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Exporting FiftyOne Datasets

FiftyOne provides native support for exporting datasets to disk in a variety of common formats, and it can be easily extended to export datasets in custom formats.

Basic recipe

The interface for exporting a FiftyOne Dataset is conveniently exposed via the Python library and the CLI. You can easily export entire datasets as well as arbitrary subsets of your datasets that you have identified by constructing a DatasetView into any format of your choice via the basic recipe below.

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CLI

You can export a Dataset or DatasetView via their export() method:

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import fiftyone as fo

# The Dataset or DatasetView containing the samples you wish to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# The directory to which to write the exported dataset
export_dir = "/path/for/export"

# The name of the sample field containing the label that you wish to export
# Used when exporting labeled datasets (e.g., classification or detection)
label_field = "ground_truth"  # for example

# The type of dataset to export
# Any subclass of `fiftyone.types.Dataset` is supported
dataset_type = fo.types.COCODetectionDataset  # for example

# Export the dataset!
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir, dataset_type=dataset_type, label_field=label_field
)

Note the label_field argument in the above example, which specifies the particular label field that you wish to export. This is necessary your FiftyOne dataset contains multiple label fields.

You can export a FiftyOne dataset via the CLI:

# The name of the FiftyOne dataset to export
NAME="your-dataset"

# The directory to which to write the exported dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/for/export

# The name of the sample field containing the label that you wish to export
# Used when exporting labeled datasets (e.g., classification or detection)
LABEL_FIELD=ground_truth  # for example

# The type of dataset to export
# Any subclass of `fiftyone.types.Dataset` is supported
TYPE=fiftyone.types.COCODetectionDataset  # for example

# Export the dataset!
fiftyone datasets export $NAME --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR --label-field $LABEL_FIELD --type $TYPE

Note the LABEL_FIELD argument in the above example, which specifies the particular label field that you wish to export. This is necessary your FiftyOne dataset contains multiple label fields.

Supported formats

Each supported dataset type is represented by a subclass of fiftyone.types.Dataset, which is used by the Python library and CLI to refer to the corresponding dataset format when writing the dataset to disk.

Dataset Type

Description

ImageDirectory

A directory of images.

VideoDirectory

A directory of videos.

FiftyOneImageClassificationDataset

A labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated classification labels in a simple JSON format.

ImageClassificationDirectoryTree

A directory tree whose subfolders define an image classification dataset.

VideoClassificationDirectoryTree

A directory tree whose subfolders define a video classification dataset.

TFImageClassificationDataset

A labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated classification labels stored as TFRecords.

FiftyOneImageDetectionDataset

A labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated object detections stored in a simple JSON format.

COCODetectionDataset

A labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated object detections saved in COCO Object Detection Format.

VOCDetectionDataset

A labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated object detections saved in VOC format.

KITTIDetectionDataset

A labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated object detections saved in KITTI format.

YOLODataset

A labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated object detections saved in YOLO format.

TFObjectDetectionDataset

A labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated object detections stored as TFRecords in TF Object Detection API format .

CVATImageDataset

A labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated object detections stored in CVAT image format.

CVATVideoDataset

A labeled dataset consisting of videos and their associated object detections stored in CVAT video format.

FiftyOneImageLabelsDataset

A labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated multitask predictions stored in ETA ImageLabels format .

FiftyOneVideoLabelsDataset

A labeled dataset consisting of videos and their associated multitask predictions stored in ETA VideoLabels format .

BDDDataset

A labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated multitask predictions saved in Berkeley DeepDrive (BDD) format.

GeoJSONImageDataset

An image dataset whose labels and location data are stored in GeoJSON format.

FiftyOneDataset

A dataset consisting of an entire serialized Dataset and its associated source media.

Custom formats

Export datasets in custom formats by defining your own Dataset or DatasetExporter class.

ImageDirectory

The fiftyone.types.ImageDirectory type represents a directory of images.

Datasets of this type are exported in the following format:

<dataset_dir>/
    <filename1>.<ext>
    <filename2>.<ext>
    ...

You can export the images in a FiftyOne dataset as a directory of images on disk as follows:

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CLI

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import fiftyone as fo

export_dir = "/path/for/images-dir"

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Export the dataset
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir, dataset_type=fo.types.ImageDirectory
)

NAME=my-dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/to/images-dir

# Export the dataset
fiftyone datasets export $NAME \
    --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR \
    --type fiftyone.types.ImageDirectory

VideoDirectory

The fiftyone.types.VideoDirectory type represents a directory of videos.

Datasets of this type are exported in the following format:

<dataset_dir>/
    <filename1>.<ext>
    <filename2>.<ext>
    ...

You can export the videos in a FiftyOne dataset as a directory of videos on disk as follows:

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CLI

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import fiftyone as fo

export_dir = "/path/for/videos-dir"

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Export the dataset
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir, dataset_type=fo.types.VideoDirectory
)

NAME=my-dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/to/videos-dir

# Export the dataset
fiftyone datasets export $NAME \
    --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR \
    --type fiftyone.types.VideoDirectory

FiftyOneImageClassificationDataset

The fiftyone.types.FiftyOneImageClassificationDataset type represents a labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated classification labels stored in a simple JSON format.

Datasets of this type are exported in the following format:

<dataset_dir>/
    data/
        <uuid1>.<ext>
        <uuid2>.<ext>
        ...
    labels.json

where labels.json is a JSON file in the following format:

{
    "classes": [
        "<labelA>",
        "<labelB>",
        ...
    ],
    "labels": {
        "<uuid1>": "<target1>",
        "<uuid2>": "<target2>",
        ...
    }
}

If the classes field is provided, the target values are class IDs that are mapped to class label strings via classes[target]. If no classes field is provided, then the target values directly store the label strings.

The target value in labels for unlabeled images is None.

