tf.compat.v1.InteractiveSession

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A TensorFlow Session for use in interactive contexts, such as a shell.

tf.compat.v1.InteractiveSession(
    target='', graph=None, config=None
)

The only difference with a regular Session is that an InteractiveSession installs itself as the default session on construction. The methods tf.Tensor.eval and tf.Operation.run will use that session to run ops.

This is convenient in interactive shells and IPython notebooks, as it avoids having to pass an explicit Session object to run ops.

For example:

sess = tf.compat.v1.InteractiveSession()
a = tf.constant(5.0)
b = tf.constant(6.0)
c = a * b
# We can just use 'c.eval()' without passing 'sess'
print(c.eval())
sess.close()

Note that a regular session installs itself as the default session when it is created in a with statement. The common usage in non-interactive programs is to follow that pattern:

a = tf.constant(5.0)
b = tf.constant(6.0)
c = a * b
with tf.compat.v1.Session():
  # We can also use 'c.eval()' here.
  print(c.eval())

target (Optional.) The execution engine to connect to. Defaults to using an in-process engine.
graph (Optional.) The Graph to be launched (described above).
config (Optional) ConfigProto proto used to configure the session.

graph The graph that was launched in this session.
graph_def A serializable version of the underlying TensorFlow graph.
sess_str The TensorFlow process to which this session will connect.

Methods

as_default

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as_default()

Returns a context manager that makes this object the default session.

Use with the with keyword to specify that calls to tf.Operation.run or tf.Tensor.eval should be executed in this session.

c = tf.constant(..)
sess = tf.compat.v1.Session()

with sess.as_default():
  assert tf.compat.v1.get_default_session() is sess
  print(c.eval())

To get the current default session, use tf.compat.v1.get_default_session.

c = tf.constant(...)
sess = tf.compat.v1.Session()
with sess.as_default():
  print(c.eval())
# ...
with sess.as_default():
  print(c.eval())

sess.close()

Alternatively, you can use with tf.compat.v1.Session(): to create a session that is automatically closed on exiting the context, including when an uncaught exception is raised.

Returns
A context manager using this session as the default session.

close

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close()

Closes an InteractiveSession.

list_devices

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list_devices()

Lists available devices in this session.

devices = sess.list_devices()
for d in devices:
  print(d.name)

Where:

Each element in the list has the following properties

  • name: A string with the full name of the device. ex: /job:worker/replica:0/task:3/device:CPU:0
  • device_type: The type of the device (e.g. CPU, GPU, TPU.)
  • memory_limit: The maximum amount of memory available on the device. Note: depending on the device, it is possible the usable memory could be substantially less.

Raises
tf.errors.OpError If it encounters an error (e.g. session is in an invalid state, or network errors occur).

Returns
A list of devices in the session.

make_callable

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make_callable(
    fetches, feed_list=None, accept_options=False
)

Returns a Python callable that runs a particular step.

The returned callable will take len(feed_list) arguments whose types must be compatible feed values for the respective elements of feed_list. For example, if element i of feed_list is a tf.Tensor, the ith argument to the returned callable must be a numpy ndarray (or something convertible to an ndarray) with matching element type and shape. See tf.Session.run for details of the allowable feed key and value types.

The returned callable will have the same return type as tf.Session.run(fetches, ...). For example, if fetches is a tf.Tensor, the callable will return a numpy ndarray; if fetches is a tf.Operation, it will return None.

Args
fetches A value or list of values to fetch. See tf.Session.run for details of the allowable fetch types.
feed_list (Optional.) A list of feed_dict keys. See tf.Session.run for details of the allowable feed key types.
accept_options (Optional.) If True, the returned Callable will be able to accept tf.compat.v1.RunOptions and tf.compat.v1.RunMetadata as optional keyword arguments options and run_metadata, respectively, with the same syntax and semantics as tf.Session.run, which is useful for certain use cases (profiling and debugging) but will result in measurable slowdown of the Callable's performance. Default: False.

Returns
A function that when called will execute the step defined by feed_list and fetches in this session.

Raises
TypeError If fetches or feed_list cannot be interpreted as arguments to tf.Session.run.

partial_run

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partial_run(
    handle, fetches, feed_dict=None
)

Continues the execution with more feeds and fetches.

This is EXPERIMENTAL and subject to change.

To use partial execution, a user first calls partial_run_setup() and then a sequence of partial_run(). partial_run_setup specifies the list of feeds and fetches that will be used in the subsequent partial_run calls.

The optional feed_dict argument allows the caller to override the value of tensors in the graph. See run() for more information.

Below is a simple example:

a = array_ops.placeholder(dtypes.float32, shape=[])
b = array_ops.placeholder(dtypes.float32, shape=[])
c = array_ops.placeholder(dtypes.float32, shape=[])
r1 = math_ops.add(a, b)
r2 = math_ops.multiply(r1, c)

h = sess.partial_run_setup([r1, r2], [a, b, c])
res = sess.partial_run(h, r1, feed_dict={a: 1, b: 2})
res = sess.partial_run(h, r2, feed_dict={c: res})

Args
handle A handle for a sequence of partial runs.
fetches A single graph element, a list of graph elements, or a dictionary whose values are graph elements or lists of graph elements (see documentation for run).
feed_dict A dictionary that maps graph elements to values (described above).

Returns
Either a single value if fetches is a single graph element, or a list of values if fetches is a list, or a dictionary with the same keys as fetches if that is a dictionary (see documentation for run).

Raises
tf.errors.OpError Or one of its subclasses on error.

partial_run_setup

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partial_run_setup(
    fetches, feeds=None
)

Sets up a graph with feeds and fetches for partial run.

This is EXPERIMENTAL and subject to change.

Note that contrary to run, feeds only specifies the graph elements. The tensors will be supplied by the subsequent partial_run calls.

Args
fetches A single graph element, or a list of graph elements.
feeds A single graph element, or a list of graph elements.

Returns
A handle for partial run.

Raises
RuntimeError If this Session is in an invalid state (e.g. has been closed).
TypeError If fetches or feed_dict keys are of an inappropriate type.
tf.errors.OpError Or one of its subclasses if a TensorFlow error happens.

run

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run(
    fetches, feed_dict=None, options=None, run_metadata=None
)

Runs operations and evaluates tensors in fetches.

This method runs one "step" of TensorFlow computation, by running the necessary graph fragment to execute every Operation and evaluate every Tensor in fetches, substituting the values in feed_dict for the corresponding input values.

The fetches argument may be a single graph element, or an arbitrarily nested list, tuple, namedtuple, dict, or OrderedDict containing graph elements at its leaves. A graph element can be one of the following types: