After you train a model in Tensorflow:
I am improving my answer to add more details for saving and restoring models.
In(and after) Tensorflow version 0.11:
Save the model:
import tensorflow as tf
#Prepare to feed input, i.e. feed_dict and placeholders
w1 = tf.placeholder("float", name="w1")
w2 = tf.placeholder("float", name="w2")
b1= tf.Variable(2.0,name="bias")
feed_dict ={w1:4,w2:8}
#Define a test operation that we will restore
w3 = tf.add(w1,w2)
w4 = tf.multiply(w3,b1,name="op_to_restore")
sess = tf.Session()
sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
#Create a saver object which will save all the variables
saver = tf.train.Saver()
#Run the operation by feeding input
print sess.run(w4,feed_dict)
#Prints 24 which is sum of (w1+w2)*b1
#Now, save the graph
saver.save(sess, 'my_test_model',global_step=1000)
Restore the model:
import tensorflow as tf
sess=tf.Session()
#First let's load meta graph and restore weights
saver = tf.train.import_meta_graph('my_test_model-1000.meta')
saver.restore(sess,tf.train.latest_checkpoint('./'))
# Access saved Variables directly
print(sess.run('bias:0'))
# This will print 2, which is the value of bias that we saved
# Now, let's access and create placeholders variables and
# create feed-dict to feed new data
graph = tf.get_default_graph()
w1 = graph.get_tensor_by_name("w1:0")
w2 = graph.get_tensor_by_name("w2:0")
feed_dict ={w1:13.0,w2:17.0}
#Now, access the op that you want to run.
op_to_restore = graph.get_tensor_by_name("op_to_restore:0")
print sess.run(op_to_restore,feed_dict)
#This will print 60 which is calculated
Save the model:
import tensorflow as tf
# define the tensorflow network and do some trains
x = tf.placeholder("float", name="x")
w = tf.Variable(2.0, name="w")
b = tf.Variable(0.0, name="bias")
h = tf.multiply(x, w)
y = tf.add(h, b, name="y")
sess = tf.Session()
sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
# save the model
export_path = './savedmodel'
builder = tf.saved_model.builder.SavedModelBuilder(export_path)
tensor_info_x = tf.saved_model.utils.build_tensor_info(x)
tensor_info_y = tf.saved_model.utils.build_tensor_info(y)
prediction_signature = (
tf.saved_model.signature_def_utils.build_signature_def(
inputs={'x_input': tensor_info_x},
outputs={'y_output': tensor_info_y},
method_name=tf.saved_model.signature_constants.PREDICT_METHOD_NAME))
builder.add_meta_graph_and_variables(
sess, [tf.saved_model.tag_constants.SERVING],
signature_def_map={
tf.saved_model.signature_constants.DEFAULT_SERVING_SIGNATURE_DEF_KEY:
prediction_signature
},
)
builder.save()
Load the model:
import tensorflow as tf
sess=tf.Session()
signature_key = tf.saved_model.signature_constants.DEFAULT_SERVING_SIGNATURE_DEF_KEY
input_key = 'x_input'
output_key = 'y_output'
export_path = './savedmodel'
meta_graph_def = tf.saved_model.loader.load(
sess,
[tf.saved_model.tag_constants.SERVING],
export_path)
signature = meta_graph_def.signature_def
x_tensor_name = signature[signature_key].inputs[input_key].name
y_tensor_name = signature[signature_key].outputs[output_key].name
x = sess.graph.get_tensor_by_name(x_tensor_name)
y = sess.graph.get_tensor_by_name(y_tensor_name)
y_out = sess.run(y, {x: 3.0})
w1 = tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal(shape=[10]), name='w1')
w2 = tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal(shape=[20]), name='w2')
tf.add_to_collection('vars', w1)
tf.add_to_collection('vars', w2)
saver = tf.train.Saver()
sess = tf.Session()
sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
saver.save(sess, 'my-model')
# `save` method will call `export_meta_graph` implicitly.
# you will get saved graph files:my-model.meta
sess = tf.Session()
new_saver = tf.train.import_meta_graph('my-model.meta')
new_saver.restore(sess, tf.train.latest_checkpoint('./'))
all_vars = tf.get_collection('vars')
for v in all_vars:
v_ = sess.run(v)
print(v_)
x = tf.placeholder(tf.float32)
y = tf.placeholder(tf.float32)
w = tf.Variable(tf.zeros([1, 1], dtype=tf.float32))
b = tf.Variable(tf.ones([1, 1], dtype=tf.float32))
y_hat = tf.add(b, tf.matmul(x, w))
...more setup for optimization and what not...
saver = tf.train.Saver() # defaults to saving all variables - in this case w and b
with tf.Session() as sess:
sess.run(tf.initialize_all_variables())
if FLAGS.train:
for i in xrange(FLAGS.training_steps):
...training loop...
if (i + 1) % FLAGS.checkpoint_steps == 0:
saver.save(sess, FLAGS.checkpoint_dir + 'model.ckpt',
global_step=i+1)
else:
# Here's where you're restoring the variables w and b.
# Note that the graph is exactly as it was when the variables were
# saved in a prior training run.
ckpt = tf.train.get_checkpoint_state(FLAGS.checkpoint_dir)
if ckpt and ckpt.model_checkpoint_path:
saver.restore(sess, ckpt.model_checkpoint_path)
else:
...no checkpoint found...
# Now you can run the model to get predictions
batch_x = ...load some data...
predictions = sess.run(y_hat, feed_dict={x: batch_x})
Here are the docs for Variables, which cover saving and restoring. And here are the docs for the Saver.