You can export a FiftyOne dataset as an image classification dataset stored on disk in the above format as follows:

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import fiftyone as fo

export_dir = "/path/for/image-classification-dataset"
label_field = "ground_truth"  # for example

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Export the dataset
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir,
    dataset_type=fo.types.FiftyOneImageClassificationDataset,
    label_field=label_field,
)

NAME=my-dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/for/image-classification-dataset
LABEL_FIELD=ground_truth  # for example

# Export the dataset
fiftyone datasets export $NAME \
    --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR \
    --label-field $LABEL_FIELD \
    --type fiftyone.types.FiftyOneImageClassificationDataset

ImageClassificationDirectoryTree

The fiftyone.types.ImageClassificationDirectoryTree type represents a directory tree whose subfolders define an image classification dataset.

Datasets of this type are exported in the following format:

<dataset_dir>/
    <classA>/
        <image1>.<ext>
        <image2>.<ext>
        ...
    <classB>/
        <image1>.<ext>
        <image2>.<ext>
        ...
    ...

Unlabeled images are stored in a subdirectory named _unlabeled.

You can export a FiftyOne dataset as an image classification directory tree stored on disk in the above format as follows:

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import fiftyone as fo

export_dir = "/path/for/image-classification-dir-tree"
label_field = "ground_truth"  # for example

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Export the dataset
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir,
    dataset_type=fo.types.ImageClassificationDirectoryTree,
    label_field=label_field,
)

NAME=my-dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/for/image-classification-dir-tree
LABEL_FIELD=ground_truth  # for example

# Export the dataset
fiftyone datasets export $NAME \
    --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR \
    --label-field $LABEL_FIELD \
    --type fiftyone.types.ImageClassificationDirectoryTree

VideoClassificationDirectoryTree

The fiftyone.types.VideoClassificationDirectoryTree type represents a directory tree whose subfolders define a video classification dataset.

Datasets of this type are exported in the following format:

<dataset_dir>/
    <classA>/
        <video1>.<ext>
        <video2>.<ext>
        ...
    <classB>/
        <video1>.<ext>
        <video2>.<ext>
        ...
    ...

Unlabeled videos are stored in a subdirectory named _unlabeled.

You can export a FiftyOne dataset as a video classification directory tree stored on disk in the above format as follows:

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import fiftyone as fo

export_dir = "/path/for/video-classification-dir-tree"
label_field = "ground_truth"  # for example

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Export the dataset
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir,
    dataset_type=fo.types.VideoClassificationDirectoryTree,
    label_field=label_field,
)

NAME=my-dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/for/video-classification-dir-tree
LABEL_FIELD=ground_truth  # for example

# Export the dataset
fiftyone datasets export $NAME \
    --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR \
    --label-field $LABEL_FIELD \
    --type fiftyone.types.VideoClassificationDirectoryTree

TFImageClassificationDataset

The fiftyone.types.TFImageClassificationDataset type represents a labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated classification labels stored as TFRecords.

Datasets of this type are exported in the following format:

<dataset_dir>/
    tf.records-?????-of-?????

where the features of the (possibly sharded) TFRecords are stored in the following format:

{
    # Image dimensions
    "height": tf.io.FixedLenFeature([], tf.int64),
    "width": tf.io.FixedLenFeature([], tf.int64),
    "depth": tf.io.FixedLenFeature([], tf.int64),
    # Image filename
    "filename": tf.io.FixedLenFeature([], tf.int64),
    # The image extension
    "format": tf.io.FixedLenFeature([], tf.string),
    # Encoded image bytes
    "image_bytes": tf.io.FixedLenFeature([], tf.string),
    # Class label string
    "label": tf.io.FixedLenFeature([], tf.string, default_value=""),
}

For unlabeled samples, the TFRecords do not contain label features.

You can export a FiftyOne dataset as a directory of TFRecords in the above format as follows:

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import fiftyone as fo

export_dir = "/path/for/tf-image-classification-dataset"
label_field = "ground_truth"  # for example

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Export the dataset
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir,
    dataset_type=fo.types.TFImageClassificationDataset,
    label_field=label_field,
)

NAME=my-dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/for/tf-image-classification-dataset
LABEL_FIELD=ground_truth  # for example

# Export the dataset
fiftyone datasets export $NAME \
    --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR \
    --label-field $LABEL_FIELD \
    --type fiftyone.types.TFImageClassificationDataset

FiftyOneImageDetectionDataset

The fiftyone.types.FiftyOneImageDetectionDataset type represents a labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated object detections stored in a simple JSON format.

Datasets of this type are exported in the following format:

<dataset_dir>/
    data/
        <uuid1>.<ext>
        <uuid2>.<ext>
        ...
    labels.json

where labels.json is a JSON file in the following format:

{
    "classes": [
        <labelA>,
        <labelB>,
        ...
    ],
    "labels": {
        <uuid1>: [
            {
                "label": <target>,
                "bounding_box": [
                    <top-left-x>, <top-left-y>, <width>, <height>
                ],
                "confidence": <optional-confidence>,
                "attributes": {
                    <optional-name>: <optional-value>,
                    ...
                }
            },
            ...
        ],
        <uuid2>: [
            ...
        ],
        ...
    }
}

and where the bounding box coordinates are expressed as relative values in [0, 1] x [0, 1].

If the classes field is provided, the target values are class IDs that are mapped to class label strings via classes[target]. If no classes field is provided, then the target values directly store the label strings.

The target value in labels for unlabeled images is None.

You can export a FiftyOne dataset as an image detection dataset in the above format as follows:

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import fiftyone as fo

export_dir = "/path/for/image-detection-dataset"
label_field = "ground_truth"  # for example

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Export the dataset
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir,
    dataset_type=fo.types.FiftyOneImageDetectionDataset,
    label_field=label_field,
)

NAME=my-dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/for/image-detection-dataset
LABEL_FIELD=ground_truth  # for example

# Export the dataset
fiftyone datasets export $NAME \
    --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR \
    --label-field $LABEL_FIELD \
    --type fiftyone.types.FiftyOneImageDetectionDataset

COCODetectionDataset

The fiftyone.types.COCODetectionDataset type represents a labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated object detections saved in COCO Object Detection Format.

Datasets of this type are exported in the following format:

<dataset_dir>/
    data/
        <filename0>.<ext>
        <filename1>.<ext>
        ...
    labels.json

where labels.json is a JSON file in the following format:

{
    "info": {
        "year": "",
        "version": "",
        "description": "Exported from FiftyOne",
        "contributor": "",
        "url": "https://voxel51.com/fiftyone",
        "date_created": "2020-06-19T09:48:27"
    },
    "licenses": [],
    "categories": [
        ...
        {
            "id": 2,
            "name": "cat",
            "supercategory": "animal"
        },
        ...
    ],
    "images": [
        {
            "id": 0,
            "license": null,
            "file_name": "<filename0>.<ext>",
            "height": 480,
            "width": 640,
            "date_captured": null
        },
        ...
    ],
    "annotations": [
        {
            "id": 0,
            "image_id": 0,
            "category_id": 2,
            "bbox": [260, 177, 231, 199],
            "segmentation": [...],
            "area": 45969,
            "iscrowd": 0
        },
        ...
    ]
}

See this page for a full specification of the segmentation field.

For unlabeled datasets, labels.json does not contain an annotations field.

You can export a FiftyOne dataset as a COCO detection dataset in the above format as follows:

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import fiftyone as fo

export_dir = "/path/for/image-detection-dataset"
label_field = "ground_truth"  # for example

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Export the dataset
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir,
    dataset_type=fo.types.COCODetectionDataset,
    label_field=label_field,
)

NAME=my-dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/for/coco-detection-dataset
LABEL_FIELD=ground_truth  # for example

# Export the dataset
fiftyone datasets export $NAME \
    --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR \
    --label-field $LABEL_FIELD \
    --type fiftyone.types.COCODetectionDataset

VOCDetectionDataset

The fiftyone.types.VOCDetectionDataset type represents a labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated object detections saved in VOC format.

Datasets of this type are exported in the following format:

<dataset_dir>/
    data/
        <uuid1>.<ext>
        <uuid2>.<ext>
        ...
    labels/
        <uuid1>.xml
        <uuid2>.xml
        ...

where the labels XML files are in the following format:

<annotation>
    <folder>data</folder>
    <filename>image.ext</filename>
    <path>/path/to/dataset-dir/data/image.ext</path>
    <source>
        <database></database>
    </source>
    <size>
        <width>640</width>
        <height>480</height>
        <depth>3</depth>
    </size>
    <segmented></segmented>
    <object>
        <name>cat</name>
        <pose></pose>
        <truncated>0</truncated>
        <difficult>0</difficult>
        <occluded>0</occluded>
        <bndbox>
            <xmin>256</xmin>
            <ymin>200</ymin>
            <xmax>450</xmax>
            <ymax>400</ymax>
        </bndbox>
    </object>
    <object>
        <name>dog</name>
        <pose></pose>
        <truncated>1</truncated>
        <difficult>1</difficult>
        <occluded>1</occluded>
        <bndbox>
            <xmin>128</xmin>
            <ymin>100</ymin>
            <xmax>350</xmax>
            <ymax>300</ymax>
        </bndbox>
    </object>
    ...
</annotation>

Samples with no values for certain attributes (like pose in the above example) are left empty.

Unlabeled images have no corresponding file in labels/.

You can export a FiftyOne dataset as a VOC detection dataset in the above format as follows:

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import fiftyone as fo

export_dir = "/path/for/voc-detection-dataset"
label_field = "ground_truth"  # for example

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Export the dataset
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir,
    dataset_type=fo.types.VOCDetectionDataset,
    label_field=label_field,
)

NAME=my-dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/for/voc-detection-dataset
LABEL_FIELD=ground_truth  # for example

# Export the dataset
fiftyone datasets export $NAME \
    --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR \
    --label-field $LABEL_FIELD \
    --type fiftyone.types.VOCDetectionDataset

KITTIDetectionDataset

The fiftyone.types.KITTIDetectionDataset type represents a labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated object detections saved in KITTI format.

Datasets of this type are exported in the following format:

<dataset_dir>/
    data/
        <uuid1>.<ext>
        <uuid2>.<ext>
        ...
    labels/
        <uuid1>.txt
        <uuid2>.txt
        ...

where the labels TXT files are space-delimited files where each row corresponds to an object and the 15 (and optional 16th score) columns have the following meanings:

# of columns

Name

Description

Default

1

type

The object label

1

truncated

A float in [0, 1], where 0 is non-truncated and 1 is fully truncated. Here, truncation refers to the object leaving image boundaries

0

1

occluded

An int in (0, 1, 2, 3) indicating occlusion state, where:- 0 = fully visible- 1 = partly occluded- 2 = largely occluded- 3 = unknown

0

1

alpha

Observation angle of the object, in [-pi, pi]

0

4

bbox

2D bounding box of object in the image in pixels, in the format [xtl, ytl, xbr, ybr]

1

dimensions

3D object dimensions, in meters, in the format [height, width, length]

0

1

location

3D object location (x, y, z) in camera coordinates (in meters)

0

1

rotation_y

Rotation around the y-axis in camera coordinates, in [-pi, pi]

0

1

score

(optional) A float confidence for the detection

The default column above indicates the default value that will be used when writing datasets in this type whose samples do not contain the necessary field(s).

Unlabeled images have no corresponding file in labels/.

You can export a FiftyOne dataset as a KITTI detection dataset in the above format as follows:

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export_dir = "/path/for/kitti-detection-dataset"
label_field = "ground_truth"  # for example

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Export the dataset
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir,
    dataset_type=fo.types.KITTIDetectionDataset,
    label_field=label_field,
)

NAME=my-dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/for/kitti-detection-dataset
LABEL_FIELD=ground_truth  # for example

# Export the dataset
fiftyone datasets export $NAME \
    --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR \
    --label-field $LABEL_FIELD \
    --type fiftyone.types.KITTIDetectionDataset

YOLODataset

The fiftyone.types.YOLODataset type represents a labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated object detections saved in YOLO format.

Datasets of this type are exported in the following format:

<dataset_dir>/
    obj.names
    images.txt
    data/
        <uuid1>.<ext>
        <uuid1>.txt
        <uuid2>.<ext>
        <uuid2>.txt
        ...

where obj.names contains the object class labels:

<label-0>
<label-1>
...

and images.txt contains the list of images in data/:

data/<uuid1>.<ext>
data/<uuid2>.<ext>
...

and the TXT files in data/ are space-delimited files where each row corresponds to an object in the image of the same name, in the following format:

<target> <x-center> <y-center> <width> <height>

where <target> is the zero-based integer index of the object class label from obj.names and the bounding box coordinates are expressed as relative coordinates in [0, 1] x [0, 1].

Unlabeled images have no corresponding TXT file in data/.

You can export a FiftyOne dataset as a YOLO dataset in the above format as follows:

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export_dir = "/path/for/yolo-dataset"
label_field = "ground_truth"  # for example

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Export the dataset
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir,
    dataset_type=fo.types.YOLODataset,
    label_field=label_field,
)

NAME=my-dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/for/yolo-dataset
LABEL_FIELD=ground_truth  # for example

# Export the dataset
fiftyone datasets export $NAME \
    --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR \
    --label-field $LABEL_FIELD \
    --type fiftyone.types.YOLODataset

TFObjectDetectionDataset

The fiftyone.types.TFObjectDetectionDataset type represents a labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated object detections stored as TFRecords in TF Object Detection API format.

Datasets of this type are exported in the following format:

<dataset_dir>/
    tf.records-?????-of-?????

where the features of the (possibly sharded) TFRecords are stored in the following format:

{
    # Image dimensions
    "image/height": tf.io.FixedLenFeature([], tf.int64),
    "image/width": tf.io.FixedLenFeature([], tf.int64),
    # Image filename is used for both of these when writing
    "image/filename": tf.io.FixedLenFeature([], tf.string),
    "image/source_id": tf.io.FixedLenFeature([], tf.string),
    # Encoded image bytes
    "image/encoded": tf.io.FixedLenFeature([], tf.string),
    # Image format, either `jpeg` or `png`
    "image/format": tf.io.FixedLenFeature([], tf.string),
    # Normalized bounding box coordinates in `[0, 1]`
    "image/object/bbox/xmin": tf.io.FixedLenSequenceFeature(
        [], tf.float32, allow_missing=True
    ),
    "image/object/bbox/xmax": tf.io.FixedLenSequenceFeature(
        [], tf.float32, allow_missing=True
    ),
    "image/object/bbox/ymin": tf.io.FixedLenSequenceFeature(
        [], tf.float32, allow_missing=True
    ),
    "image/object/bbox/ymax": tf.io.FixedLenSequenceFeature(
        [], tf.float32, allow_missing=True
    ),
    # Class label string
    "image/object/class/text": tf.io.FixedLenSequenceFeature(
        [], tf.string, allow_missing=True
    ),
    # Integer class ID
    "image/object/class/label": tf.io.FixedLenSequenceFeature(
        [], tf.int64, allow_missing=True
    ),
}

The TFRecords for unlabeled samples do not contain image/object/* features.

You can export a FiftyOne dataset as a directory of TFRecords in the above format as follows:

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export_dir = "/path/for/tf-object-detection-dataset"
label_field = "ground_truth"  # for example

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Export the dataset
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir,
    dataset_type=fo.types.TFObjectDetectionDataset,
    label_field=label_field,
)

NAME=my-dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/for/tf-object-detection-dataset
LABEL_FIELD=ground_truth  # for example

# Export the dataset
fiftyone datasets export $NAME \
    --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR \
    --label-field $LABEL_FIELD \
    --type fiftyone.types.TFObjectDetectionDataset

CVATImageDataset

The fiftyone.types.CVATImageDataset type represents a labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated object detections stored in CVAT image format.

Datasets of this type are exported in the following format:

<dataset_dir>/
    data/
        <uuid1>.<ext>
        <uuid2>.<ext>
        ...
    labels.xml

where labels.xml is an XML file in the following format:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<annotations>
    <version>1.1</version>
    <meta>
        <task>
            <size>51</size>
            <mode>annotation</mode>
            <labels>
                <label>
                    <name>car</name>
                    <attributes>
                        <attribute>
                            <name>type</name>
                            <values>coupe\nsedan\ntruck</values>
                        </attribute>
                        ...
                    </attributes>
                </label>
                <label>
                    <name>person</name>
                    <attributes>
                        <attribute>
                            <name>gender</name>
                            <values>male\nfemale</values>
                        </attribute>
                        ...
                    </attributes>
                </label>
                ...
            </labels>
        </task>
        <dumped>2017-11-20 11:51:51.000000+00:00</dumped>
    </meta>
    <image id="1" name="<uuid1>.<ext>" width="640" height="480">
        <box label="car" xtl="100" ytl="50" xbr="325" ybr="190" type="sedan"></box>
        ...
    </image>
    ...
    <image id="51" name="<uuid51>.<ext>" width="640" height="480">
        <box label="person" xtl="300" ytl="25" xbr="375" ybr="400" gender="female"></box>
        ...
    </image>
</annotations>

Unlabeled images have no corresponding image tag in labels.xml.

