Create a model for image classification

Creates a model for image classification.

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Go

For more information, see the AutoML Vision Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to AutoML Vision, 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"
)

// visionClassificationCreateModel creates a model for image classification.
func visionClassificationCreateModel(w io.Writer, projectID string, location string, datasetID string, modelName string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// location := "us-central1"
	// datasetID := "ICN123456789..."
	// modelName := "model_display_name"

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

	req := &automlpb.CreateModelRequest{
		Parent: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s", projectID, location),
		Model: &automlpb.Model{
			DisplayName: modelName,
			DatasetId:   datasetID,
			ModelMetadata: &automlpb.Model_ImageClassificationModelMetadata{
				ImageClassificationModelMetadata: &automlpb.ImageClassificationModelMetadata{
					TrainBudgetMilliNodeHours: 1000, // 1000 milli-node hours are 1 hour
				},
			},
		},
	}

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

	return nil
}

Java

For more information, see the AutoML Vision Java API reference documentation.

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

class VisionClassificationCreateModel {

  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 datasetId = "YOUR_DATASET_ID";
    String displayName = "YOUR_DATASET_NAME";
    createModel(projectId, datasetId, displayName);
  }

  // Create a model
  static void createModel(String projectId, String datasetId, 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");
      // Set model metadata.
      ImageClassificationModelMetadata metadata =
          ImageClassificationModelMetadata.newBuilder().setTrainBudgetMilliNodeHours(24000).build();
      Model model =
          Model.newBuilder()
              .setDisplayName(displayName)
              .setDatasetId(datasetId)
              .setImageClassificationModelMetadata(metadata)
              .build();

      // Create a model with the model metadata in the region.
      OperationFuture<Model, OperationMetadata> future =
          client.createModelAsync(projectLocation, model);
      // OperationFuture.get() will block until the model is created, which may take several hours.
      // You can use OperationFuture.getInitialFuture to get a future representing the initial
      // response to the request, which contains information while the operation is in progress.
      System.out.format("Training operation name: %s\n", future.getInitialFuture().get().getName());
      System.out.println("Training started...");
    }
  }
}

Node.js

For more information, see the AutoML Vision Node.js API reference documentation.

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/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID';
// const location = 'us-central1';
// const dataset_id = 'YOUR_DATASET_ID';
// 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 createModel() {
  // Construct request
  const request = {
    parent: client.locationPath(projectId, location),
    model: {
      displayName: displayName,
      datasetId: datasetId,
      imageClassificationModelMetadata: {
        trainBudgetMilliNodeHours: 24000,
      },
    },
  };

  // Don't wait for the LRO
  const [operation] = await client.createModel(request);
  console.log(`Training started... ${operation}`);
  console.log(`Training operation name: ${operation.name}`);
}

createModel();

Python

For more information, see the AutoML Vision Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to AutoML Vision, 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"
# dataset_id = "YOUR_DATASET_ID"
# display_name = "your_models_display_name"

client = automl.AutoMlClient()

# A resource that represents Google Cloud Platform location.
project_location = f"projects/{project_id}/locations/us-central1"
# Leave model unset to use the default base model provided by Google
# train_budget_milli_node_hours: The actual train_cost will be equal or
# less than this value.
# https://cloud.google.com/automl/docs/reference/rpc/google.cloud.automl.v1#imageclassificationmodelmetadata
metadata = automl.ImageClassificationModelMetadata(
    train_budget_milli_node_hours=24000
)
model = automl.Model(
    display_name=display_name,
    dataset_id=dataset_id,
    image_classification_model_metadata=metadata,
)

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

print(f"Training operation name: {response.operation.name}")
print("Training started...")

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