Create a dataset for image classification

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Creates a dataset for image classification.

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Code sample

Go

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	automl "cloud.google.com/go/automl/apiv1"
	automlpb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/cloud/automl/v1"
)

// visionClassificationCreateDataset creates a dataset for image classification.
func visionClassificationCreateDataset(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: %v", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

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

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

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

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

	return nil
}

Java

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.ImageClassificationDatasetMetadata;
import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.LocationName;
import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.OperationMetadata;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;

class VisionClassificationCreateDataset {

  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;
      ImageClassificationDatasetMetadata metadata =
          ImageClassificationDatasetMetadata.newBuilder()
              .setClassificationType(classificationType)
              .build();
      Dataset dataset =
          Dataset.newBuilder()
              .setDisplayName(displayName)
              .setImageClassificationDatasetMetadata(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

/**
 * 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
  // Specify the classification type
  // Types:
  // MultiLabel: Multiple labels are allowed for one example.
  // MultiClass: At most one label is allowed per example.
  const request = {
    parent: client.locationPath(projectId, location),
    dataset: {
      displayName: displayName,
      imageClassificationDatasetMetadata: {
        classificationType: 'MULTILABEL',
      },
    },
  };

  // 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

from google.cloud import automl

# TODO(developer): Uncomment and set the following variables
# project_id = "YOUR_PROJECT_ID"
# display_name = "your_datasets_display_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.
# https://cloud.google.com/automl/docs/reference/rpc/google.cloud.automl.v1#classificationtype
metadata = automl.ImageClassificationDatasetMetadata(
    classification_type=automl.ClassificationType.MULTILABEL
)
dataset = automl.Dataset(
    display_name=display_name,
    image_classification_dataset_metadata=metadata,
)

# Create a dataset with the dataset metadata in the region.
response = client.create_dataset(parent=project_location, dataset=dataset, timeout=300)

created_dataset = response.result()

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

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