mlflow

The mlflow module provides a high-level “fluent” API for starting and managing MLflow runs. For example:

import mlflow

mlflow.start_run()
mlflow.log_param("my", "param")
mlflow.log_metric("score", 100)
mlflow.end_run()

You can also use the context manager syntax like this:

with mlflow.start_run() as run:
    mlflow.log_param("my", "param")
    mlflow.log_metric("score", 100)

which automatically terminates the run at the end of the with block.

The fluent tracking API is not currently threadsafe. Any concurrent callers to the tracking API must implement mutual exclusion manually.

For a lower level API, see the mlflow.tracking module.

class mlflow.ActiveRun(run)

Wrapper around mlflow.entities.Run to enable using Python with syntax.

mlflow.active_run() → Optional[ActiveRun]

Get the currently active Run, or None if no such run exists.

Note: You cannot access currently-active run attributes (parameters, metrics, etc.) through the run returned by mlflow.active_run. In order to access such attributes, use the mlflow.tracking.MlflowClient as follows:

Example

import mlflow

mlflow.start_run()
run = mlflow.active_run()
print("Active run_id: {}".format(run.info.run_id))
mlflow.end_run()

Output

Active run_id: 6f252757005748708cd3aad75d1ff462

mlflow.autolog(log_input_examples: bool = False, log_model_signatures: bool = True, log_models: bool = True, disable: bool = False, exclusive: bool = False, disable_for_unsupported_versions: bool = False, silent: bool = False) → None

Enables (or disables) and configures autologging for all supported integrations.

The parameters are passed to any autologging integrations that support them.

See the tracking docs for a list of supported autologging integrations.

Note that framework-specific configurations set at any point will take precedence over any configurations set by this function. For example:

mlflow.autolog(log_models=False, exclusive=True)
import sklearn

would enable autologging for sklearn with log_models=False and exclusive=True, but

mlflow.autolog(log_models=False, exclusive=True)
import sklearn
mlflow.sklearn.autolog(log_models=True)

would enable autologging for sklearn with log_models=True and exclusive=False, the latter resulting from the default value for exclusive in mlflow.sklearn.autolog; other framework autolog functions (e.g. mlflow.tensorflow.autolog) would use the configurations set by mlflow.autolog (in this instance, log_models=False, exclusive=True), until they are explicitly called by the user.

Parameters

• log_input_examples – If True, input examples from training datasets are collected and logged along with model artifacts during training. If False, input examples are not logged. Note: Input examples are MLflow model attributes and are only collected if log_models is also True.

• log_model_signatures – If True, ModelSignatures describing model inputs and outputs are collected and logged along with model artifacts during training. If False, signatures are not logged. Note: Model signatures are MLflow model attributes and are only collected if log_models is also True.

• log_models – If True, trained models are logged as MLflow model artifacts. If False, trained models are not logged. Input examples and model signatures, which are attributes of MLflow models, are also omitted when log_models is False.

• disable – If True, disables all supported autologging integrations. If False, enables all supported autologging integrations.

• exclusive – If True, autologged content is not logged to user-created fluent runs. If False, autologged content is logged to the active fluent run, which may be user-created.

• disable_for_unsupported_versions – If True, disable autologging for versions of all integration libraries that have not been tested against this version of the MLflow client or are incompatible.

• silent – If True, suppress all event logs and warnings from MLflow during autologging setup and training execution. If False, show all events and warnings during autologging setup and training execution.

Example

import numpy as np
import mlflow.sklearn
from mlflow.tracking import MlflowClient
from sklearn.linear_model import LinearRegression

def print_auto_logged_info(r):
    tags = {k: v for k, v in r.data.tags.items() if not k.startswith("mlflow.")}
    artifacts = [f.path for f in MlflowClient().list_artifacts(r.info.run_id, "model")]
    print("run_id: {}".format(r.info.run_id))
    print("artifacts: {}".format(artifacts))
    print("params: {}".format(r.data.params))
    print("metrics: {}".format(r.data.metrics))
    print("tags: {}".format(tags))

# prepare training data
X = np.array([[1, 1], [1, 2], [2, 2], [2, 3]])
y = np.dot(X, np.array([1, 2])) + 3

# Auto log all the parameters, metrics, and artifacts
mlflow.autolog()
model = LinearRegression()
with mlflow.start_run() as run:
    model.fit(X, y)

# fetch the auto logged parameters and metrics for ended run
print_auto_logged_info(mlflow.get_run(run_id=run.info.run_id))

Output

run_id: fd10a17d028c47399a55ab8741721ef7
artifacts: ['model/MLmodel', 'model/conda.yaml', 'model/model.pkl']
params: {'copy_X': 'True',
         'normalize': 'False',
         'fit_intercept': 'True',
         'n_jobs': 'None'}
metrics: {'training_score': 1.0,
          'training_rmse': 4.440892098500626e-16,
          'training_r2_score': 1.0,
          'training_mae': 2.220446049250313e-16,
          'training_mse': 1.9721522630525295e-31}
tags: {'estimator_class': 'sklearn.linear_model._base.LinearRegression',
       'estimator_name': 'LinearRegression'}

mlflow.create_experiment(name: str, artifact_location: Optional[str] = None, tags: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) → str

Create an experiment.

Parameters

• name – The experiment name, which must be unique and is case sensitive

• artifact_location – The location to store run artifacts. If not provided, the server picks an appropriate default.

• tags – An optional dictionary of string keys and values to set as tags on the experiment.

Returns

String ID of the created experiment.

Example

import mlflow

# Create an experiment name, which must be unique and case sensitive
experiment_id = mlflow.create_experiment("Social NLP Experiments")
experiment = mlflow.get_experiment(experiment_id)
print("Name: {}".format(experiment.name))
print("Experiment_id: {}".format(experiment.experiment_id))
print("Artifact Location: {}".format(experiment.artifact_location))
print("Tags: {}".format(experiment.tags))
print("Lifecycle_stage: {}".format(experiment.lifecycle_stage))

Output

Name: Social NLP Experiments
Experiment_id: 1
Artifact Location: file:///.../mlruns/1
Tags= {}
Lifecycle_stage: active

mlflow.delete_experiment(experiment_id: str) → None

Delete an experiment from the backend store.

Parameters

experiment_id – The The string-ified experiment ID returned from create_experiment.

Example

import mlflow

experiment_id = mlflow.create_experiment("New Experiment")
mlflow.delete_experiment(experiment_id)

# Examine the deleted experiment details.
experiment = mlflow.get_experiment(experiment_id)
print("Name: {}".format(experiment.name))
print("Artifact Location: {}".format(experiment.artifact_location))
print("Lifecycle_stage: {}".format(experiment.lifecycle_stage))

Output

Name: New Experiment
Artifact Location: file:///.../mlruns/2
Lifecycle_stage: deleted

mlflow.delete_run(run_id: str) → None

Deletes a run with the given ID.

Parameters

run_id – Unique identifier for the run to delete.

Example

import mlflow

with mlflow.start_run() as run:
    mlflow.log_param("p", 0)

run_id = run.info.run_id
mlflow.delete_run(run_id)

print("run_id: {}; lifecycle_stage: {}".format(run_id,
    mlflow.get_run(run_id).info.lifecycle_stage))

Output

run_id: 45f4af3e6fd349e58579b27fcb0b8277; lifecycle_stage: deleted

mlflow.delete_tag(key: str) → None

Delete a tag from a run. This is irreversible. If no run is active, this method will create a new active run.

Parameters

key – Name of the tag

Example

import mlflow

tags = {"engineering": "ML Platform",
        "engineering_remote": "ML Platform"}

with mlflow.start_run() as run:
    mlflow.set_tags(tags)

with mlflow.start_run(run_id=run.info.run_id):
    mlflow.delete_tag("engineering_remote")

mlflow.end_run(status: str = 'FINISHED') → None

End an active MLflow run (if there is one).

Example

import mlflow

# Start run and get status
mlflow.start_run()
run = mlflow.active_run()
print("run_id: {}; status: {}".format(run.info.run_id, run.info.status))

# End run and get status
mlflow.end_run()
run = mlflow.get_run(run.info.run_id)
print("run_id: {}; status: {}".format(run.info.run_id, run.info.status))
print("--")

# Check for any active runs
print("Active run: {}".format(mlflow.active_run()))

Output

run_id: b47ee4563368419880b44ad8535f6371; status: RUNNING
run_id: b47ee4563368419880b44ad8535f6371; status: FINISHED
--
Active run: None

mlflow.get_artifact_uri(artifact_path: Optional[str] = None) → str

Get the absolute URI of the specified artifact in the currently active run. If path is not specified, the artifact root URI of the currently active run will be returned; calls to log_artifact and log_artifacts write artifact(s) to subdirectories of the artifact root URI.

If no run is active, this method will create a new active run.

Parameters

artifact_path – The run-relative artifact path for which to obtain an absolute URI. For example, “path/to/artifact”. If unspecified, the artifact root URI for the currently active run will be returned.

Returns

An absolute URI referring to the specified artifact or the currently adtive run’s artifact root. For example, if an artifact path is provided and the currently active run uses an S3-backed store, this may be a uri of the form s3://<bucket_name>/path/to/artifact/root/path/to/artifact. If an artifact path is not provided and the currently active run uses an S3-backed store, this may be a URI of the form s3://<bucket_name>/path/to/artifact/root.

Example

import mlflow

features = "rooms, zipcode, median_price, school_rating, transport"
with open("features.txt", 'w') as f:
    f.write(features)

# Log the artifact in a directory "features" under the root artifact_uri/features
with mlflow.start_run():
    mlflow.log_artifact("features.txt", artifact_path="features")

    # Fetch the artifact uri root directory
    artifact_uri = mlflow.get_artifact_uri()
    print("Artifact uri: {}".format(artifact_uri))

    # Fetch a specific artifact uri
    artifact_uri = mlflow.get_artifact_uri(artifact_path="features/features.txt")
    print("Artifact uri: {}".format(artifact_uri))

Output

Artifact uri: file:///.../0/a46a80f1c9644bd8f4e5dd5553fffce/artifacts
Artifact uri: file:///.../0/a46a80f1c9644bd8f4e5dd5553fffce/artifacts/features/features.txt

mlflow.get_experiment(experiment_id: str) → Experiment

Retrieve an experiment by experiment_id from the backend store

Parameters

experiment_id – The string-ified experiment ID returned from create_experiment.

Returns

mlflow.entities.Experiment

Example

import mlflow

experiment = mlflow.get_experiment("0")
print("Name: {}".format(experiment.name))
print("Artifact Location: {}".format(experiment.artifact_location))
print("Tags: {}".format(experiment.tags))
print("Lifecycle_stage: {}".format(experiment.lifecycle_stage))

Output

Name: Default
Artifact Location: file:///.../mlruns/0
Tags: {}
Lifecycle_stage: active

mlflow.get_experiment_by_name(name: str) → Optional[Experiment]

Retrieve an experiment by experiment name from the backend store

Parameters

name – The case senstive experiment name.

Returns

An instance of mlflow.entities.Experiment if an experiment with the specified name exists, otherwise None.

Example

import mlflow

# Case sensitive name
experiment = mlflow.get_experiment_by_name("Default")
print("Experiment_id: {}".format(experiment.experiment_id))
print("Artifact Location: {}".format(experiment.artifact_location))
print("Tags: {}".format(experiment.tags))
print("Lifecycle_stage: {}".format(experiment.lifecycle_stage))

Output

Experiment_id: 0
Artifact Location: file:///.../mlruns/0
Tags: {}
Lifecycle_stage: active

mlflow.get_registry_uri() → str

Get the current registry URI. If none has been specified, defaults to the tracking URI.

Returns

The registry URI.

Example

# Get the current model registry uri
mr_uri = mlflow.get_registry_uri()
print("Current model registry uri: {}".format(mr_uri))

# Get the current tracking uri
tracking_uri = mlflow.get_tracking_uri()
print("Current tracking uri: {}".format(tracking_uri))

# They should be the same
assert mr_uri == tracking_uri

Output

Current model registry uri: file:///.../mlruns
Current tracking uri: file:///.../mlruns

mlflow.get_run(run_id: str) → Run

Fetch the run from backend store. The resulting Run contains a collection of run metadata – RunInfo, as well as a collection of run parameters, tags, and metrics – RunData. In the case where multiple metrics with the same key are logged for the run, the RunData contains the most recently logged value at the largest step for each metric.

Parameters

run_id – Unique identifier for the run.

Returns

A single mlflow.entities.Run object, if the run exists. Otherwise, raises an exception.

Example

import mlflow

with mlflow.start_run() as run:
    mlflow.log_param("p", 0)

run_id = run.info.run_id
print("run_id: {}; lifecycle_stage: {}".format(run_id,
    mlflow.get_run(run_id).info.lifecycle_stage))

Output

run_id: 7472befefc754e388e8e922824a0cca5; lifecycle_stage: active

mlflow.get_tracking_uri() → str

Get the current tracking URI. This may not correspond to the tracking URI of the currently active run, since the tracking URI can be updated via set_tracking_uri.

Returns

The tracking URI.

Example

import mlflow

# Get the current tracking uri
tracking_uri = mlflow.get_tracking_uri()
print("Current tracking uri: {}".format(tracking_uri))

Output

Current tracking uri: file:///.../mlruns

mlflow.list_experiments(view_type: int = 1, max_results: Optional[int] = None) → List[Experiment]

Parameters

• view_type – Qualify requested type of experiments.

• max_results – If passed, specifies the maximum number of experiments desired. If not passed, all experiments will be returned.

Returns

A list of Experiment objects.

mlflow.list_run_infos(experiment_id: str, run_view_type: int = 1, max_results: int = 1000, order_by: Optional[List[str]] = None) → List[RunInfo]

Return run information for runs which belong to the experiment_id.

Parameters

• experiment_id – The experiment id which to search

• run_view_type – ACTIVE_ONLY, DELETED_ONLY, or ALL runs

• max_results – Maximum number of results desired.

• order_by – List of order_by clauses. Currently supported values are are metric.key, parameter.key, tag.key, attribute.key. For example, order_by=["tag.release ASC", "metric.click_rate DESC"].

Returns

A list of RunInfo objects that satisfy the search expressions.

Example

import mlflow
from mlflow.entities import ViewType

# Create two runs
with mlflow.start_run() as run1:
    mlflow.log_param("p", 0)

with mlflow.start_run() as run2:
    mlflow.log_param("p", 1)

# Delete the last run
mlflow.delete_run(run2.info.run_id)

def print_run_infos(run_infos):
    for r in run_infos:
        print("- run_id: {}, lifecycle_stage: {}".format(r.run_id, r.lifecycle_stage))

print("Active runs:")
print_run_infos(mlflow.list_run_infos("0", run_view_type=ViewType.ACTIVE_ONLY))

print("Deleted runs:")
print_run_infos(mlflow.list_run_infos("0", run_view_type=ViewType.DELETED_ONLY))

print("All runs:")
print_run_infos(mlflow.list_run_infos("0", run_view_type=ViewType.ALL))

Output

Active runs:
- run_id: 4937823b730640d5bed9e3e5057a2b34, lifecycle_stage: active
Deleted runs:
- run_id: b13f1badbed842cf9975c023d23da300, lifecycle_stage: deleted
All runs:
- run_id: b13f1badbed842cf9975c023d23da300, lifecycle_stage: deleted
- run_id: 4937823b730640d5bed9e3e5057a2b34, lifecycle_stage: active

mlflow.log_artifact(local_path: str, artifact_path: Optional[str] = None) → None

Log a local file or directory as an artifact of the currently active run. If no run is active, this method will create a new active run.

Parameters

• local_path – Path to the file to write.

• artifact_path – If provided, the directory in artifact_uri to write to.

Example

import mlflow

# Create a features.txt artifact file
features = "rooms, zipcode, median_price, school_rating, transport"
with open("features.txt", 'w') as f:
    f.write(features)

# With artifact_path=None write features.txt under
# root artifact_uri/artifacts directory
with mlflow.start_run():
    mlflow.log_artifact("features.txt")

mlflow.log_artifacts(local_dir: str, artifact_path: Optional[str] = None) → None

Log all the contents of a local directory as artifacts of the run. If no run is active, this method will create a new active run.

Parameters

• local_dir – Path to the directory of files to write.

• artifact_path – If provided, the directory in artifact_uri to write to.

Example

import os
import mlflow

# Create some files to preserve as artifacts
features = "rooms, zipcode, median_price, school_rating, transport"
data = {"state": "TX", "Available": 25, "Type": "Detached"}

# Create couple of artifact files under the directory "data"
os.makedirs("data", exist_ok=True)
with open("data/data.json", 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
    json.dump(data, f, indent=2)
with open("data/features.txt", 'w') as f:
    f.write(features)

# Write all files in "data" to root artifact_uri/states
with mlflow.start_run():
    mlflow.log_artifacts("data", artifact_path="states")

mlflow.log_dict(dictionary: Any, artifact_file: str) → None

Log a JSON/YAML-serializable object (e.g. dict) as an artifact. The serialization format (JSON or YAML) is automatically inferred from the extension of artifact_file. If the file extension doesn’t exist or match any of [“.json”, “.yml”, “.yaml”], JSON format is used.

Parameters

• dictionary – Dictionary to log.

• artifact_file – The run-relative artifact file path in posixpath format to which the dictionary is saved (e.g. “dir/data.json”).

Example

import mlflow

dictionary = {"k": "v"}

with mlflow.start_run():
    # Log a dictionary as a JSON file under the run's root artifact directory
    mlflow.log_dict(dictionary, "data.json")

    # Log a dictionary as a YAML file in a subdirectory of the run's root artifact directory
    mlflow.log_dict(dictionary, "dir/data.yml")

    # If the file extension doesn't exist or match any of [".json", ".yaml", ".yml"],
    # JSON format is used.
    mlflow.log_dict(dictionary, "data")
    mlflow.log_dict(dictionary, "data.txt")

mlflow.log_figure(figure: Union[matplotlib.figure.Figure, plotly.graph_objects.Figure], artifact_file: str) → None

Log a figure as an artifact. The following figure objects are supported:

• matplotlib.figure.Figure

• plotly.graph_objects.Figure

Parameters

• figure – Figure to log.

• artifact_file – The run-relative artifact file path in posixpath format to which the figure is saved (e.g. “dir/file.png”).

Matplotlib Example

import mlflow
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.plot([0, 1], [2, 3])

with mlflow.start_run():
    mlflow.log_figure(fig, "figure.png")

Plotly Example

import mlflow
from plotly import graph_objects as go

fig = go.Figure(go.Scatter(x=[0, 1], y=[2, 3]))

with mlflow.start_run():
    mlflow.log_figure(fig, "figure.html")

mlflow.log_image(image: Union[numpy.ndarray, PIL.Image.Image], artifact_file: str) → None

Log an image as an artifact. The following image objects are supported:

• numpy.ndarray

• PIL.Image.Image

Numpy array support

• data type (( ) represents a valid value range):

  • bool

  • integer (0 ~ 255)

  • unsigned integer (0 ~ 255)

  • float (0.0 ~ 1.0)

  Warning

  • Out-of-range integer values will be clipped to [0, 255].

  • Out-of-range float values will be clipped to [0, 1].

• shape (H: height, W: width):

  • H x W (Grayscale)

  • H x W x 1 (Grayscale)

  • H x W x 3 (an RGB channel order is assumed)

  • H x W x 4 (an RGBA channel order is assumed)

Parameters

• image – Image to log.

• artifact_file – The run-relative artifact file path in posixpath format to which the image is saved (e.g. “dir/image.png”).

Numpy Example

import mlflow
import numpy as np

image = np.random.randint(0, 256, size=(100, 100, 3), dtype=np.uint8)

with mlflow.start_run():
    mlflow.log_image(image, "image.png")

Pillow Example

import mlflow
from PIL import Image

image = Image.new("RGB", (100, 100))

with mlflow.start_run():
    mlflow.log_image(image, "image.png")

mlflow.log_metric(key: str, value: float, step: Optional[int] = None) → None

Log a metric under the current run. If no run is active, this method will create a new active run.

Parameters

• key – Metric name (string).

• value – Metric value (float). Note that some special values such as +/- Infinity may be replaced by other values depending on the store. For example, the SQLAlchemy store replaces +/- Infinity with max / min float values.

• step – Metric step (int). Defaults to zero if unspecified.

Example

import mlflow

with mlflow.start_run():
    mlflow.log_metric("mse", 2500.00)

mlflow.log_metrics(metrics: Dict[str, float], step: Optional[int] = None) → None

Log multiple metrics for the current run. If no run is active, this method will create a new active run.

Parameters

• metrics – Dictionary of metric_name: String -> value: Float. Note that some special values such as +/- Infinity may be replaced by other values depending on the store. For example, sql based store may replace +/- Infinity with max / min float values.

• step – A single integer step at which to log the specified Metrics. If unspecified, each metric is logged at step zero.

Returns

None

Example

import mlflow

metrics = {"mse": 2500.00, "rmse": 50.00}

# Log a batch of metrics
with mlflow.start_run():
    mlflow.log_metrics(metrics)

mlflow.log_param(key: str, value: Any) → None

Log a parameter under the current run. If no run is active, this method will create a new active run.

Parameters

• key – Parameter name (string)

• value – Parameter value (string, but will be string-ified if not)

Example

import mlflow

with mlflow.start_run():
    mlflow.log_param("learning_rate", 0.01)

mlflow.log_params(params: Dict[str, Any]) → None

Log a batch of params for the current run. If no run is active, this method will create a new active run.

Parameters

params – Dictionary of param_name: String -> value: (String, but will be string-ified if not)

Returns

None

Example

import mlflow

params = {"learning_rate": 0.01, "n_estimators": 10}

# Log a batch of parameters
with mlflow.start_run():
    mlflow.log_params(params)

mlflow.log_text(text: str, artifact_file: str) → None

Log text as an artifact.

Parameters

• text – String containing text to log.

• artifact_file – The run-relative artifact file path in posixpath format to which the text is saved (e.g. “dir/file.txt”).

Example

import mlflow

with mlflow.start_run():
    # Log text to a file under the run's root artifact directory
    mlflow.log_text("text1", "file1.txt")

    # Log text in a subdirectory of the run's root artifact directory
    mlflow.log_text("text2", "dir/file2.txt")

    # Log HTML text
    mlflow.log_text("<h1>header</h1>", "index.html")

mlflow.register_model(model_uri, name, await_registration_for=300) → ModelVersion

Create a new model version in model registry for the model files specified by model_uri. Note that this method assumes the model registry backend URI is the same as that of the tracking backend.

Parameters

• model_uri – URI referring to the MLmodel directory. Use a runs:/ URI if you want to record the run ID with the model in model registry. models:/ URIs are currently not supported.

• name – Name of the registered model under which to create a new model version. If a registered model with the given name does not exist, it will be created automatically.

• await_registration_for – Number of seconds to wait for the model version to finish being created and is in READY status. By default, the function waits for five minutes. Specify 0 or None to skip waiting.

Returns

Single mlflow.entities.model_registry.ModelVersion object created by backend.

Example

import mlflow.sklearn
from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestRegressor

mlflow.set_tracking_uri("sqlite:////tmp/mlruns.db")
params = {"n_estimators": 3, "random_state": 42}

# Log MLflow entities
with mlflow.start_run() as run:
   rfr = RandomForestRegressor(**params).fit([[0, 1]], [1])
   mlflow.log_params(params)
   mlflow.sklearn.log_model(rfr, artifact_path="sklearn-model")

model_uri = "runs:/{}/sklearn-model".format(run.info.run_id)
mv = mlflow.register_model(model_uri, "RandomForestRegressionModel")
print("Name: {}".format(mv.name))
print("Version: {}".format(mv.version))

Output

Name: RandomForestRegressionModel
Version: 1

mlflow.run(uri, entry_point='main', version=None, parameters=None, docker_args=None, experiment_name=None, experiment_id=None, backend='local', backend_config=None, use_conda=True, storage_dir=None, synchronous=True, run_id=None)

Run an MLflow project. The project can be local or stored at a Git URI.

MLflow provides built-in support for running projects locally or remotely on a Databricks or Kubernetes cluster. You can also run projects against other targets by installing an appropriate third-party plugin. See Community Plugins for more information.

For information on using this method in chained workflows, see Building Multistep Workflows.

Raises

mlflow.exceptions.ExecutionException If a run launched in blocking mode is unsuccessful.

Parameters

• uri – URI of project to run. A local filesystem path or a Git repository URI (e.g. https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow-example) pointing to a project directory containing an MLproject file.

• entry_point – Entry point to run within the project. If no entry point with the specified name is found, runs the project file entry_point as a script, using “python” to run .py files and the default shell (specified by environment variable $SHELL) to run .sh files.

• version – For Git-based projects, either a commit hash or a branch name.

• parameters – Parameters (dictionary) for the entry point command.

• docker_args – Arguments (dictionary) for the docker command.

• experiment_name – Name of experiment under which to launch the run.

• experiment_id – ID of experiment under which to launch the run.

• backend – Execution backend for the run: MLflow provides built-in support for “local”, “databricks”, and “kubernetes” (experimental) backends. If running against Databricks, will run against a Databricks workspace determined as follows: if a Databricks tracking URI of the form databricks://profile has been set (e.g. by setting the MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI environment variable), will run against the workspace specified by <profile>. Otherwise, runs against the workspace specified by the default Databricks CLI profile.

• backend_config – A dictionary, or a path to a JSON file (must end in ‘.json’), which will be passed as config to the backend. The exact content which should be provided is different for each execution backend and is documented at https://www.mlflow.org/docs/latest/projects.html.

• use_conda – If True (the default), create a new Conda environment for the run and install project dependencies within that environment. Otherwise, run the project in the current environment without installing any project dependencies.

• storage_dir – Used only if backend is “local”. MLflow downloads artifacts from distributed URIs passed to parameters of type path to subdirectories of storage_dir.

• synchronous – Whether to block while waiting for a run to complete. Defaults to True. Note that if synchronous is False and backend is “local”, this method will return, but the current process will block when exiting until the local run completes. If the current process is interrupted, any asynchronous runs launched via this method will be terminated. If synchronous is True and the run fails, the current process will error out as well.

• run_id – Note: this argument is used internally by the MLflow project APIs and should not be specified. If specified, the run ID will be used instead of creating a new run.

Returns

mlflow.projects.SubmittedRun exposing information (e.g. run ID) about the launched run.