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export_dir = "/path/for/cvat-image-dataset"
label_field = "ground_truth"  # for example

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Export the dataset
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir,
    dataset_type=fo.types.CVATImageDataset,
    label_field=label_field,
)

NAME=my-dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/for/cvat-image-dataset
LABEL_FIELD=ground_truth  # for example

# Export the dataset
fiftyone datasets export $NAME \
    --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR \
    --label-field $LABEL_FIELD \
    --type fiftyone.types.CVATImageDataset

CVATVideoDataset

The fiftyone.types.CVATVideoDataset type represents a labeled dataset consisting of videos and their associated object detections stored in CVAT video format.

Datasets of this type are exported in the following format:

<dataset_dir>/
    data/
        <uuid1>.<ext>
        <uuid2>.<ext>
        ...
    labels/
        <uuid1>.xml
        <uuid2>.xml
        ...

where the labels XML files are stored in the following format:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <annotations>
        <version>1.1</version>
        <meta>
            <task>
                <id>task-id</id>
                <name>task-name</name>
                <size>51</size>
                <mode>interpolation</mode>
                <overlap></overlap>
                <bugtracker></bugtracker>
                <flipped>False</flipped>
                <created>2017-11-20 11:51:51.000000+00:00</created>
                <updated>2017-11-20 11:51:51.000000+00:00</updated>
                <labels>
                    <label>
                        <name>car</name>
                        <attributes>
                            <attribute>
                                <name>type</name>
                                <values>coupe\\nsedan\\ntruck</values>
                            </attribute>
                            ...
                        </attributes>
                    </label>
                    <label>
                        <name>person</name>
                        <attributes>
                            <attribute>
                                <name>gender</name>
                                <values>male\\nfemale</values>
                            </attribute>
                            ...
                        </attributes>
                    </label>
                    ...
                </labels>
            </task>
            <segments>
                <segment>
                    <id>0</id>
                    <start>0</start>
                    <stop>50</stop>
                    <url></url>
                </segment>
            </segments>
            <owner>
                <username></username>
                <email></email>
            </owner>
            <original_size>
                <width>640</width>
                <height>480</height>
            </original_size>
            <dumped>2017-11-20 11:51:51.000000+00:00</dumped>
        </meta>
        <track id="0" label="car">
            <box frame="0" xtl="100" ytl="50" xbr="325" ybr="190" outside="0" occluded="0" keyframe="1">
                <attribute name="type">sedan</attribute>
                ...
            </box>
            ...
        </track>
        ...
        <track id="10" label="person">
            <box frame="45" xtl="300" ytl="25" xbr="375" ybr="400" outside="0" occluded="0" keyframe="1">
                <attribute name="gender">female</attribute>
                ...
            </box>
            ...
        </track>
    </annotations>

Unlabeled videos have no corresponding file in labels/.

You can export a FiftyOne dataset as a CVAT video dataset in the above format as follows:

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export_dir = "/path/for/cvat-video-dataset"
label_field = "ground_truth"  # for example

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Export the dataset
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir,
    dataset_type=fo.types.CVATVideoDataset,
    label_field=label_field,
)

NAME=my-dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/for/cvat-video-dataset
LABEL_FIELD=ground_truth  # for example

# Export the dataset
fiftyone datasets export $NAME \
    --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR \
    --label-field $LABEL_FIELD \
    --type fiftyone.types.CVATVideoDataset

FiftyOneImageLabelsDataset

The fiftyone.types.FiftyOneImageLabelsDataset type represents a labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated multitask predictions stored in ETA ImageLabels format.

Datasets of this type are exported in the following format:

<dataset_dir>/
    data/
        <uuid1>.<ext>
        <uuid2>.<ext>
        ...
    labels/
        <uuid1>.json
        <uuid2>.json
        ...
    manifest.json

where manifest.json is a JSON file in the following format:

{
    "type": "eta.core.datasets.LabeledImageDataset",
    "description": "",
    "index": [
        {
            "data": "data/<uuid1>.<ext>",
            "labels": "labels/<uuid1>.json"
        },
        {
            "data": "data/<uuid2>.<ext>",
            "labels": "labels/<uuid2>.json"
        },
        ...
    ]
}

and where each labels JSON file is stored in ETA ImageLabels format.

For unlabeled images, an empty eta.core.image.ImageLabels file is stored.

You can export a FiftyOne dataset as an image labels dataset in the above format as follows:

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export_dir = "/path/for/image-labels-dataset"
label_field = "ground_truth"  # for example

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Export the dataset
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir,
    dataset_type=fo.types.FiftyOneImageLabelsDataset,
    label_field=label_field,
)

NAME=my-dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/for/image-labels-dataset
LABEL_FIELD=ground_truth  # for example

# Export the dataset
fiftyone datasets export $NAME \
    --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR \
    --label-field $LABEL_FIELD \
    --type fiftyone.types.FiftyOneImageLabelsDataset

FiftyOneVideoLabelsDataset

The fiftyone.types.FiftyOneVideoLabelsDataset type represents a labeled dataset consisting of videos and their associated labels stored in ETA VideoLabels format.

Datasets of this type are exported in the following format:

<dataset_dir>/
    data/
        <uuid1>.<ext>
        <uuid2>.<ext>
        ...
    labels/
        <uuid1>.json
        <uuid2>.json
        ...
    manifest.json

where manifest.json is a JSON file in the following format:

{
    "type": "eta.core.datasets.LabeledVideoDataset",
    "description": "",
    "index": [
        {
            "data": "data/<uuid1>.<ext>",
            "labels": "labels/<uuid1>.json"
        },
        {
            "data": "data/<uuid2>.<ext>",
            "labels": "labels/<uuid2>.json"
        },
        ...
    ]
}

and where each labels JSON file is stored in ETA VideoLabels format.

For unlabeled videos, an empty eta.core.video.VideoLabels file is stored.

You can export a FiftyOne dataset as a video labels dataset in the above format as follows:

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export_dir = "/path/for/video-labels-dataset"
label_field = "ground_truth"  # for example

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Export the dataset
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir,
    dataset_type=fo.types.FiftyOneVideoLabelsDataset,
    label_field=label_field,
)

NAME=my-dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/for/video-labels-dataset
LABEL_FIELD=ground_truth  # for example

# Export the dataset
fiftyone datasets export $NAME \
    --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR \
    --label-field $LABEL_FIELD \
    --type fiftyone.types.FiftyOneVideoLabelsDataset

BDDDataset

The fiftyone.types.BDDDataset type represents a labeled dataset consisting of images and their associated multitask predictions saved in Berkeley DeepDrive (BDD) format.

Datasets of this type are exported in the following format:

<dataset_dir>/
    data/
        <filename0>.<ext>
        <filename1>.<ext>
        ...
    labels.json

where labels.json is a JSON file in the following format:

[
    {
        "name": "<filename0>.<ext>",
        "attributes": {
            "scene": "city street",
            "timeofday": "daytime",
            "weather": "overcast"
        },
        "labels": [
            {
                "id": 0,
                "category": "traffic sign",
                "manualAttributes": true,
                "manualShape": true,
                "attributes": {
                    "occluded": false,
                    "trafficLightColor": "none",
                    "truncated": false
                },
                "box2d": {
                    "x1": 1000.698742,
                    "x2": 1040.626872,
                    "y1": 281.992415,
                    "y2": 326.91156
                }
            },
            ...
            {
                "id": 34,
                "category": "drivable area",
                "manualAttributes": true,
                "manualShape": true,
                "attributes": {
                    "areaType": "direct"
                },
                "poly2d": [
                    {
                        "types": "LLLLCCC",
                        "closed": true,
                        "vertices": [
                            [241.143645, 697.923453],
                            [541.525255, 380.564983],
                            ...
                        ]
                    }
                ]
            },
            ...
            {
                "id": 109356,
                "category": "lane",
                "attributes": {
                    "laneDirection": "parallel",
                    "laneStyle": "dashed",
                    "laneType": "single white"
                },
                "manualShape": true,
                "manualAttributes": true,
                "poly2d": [
                    {
                        "types": "LL",
                        "closed": false,
                        "vertices": [
                            [492.879546, 331.939543],
                            [0, 471.076658],
                            ...
                        ]
                    }
                ],
            },
            ...
        }
    }
    ...
]

Unlabeled images have no corresponding entry in labels.json.

You can export a FiftyOne dataset as a BDD dataset in the above format as follows:

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export_dir = "/path/for/bdd-dataset"
label_field = "ground_truth"  # for example

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Export the dataset
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir,
    dataset_type=fo.types.BDDDataset,
    label_field=label_field,
)

NAME=my-dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/for/bdd-dataset
LABEL_FIELD=ground_truth  # for example

# Export the dataset
fiftyone datasets export $NAME \
    --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR \
    --label-field $LABEL_FIELD \
    --type fiftyone.types.BDDDataset

GeoJSONImageDataset

The fiftyone.types.GeoJSONImageDataset type represents a dataset consisting of images and their associated geolocation data and optional properties stored in GeoJSON format.

Datasets of this type are exported in the following format:

<dataset_dir>/
    data/
        <filename1>.<ext>
        <filename2>.<ext>
        ...
    labels.json

where labels.json is a GeoJSON file containing a FeatureCollection in the following format:

{
    "type": "FeatureCollection",
    "features": [
        {
            "type": "Feature",
            "geometry": {
                "type": "Point",
                "coordinates": [
                    -73.99496451958454,
                    40.66338032487842
                ]
            },
            "properties": {
                "filename": <filename1>.<ext>,
                ...
            }
        },
        {
            "type": "Feature",
            "geometry": {
                "type": "Point",
                "coordinates": [
                    -73.80992143421788,
                    40.65611832778962
                ]
            },
            "properties": {
                "filename": <filename2>.<ext>,
                ...
            }
        },
        ...
    ]
}

where the geometry field may contain any valid GeoJSON geometry object, and the filename property encodes the name of the corresponding image in the data/ folder.

Alternatively, the filepath property may be specified rather than filename, in which case the path is interpreted as an absolute path to the corresponding image.

Images with no location data will have a null geometry field.

The properties field of each feature can contain additional labels for each sample.

You can export a FiftyOne dataset as a GeoJSON image dataset in the above format as follows:

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export_dir = "/path/for/geojson-image-dataset"

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Export the dataset
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir,
    dataset_type=fo.types.GeoJSONImageDataset,
)

NAME=my-dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/for/geojson-image-dataset

# Export the dataset
fiftyone datasets export $NAME \
    --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR \
    --type fiftyone.types.GeoJSONImageDataset

FiftyOneDataset

The fiftyone.types.FiftyOneDataset provides a disk representation of an entire Dataset in a serialized JSON format along with its source media.

Datasets of this type are exported in the following format:

<dataset_dir>/
    metadata.json
    samples.json
    data/
        <filename1>.<ext>
        <filename2>.<ext>
        ...
    evaluations/
        <eval_key1>.json
        <eval_key2>.json
        ...
    brain/
        <brain_key1>.json
        <brain_key2>.json
        ...

where metadata.json is a JSON file containing metadata associated with the dataset, samples.json is a JSON file containing a serialized representation of the samples in the dataset, evaluations/ contains any serialized EvaluationResults for the dataset, and brain/ contains any serialized BrainResults for the dataset.

Video datasets have an additional frames.json file that contains a serialized representation of the frame labels for each video in the dataset.

You can export a FiftyOne dataset to disk in the above format as follows:

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export_dir = "/path/for/fiftyone-dataset"

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Export the dataset
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir,
    dataset_type=fo.types.FiftyOneDataset,
)

NAME=my-dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/for/fiftyone-dataset

# Export the dataset
fiftyone datasets export $NAME \
    --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR \
    --type fiftyone.types.FiftyOneDataset

Custom formats

The export() method provides an optional dataset_exporter keyword argument that can be used to export a dataset using any DatasetExporter instance.

