

The same method you use to deploy a model initially is also used to change the deployed model's node number.

Before using any of the request data, make the following replacements:

  • project-id: your GCP project ID.
  • model-id: the ID of your model, from the response when you created the model. The ID is the last element of the name of your model. For example:
    • model name: projects/project-id/locations/location-id/models/IOD4412217016962778756
    • model id: IOD4412217016962778756

Field considerations:

  • nodeCount - The number of nodes to deploy the model on. The value must be between 1 and 100, inclusive on both ends. A node is an abstraction of a machine resource, which can handle online prediction queries per second (QPS) as given in the model's qps_per_node.

HTTP method and URL:

POST https://automl.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/models/MODEL_ID:deploy

Request JSON body:

{
  "imageClassificationModelDeploymentMetadata": {
    "nodeCount": 2
  }
}

To send your request, choose one of these options:

curl

Save the request body in a file named request.json, and execute the following command:

curl -X POST \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
-H "x-goog-user-project: project-id" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
-d @request.json \
"https://automl.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/models/MODEL_ID:deploy"

PowerShell

Save the request body in a file named request.json, and execute the following command:

$cred = gcloud auth print-access-token
$headers = @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer $cred"; "x-goog-user-project" = "project-id" }

Invoke-WebRequest `
-Method POST `
-Headers $headers `
-ContentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8" `
-InFile request.json `
-Uri "https://automl.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/models/MODEL_ID:deploy" | Select-Object -Expand Content

You should see output similar to the following. You can use the operation ID to get the status of the task. For an example, see Working with long-running operations

{
  "name": "projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/operations/OPERATION_ID",
  "metadata": {
    "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.cloud.automl.v1.OperationMetadata",
    "createTime": "2019-08-07T22:00:20.692109Z",
    "updateTime": "2019-08-07T22:00:20.692109Z",
    "deployModelDetails": {}
  }
}

You can get the status of an operation with the following HTTP method and URL:

GET https://automl.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/operations/OPERATION_ID

The status of a finished operation will look similar to the following:

{
  "name": "projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/operations/OPERATION_ID",
  "metadata": {
    "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.cloud.automl.v1.OperationMetadata",
    "createTime": "2019-06-21T16:47:21.704674Z",
    "updateTime": "2019-06-21T17:01:00.802505Z",
    "deployModelDetails": {}
  },
  "done": true,
  "response": {
    "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.protobuf.Empty"
  }
}

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the setup instructions for this language on the Client Libraries page.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

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

// visionClassificationDeployModelWithNodeCount deploys a model with node count.
func visionClassificationDeployModelWithNodeCount(w io.Writer, projectID string, location string, modelID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// location := "us-central1"
	// modelID := "ICN123456789..."

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

	req := &automlpb.DeployModelRequest{
		Name: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/models/%s", projectID, location, modelID),
		ModelDeploymentMetadata: &automlpb.DeployModelRequest_ImageClassificationModelDeploymentMetadata{
			ImageClassificationModelDeploymentMetadata: &automlpb.ImageClassificationModelDeploymentMetadata{
				NodeCount: 2,
			},
		},
	}

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

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

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Model deployed.\n")

	return nil
}

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the setup instructions for this language on the Client Libraries page.

import com.google.api.gax.longrunning.OperationFuture;
import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.AutoMlClient;
import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.DeployModelRequest;
import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.ImageClassificationModelDeploymentMetadata;
import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.ModelName;
import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.OperationMetadata;
import com.google.protobuf.Empty;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;

class VisionClassificationDeployModelNodeCount {

  static void visionClassificationDeployModelNodeCount()
      throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "YOUR_PROJECT_ID";
    String modelId = "YOUR_MODEL_ID";
    visionClassificationDeployModelNodeCount(projectId, modelId);
  }

  // Deploy a model for prediction with a specified node count (can be used to redeploy a model)
  static void visionClassificationDeployModelNodeCount(String projectId, String modelId)
      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()) {
      // Get the full path of the model.
      ModelName modelFullId = ModelName.of(projectId, "us-central1", modelId);
      ImageClassificationModelDeploymentMetadata metadata =
          ImageClassificationModelDeploymentMetadata.newBuilder().setNodeCount(2).build();
      DeployModelRequest request =
          DeployModelRequest.newBuilder()
              .setName(modelFullId.toString())
              .setImageClassificationModelDeploymentMetadata(metadata)
              .build();
      OperationFuture<Empty, OperationMetadata> future = client.deployModelAsync(request);

      future.get();
      System.out.println("Model deployment finished");
    }
  }
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the setup instructions for this language on the Client Libraries page.