Example

import mlflow

project_uri = "https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow-example"
params = {"alpha": 0.5, "l1_ratio": 0.01}

# Run MLflow project and create a reproducible conda environment
# on a local host
mlflow.run(project_uri, parameters=params)

Output

...
...
Elasticnet model (alpha=0.500000, l1_ratio=0.010000):
RMSE: 0.788347345611717
MAE: 0.6155576449938276
R2: 0.19729662005412607
... mlflow.projects: === Run (ID '6a5109febe5e4a549461e149590d0a7c') succeeded ===

mlflow.search_runs(experiment_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None, filter_string: str = '', run_view_type: int = 1, max_results: int = 100000, order_by: Optional[List[str]] = None, output_format: str = 'pandas') → Union[List[Run], pandas.DataFrame]

Get a pandas DataFrame of runs that fit the search criteria.

Parameters

• experiment_ids – List of experiment IDs. None will default to the active experiment.

• filter_string – Filter query string, defaults to searching all runs.

• run_view_type – one of enum values ACTIVE_ONLY, DELETED_ONLY, or ALL runs defined in mlflow.entities.ViewType.

• max_results – The maximum number of runs to put in the dataframe. Default is 100,000 to avoid causing out-of-memory issues on the user’s machine.

• order_by – List of columns to order by (e.g., “metrics.rmse”). The order_by column can contain an optional DESC or ASC value. The default is ASC. The default ordering is to sort by start_time DESC, then run_id.

• output_format – The output format to be returned. If pandas, a pandas.DataFrame is returned and, if list, a list of mlflow.entities.Run is returned.

Returns

If output_format is list: a list of mlflow.entities.Run. If output_format is pandas: pandas.DataFrame of runs, where each metric, parameter, and tag is expanded into its own column named metrics.*, params.*, or tags.* respectively. For runs that don’t have a particular metric, parameter, or tag, the value for the corresponding column is (NumPy) Nan, None, or None respectively.

Example

import mlflow

# Create an experiment and log two runs under it
experiment_id = mlflow.create_experiment("Social NLP Experiments")
with mlflow.start_run(experiment_id=experiment_id):
    mlflow.log_metric("m", 1.55)
    mlflow.set_tag("s.release", "1.1.0-RC")
with mlflow.start_run(experiment_id=experiment_id):
    mlflow.log_metric("m", 2.50)
    mlflow.set_tag("s.release", "1.2.0-GA")

# Search all runs in experiment_id
df = mlflow.search_runs([experiment_id], order_by=["metrics.m DESC"])
print(df[["metrics.m", "tags.s.release", "run_id"]])
print("--")

# Search the experiment_id using a filter_string with tag
# that has a case insensitive pattern
filter_string = "tags.s.release ILIKE '%rc%'"
df = mlflow.search_runs([experiment_id], filter_string=filter_string)
print(df[["metrics.m", "tags.s.release", "run_id"]])

Output

   metrics.m tags.s.release                            run_id
0       2.50       1.2.0-GA  147eed886ab44633902cc8e19b2267e2
1       1.55       1.1.0-RC  5cc7feaf532f496f885ad7750809c4d4
--
   metrics.m tags.s.release                            run_id
0       1.55       1.1.0-RC  5cc7feaf532f496f885ad7750809c4d4

mlflow.set_experiment(experiment_name: str) → None

Set given experiment as active experiment. If experiment does not exist, create an experiment with provided name.

Parameters

experiment_name – Case sensitive name of an experiment to be activated.

Example

import mlflow

# Set an experiment name, which must be unique and case sensitive.
mlflow.set_experiment("Social NLP Experiments")

# Get Experiment Details
experiment = mlflow.get_experiment_by_name("Social NLP Experiments")
print("Experiment_id: {}".format(experiment.experiment_id))
print("Artifact Location: {}".format(experiment.artifact_location))
print("Tags: {}".format(experiment.tags))
print("Lifecycle_stage: {}".format(experiment.lifecycle_stage))

Output

Experiment_id: 1
Artifact Location: file:///.../mlruns/1
Tags: {}
Lifecycle_stage: active

mlflow.set_registry_uri(uri: str) → None

Set the registry server URI. This method is especially useful if you have a registry server that’s different from the tracking server.

Parameters

uri –

• An empty string, or a local file path, prefixed with file:/. Data is stored locally at the provided file (or ./mlruns if empty).

• An HTTP URI like https://my-tracking-server:5000.

• A Databricks workspace, provided as the string “databricks” or, to use a Databricks CLI profile, “databricks://<profileName>”.