This means that you can define your own DatasetExporter class and then export a Dataset or DatasetView in your custom format using the following recipe:

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export_dir = "/path/for/custom-dataset"
label_field = "ground_truth"  # for example

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Create an instance of your custom dataset exporter
exporter = CustomDatasetExporter(export_dir, ...)

# Export the dataset
dataset_or_view.export(
    dataset_exporter=exporter, label_field=label_field,
)

You can also define a custom Dataset type, which enables you to export datasets in your custom format using the following recipe:

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export_dir = "/path/for/custom-dataset"
label_field = "ground_truth"  # for example

# The `fiftyone.types.Dataset` subclass for your custom dataset
dataset_type = CustomDataset

# The Dataset or DatasetView to export
dataset_or_view = fo.Dataset(...)

# Export the dataset!
dataset_or_view.export(
    export_dir=export_dir, dataset_type=dataset_type, label_field=label_field,
)

Export your Dataset in your custom format by passing your Dataset in the --type flag of the fiftyone datasets export method of the CLI:

NAME=custom-dataset
EXPORT_DIR=/path/for/custom-dataset
LABEL_FIELD=ground_truth  # for example

# The `fiftyone.types.Dataset` subclass for your custom dataset
DATASET_TYPE = CustomDataset

# Export the dataset!
fiftyone datasets export $NAME \
    --export-dir $EXPORT_DIR \
    --label-field $LABEL_FIELD \
    --type $DATASET_TYPE

Writing a custom DatasetExporter

DatasetExporter is an abstract interface; the concrete interface that you should implement is determined by the type of dataset that you are exporting.

Unlabeled image datasets

Labeled image datasets

Unlabeled video datasets

Labeled video datasets

To define a custom exporter for unlabeled image datasets, implement the UnlabeledImageDatasetExporter interface.

The pseudocode below provides a template for a custom UnlabeledImageDatasetExporter:

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import fiftyone.utils.data as foud

class CustomUnlabeledImageDatasetExporter(foud.UnlabeledImageDatasetExporter):
    """Custom exporter for unlabeled image datasets.

    Args:
        export_dir: the directory to write the export
        *args: additional positional arguments for your exporter
        **kwargs: additional keyword arguments for your exporter
    """

    def __init__(self, export_dir, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(export_dir)
        # Your initialization here

    @property
    def requires_image_metadata(self):
        """Whether this exporter requires
        :class:`fiftyone.core.metadata.ImageMetadata` instances for each sample
        being exported.
        """
        # Return True or False here
        pass

    def setup(self):
        """Performs any necessary setup before exporting the first sample in
        the dataset.

        This method is called when the exporter's context manager interface is
        entered, :func:`DatasetExporter.__enter__`.
        """
        # Your custom setup here
        pass

    def log_collection(self, sample_collection):
        """Logs any relevant information about the
        :class:`fiftyone.core.collections.SampleCollection` whose samples will
        be exported.

        Subclasses can optionally implement this method if their export format
        can record information such as the
        :meth:`fiftyone.core.collections.SampleCollection.info` or
        :meth:`fiftyone.core.collections.SampleCollection.classes` of the
        collection being exported.

        By convention, this method must be optional; i.e., if it is not called
        before the first call to :meth:`export_sample`, then the exporter must
        make do without any information about the
        :class:`fiftyone.core.collections.SampleCollection` (which may not be
        available, for example, if the samples being exported are not stored in
        a collection).

        Args:
            sample_collection: the
                :class:`fiftyone.core.collections.SampleCollection` whose
                samples will be exported
        """
        # Log any information from the sample collection here
        pass

    def export_sample(self, image_or_path, metadata=None):
        """Exports the given sample to the dataset.

        Args:
            image_or_path: an image or the path to the image on disk
            metadata (None): a :class:`fiftyone.core.metadata.ImageMetadata`
                isinstance for the sample. Only required when
                :meth:`requires_image_metadata` is ``True``
        """
        # Export the provided sample
        pass

    def close(self, *args):
        """Performs any necessary actions after the last sample has been
        exported.

        This method is called when the importer's context manager interface is
        exited, :func:`DatasetExporter.__exit__`.

        Args:
            *args: the arguments to :func:`DatasetExporter.__exit__`
        """
        # Your custom code here to complete the export
        pass

When export() is called with a custom UnlabeledImageDatasetExporter, the export is effectively performed via the pseudocode below:

import fiftyone as fo

samples = ...  # a SampleCollection (e.g., Dataset or DatasetView)

exporter = CustomUnlabeledImageDatasetExporter(dataset_dir, ...)
with exporter:
    exporter.log_collection(samples)

    for sample in samples:
        image_path = sample.filepath

        metadata = sample.metadata
        if exporter.requires_image_metadata and metadata is None:
            metadata = fo.ImageMetadata.build_for(image_path)

        exporter.export_sample(image_path, metadata=metadata)

Note that the exporter is invoked via its context manager interface, which automatically calls the setup() and close() methods of the exporter to handle setup/completion of the export.

The log_collection() method is called after the exporter’s context manager has been entered but before any samples have been exported. This method can optionally be implemented by exporters that store information such as the name or info from the collection being exported.

The image in each Sample is exported via the export_sample() method.

The requires_image_metadata property of the exporter allows it to declare whether it requires ImageMetadata instances for each image to be provided when export_sample() is called. This allows for cases where metadata about of the image (e.g., its filename, encoding, shape, etc) are required in order to export the sample.

To define a custom exporter for labeled image datasets, implement the LabeledImageDatasetExporter interface.

The pseudocode below provides a template for a custom LabeledImageDatasetExporter:

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import fiftyone.utils.data as foud

class CustomLabeledImageDatasetExporter(foud.LabeledImageDatasetExporter):
    """Custom exporter for labeled image datasets.