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

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

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

async function deployModelWithNodeCount() {
  // Construct request
  const request = {
    name: client.modelPath(projectId, location, modelId),
    imageClassificationModelDeploymentMetadata: {
      nodeCount: 2,
    },
  };

  const [operation] = await client.deployModel(request);

  // Wait for operation to complete.
  const [response] = await operation.promise();
  console.log(`Model deployment finished. ${response}`);
}

deployModelWithNodeCount();

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the setup instructions for this language on the Client Libraries page.

from google.cloud import automl

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

client = automl.AutoMlClient()
# Get the full path of the model.
model_full_id = client.model_path(project_id, "us-central1", model_id)

# node count determines the number of nodes to deploy the model on.
# https://cloud.google.com/automl/docs/reference/rpc/google.cloud.automl.v1#imageclassificationmodeldeploymentmetadata
metadata = automl.ImageClassificationModelDeploymentMetadata(node_count=2)

request = automl.DeployModelRequest(
    name=model_full_id, image_classification_model_deployment_metadata=metadata
)
response = client.deploy_model(request=request)

print(f"Model deployment finished. {response.result()}")

Additional languages

C#: Please follow the C# setup instructions on the client libraries page and then visit the AutoML Vision reference documentation for .NET.

PHP: Please follow the PHP setup instructions on the client libraries page and then visit the AutoML Vision reference documentation for PHP.

Ruby: Please follow the Ruby setup instructions on the client libraries page and then visit the AutoML Vision reference documentation for Ruby.

Deleting a model

The following example deletes a model.

Web UI

  1. In the Vision Dashboard, click the lightbulb icon in the left navigation menu to display the list of available models.

  2. Click the three-dot menu at the far right of the row you want to delete and select Delete model.

  3. Click Delete in the confirmation dialog box.

    Delete a model

REST

Before using any of the request data, make the following replacements:

  • project-id: your GCP project ID.
  • model-id: the ID of your model, from the response when you created the model. The ID is the last element of the name of your model. For example:
    • model name: projects/project-id/locations/location-id/models/IOD4412217016962778756
    • model id: IOD4412217016962778756

HTTP method and URL:

DELETE https://automl.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-
central1/models/MODEL_ID

To send your request, choose one of these options:

curl

Execute the following command:

curl -X DELETE \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
-H "x-goog-user-project: project-id" \
"https://automl.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us- central1/models/MODEL_ID"

PowerShell

Execute the following command:

$cred = gcloud auth print-access-token
$headers = @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer $cred"; "x-goog-user-project" = "project-id" }

Invoke-WebRequest `
-Method DELETE `
-Headers $headers `
-Uri "https://automl.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us- central1/models/MODEL_ID" | Select-Object -Expand Content

You should see output similar to the following. You can use the operation ID to get the status of the task. For an example, see Working with long-running operations

{
  "name": "projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/operations/OPERATION_ID",
  "metadata": {
    "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.cloud.automl.v1.OperationMetadata",
    "createTime": "2018-11-01T15:59:36.196506Z",
    "updateTime": "2018-11-01T15:59:36.196506Z",
    "deleteDetails": {}
  }
}

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the setup instructions for this language on the Client Libraries page.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

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

// deleteModel deletes a model.
func deleteModel(w io.Writer, projectID string, location string, modelID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// location := "us-central1"
	// modelID := "TRL123456789..."

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

	req := &automlpb.DeleteModelRequest{
		Name: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/models/%s", projectID, location, modelID),
	}

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

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

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Model deleted.\n")

	return nil
}

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the setup instructions for this language on the Client Libraries page.

import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.AutoMlClient;
import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.ModelName;
import com.google.protobuf.Empty;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;

class DeleteModel {

  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 modelId = "YOUR_MODEL_ID";
    deleteModel(projectId, modelId);
  }

  // Delete a model
  static void deleteModel(String projectId, String modelId)
      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()) {
      // Get the full path of the model.
      ModelName modelFullId = ModelName.of(projectId, "us-central1", modelId);

      // Delete a model.
      Empty response = client.deleteModelAsync(modelFullId).get();

      System.out.println("Model deletion started...");
      System.out.println(String.format("Model deleted. %s", response));
    }
  }
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the setup instructions for this language on the Client Libraries page.

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

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

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

async function deleteModel() {
  // Construct request
  const request = {
    name: client.modelPath(projectId, location, modelId),
  };

  const [response] = await client.deleteModel(request);
  console.log(`Model deleted: ${response}`);
}

deleteModel();

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the setup instructions for this language on the Client Libraries page.

from google.cloud import automl

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

client = automl.AutoMlClient()
# Get the full path of the model.
model_full_id = client.model_path(project_id, "us-central1", model_id)
response = client.delete_model(name=model_full_id)

print(f"Model deleted. {response.result()}")