Example

import mflow

# Set model registry uri, fetch the set uri, and compare
# it with the tracking uri. They should be different
mlflow.set_registry_uri("sqlite:////tmp/registry.db")
mr_uri = mlflow.get_registry_uri()
print("Current registry uri: {}".format(mr_uri))
tracking_uri = mlflow.get_tracking_uri()
print("Current tracking uri: {}".format(tracking_uri))

# They should be different
assert tracking_uri != mr_uri

Output

Current registry uri: sqlite:////tmp/registry.db
Current tracking uri: file:///.../mlruns

mlflow.set_tag(key: str, value: Any) → None

Set a tag under the current run. If no run is active, this method will create a new active run.

Parameters

• key – Tag name (string)

• value – Tag value (string, but will be string-ified if not)

Example

import mlflow

with mlflow.start_run():
   mlflow.set_tag("release.version", "2.2.0")

mlflow.set_tags(tags: Dict[str, Any]) → None

Log a batch of tags for the current run. If no run is active, this method will create a new active run.

Parameters

tags – Dictionary of tag_name: String -> value: (String, but will be string-ified if not)

Returns

None

Example

import mlflow

tags = {"engineering": "ML Platform",
        "release.candidate": "RC1",
        "release.version": "2.2.0"}

# Set a batch of tags
with mlflow.start_run():
    mlflow.set_tags(tags)

mlflow.set_tracking_uri(uri: str) → None

Set the tracking server URI. This does not affect the currently active run (if one exists), but takes effect for successive runs.

Parameters

uri –

• An empty string, or a local file path, prefixed with file:/. Data is stored locally at the provided file (or ./mlruns if empty).

• An HTTP URI like https://my-tracking-server:5000.

• A Databricks workspace, provided as the string “databricks” or, to use a Databricks CLI profile, “databricks://<profileName>”.

Example

import mlflow

mlflow.set_tracking_uri("file:///tmp/my_tracking")
tracking_uri = mlflow.get_tracking_uri()
print("Current tracking uri: {}".format(tracking_uri))

Output

Current tracking uri: file:///tmp/my_tracking

mlflow.start_run(run_id: Optional[str] = None, experiment_id: Optional[str] = None, run_name: Optional[str] = None, nested: bool = False, tags: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) → ActiveRun

Start a new MLflow run, setting it as the active run under which metrics and parameters will be logged. The return value can be used as a context manager within a with block; otherwise, you must call end_run() to terminate the current run.

If you pass a run_id or the MLFLOW_RUN_ID environment variable is set, start_run attempts to resume a run with the specified run ID and other parameters are ignored. run_id takes precedence over MLFLOW_RUN_ID.

If resuming an existing run, the run status is set to RunStatus.RUNNING.

MLflow sets a variety of default tags on the run, as defined in MLflow system tags.

Parameters

• run_id – If specified, get the run with the specified UUID and log parameters and metrics under that run. The run’s end time is unset and its status is set to running, but the run’s other attributes (source_version, source_type, etc.) are not changed.

• experiment_id – ID of the experiment under which to create the current run (applicable only when run_id is not specified). If experiment_id argument is unspecified, will look for valid experiment in the following order: activated using set_experiment, MLFLOW_EXPERIMENT_NAME environment variable, MLFLOW_EXPERIMENT_ID environment variable, or the default experiment as defined by the tracking server.

• run_name – Name of new run (stored as a mlflow.runName tag). Used only when run_id is unspecified.

• nested – Controls whether run is nested in parent run. True creates a nested run.

• tags – An optional dictionary of string keys and values to set as tags on the run. If a run is being resumed, these tags are set on the resumed run. If a new run is being created, these tags are set on the new run.

Returns

mlflow.ActiveRun object that acts as a context manager wrapping the run’s state.

Example

import mlflow

# Create nested runs
with mlflow.start_run(run_name='PARENT_RUN') as parent_run:
    mlflow.log_param("parent", "yes")
    with mlflow.start_run(run_name='CHILD_RUN', nested=True) as child_run:
        mlflow.log_param("child", "yes")

print("parent run_id: {}".format(parent_run.info.run_id))
print("child run_id : {}".format(child_run.info.run_id))
print("--")

# Search all child runs with a parent id
query = "tags.mlflow.parentRunId = '{}'".format(parent_run.info.run_id)
results = mlflow.search_runs(filter_string=query)
print(results[["run_id", "params.child", "tags.mlflow.runName"]])

Output

parent run_id: 5ec0e7ae18f54c2694ffb48c2fccf25c
child run_id : 78b3b0d264b44cd29e8dc389749bb4be
--
                             run_id params.child tags.mlflow.runName
0  78b3b0d264b44cd29e8dc389749bb4be          yes           CHILD_RUN