    Args:
        export_dir: the directory to write the export
        *args: additional positional arguments for your exporter
        **kwargs: additional keyword arguments for your exporter
    """

    def __init__(self, export_dir, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(export_dir)
        # Your initialization here

    @property
    def requires_image_metadata(self):
        """Whether this exporter requires
        :class:`fiftyone.core.metadata.ImageMetadata` instances for each sample
        being exported.
        """
        # Return True or False here
        pass

    @property
    def label_cls(self):
        """The :class:`fiftyone.core.labels.Label` class(es) exported by this
        exporter.

        This can be any of the following:

        -   a :class:`fiftyone.core.labels.Label` class. In this case, the
            exporter directly exports labels of this type
        -   a dict mapping keys to :class:`fiftyone.core.labels.Label` classes.
            In this case, the exporter can handle label dictionaries with
            value-types specified by this dictionary. Not all keys need be
            present in the exported label dicts
        -   ``None``. In this case, the exporter makes no guarantees about the
            labels that it can export
        """
        # Return the appropriate value here
        pass

    def setup(self):
        """Performs any necessary setup before exporting the first sample in
        the dataset.

        This method is called when the exporter's context manager interface is
        entered, :func:`DatasetExporter.__enter__`.
        """
        # Your custom setup here
        pass

    def log_collection(self, sample_collection):
        """Logs any relevant information about the
        :class:`fiftyone.core.collections.SampleCollection` whose samples will
        be exported.

        Subclasses can optionally implement this method if their export format
        can record information such as the
        :meth:`fiftyone.core.collections.SampleCollection.name` and
        :meth:`fiftyone.core.collections.SampleCollection.info` of the
        collection being exported.

        By convention, this method must be optional; i.e., if it is not called
        before the first call to :meth:`export_sample`, then the exporter must
        make do without any information about the
        :class:`fiftyone.core.collections.SampleCollection` (which may not be
        available, for example, if the samples being exported are not stored in
        a collection).

        Args:
            sample_collection: the
                :class:`fiftyone.core.collections.SampleCollection` whose
                samples will be exported
        """
        # Log any information from the sample collection here
        pass

    def export_sample(self, image_or_path, label, metadata=None):
        """Exports the given sample to the dataset.

        Args:
            image_or_path: an image or the path to the image on disk
            label: an instance of :meth:`label_cls`, or a dictionary mapping
                field names to :class:`fiftyone.core.labels.Label` instances,
                or ``None`` if the sample is unlabeled
            metadata (None): a :class:`fiftyone.core.metadata.ImageMetadata`
                instance for the sample. Only required when
                :meth:`requires_image_metadata` is ``True``
        """
        # Export the provided sample
        pass

    def close(self, *args):
        """Performs any necessary actions after the last sample has been
        exported.

        This method is called when the importer's context manager interface is
        exited, :func:`DatasetExporter.__exit__`.

        Args:
            *args: the arguments to :func:`DatasetExporter.__exit__`
        """
        # Your custom code here to complete the export
        pass

When export() is called with a custom LabeledImageDatasetExporter, the export is effectively performed via the pseudocode below:

import fiftyone as fo

samples = ...  # a SampleCollection (e.g., Dataset or DatasetView)
label_field = ...

exporter = CustomLabeledImageDatasetExporter(dataset_dir, ...)
with exporter:
    exporter.log_collection(samples)

    for sample in samples:
        image_path = sample.filepath

        metadata = sample.metadata
        if exporter.requires_image_metadata and metadata is None:
            metadata = fo.ImageMetadata.build_for(image_path)

        # Assumes single label field case
        label = sample[label_field]

        exporter.export_sample(image_path, label, metadata=metadata)

Note that the exporter is invoked via its context manager interface, which automatically calls the setup() and close() methods of the exporter to handle setup/completion of the export.

The log_collection() method is called after the exporter’s context manager has been entered but before any samples have been exported. This method can optionally be implemented by exporters that store information such as the name or info from the collection being exported.

The image and corresponding Label in each Sample is exported via the export_sample() method.

The label_cls property of the exporter declares the type of label(s) that the dataset format expects.

The requires_image_metadata property of the exporter allows it to declare whether it requires ImageMetadata instances for each image to be provided when export_sample() is called. This allows for cases where metadata about of the image (e.g., its filename, encoding, shape, etc) are required in order to export the sample.

To define a custom exporter for unlabeled video datasets, implement the UnlabeledVideoDatasetExporter interface.

The pseudocode below provides a template for a custom UnlabeledVideoDatasetExporter:

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class CustomUnlabeledVideoDatasetExporter(foud.UnlabeledVideoDatasetExporter):
    """Custom exporter for unlabeled video datasets.

    Args:
        export_dir: the directory to write the export
        *args: additional positional arguments for your exporter
        **kwargs: additional keyword arguments for your exporter
    """

    def __init__(self, export_dir, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(export_dir)
        # Your initialization here

    @property
    def requires_video_metadata(self):
        """Whether this exporter requires
        :class:`fiftyone.core.metadata.VideoMetadata` instances for each sample
        being exported.
        """
        # Return True or False here
        pass

    def setup(self):
        """Performs any necessary setup before exporting the first sample in
        the dataset.

        This method is called when the exporter's context manager interface is
        entered, :func:`DatasetExporter.__enter__`.
        """
        # Your custom setup here
        pass

    def log_collection(self, sample_collection):
        """Logs any relevant information about the
        :class:`fiftyone.core.collections.SampleCollection` whose samples will
        be exported.

        Subclasses can optionally implement this method if their export format
        can record information such as the
        :meth:`fiftyone.core.collections.SampleCollection.name` and
        :meth:`fiftyone.core.collections.SampleCollection.info` of the
        collection being exported.

        By convention, this method must be optional; i.e., if it is not called
        before the first call to :meth:`export_sample`, then the exporter must
        make do without any information about the
        :class:`fiftyone.core.collections.SampleCollection` (which may not be
        available, for example, if the samples being exported are not stored in
        a collection).

        Args:
            sample_collection: the
                :class:`fiftyone.core.collections.SampleCollection` whose
                samples will be exported
        """
        # Log any information from the sample collection here
        pass

    def export_sample(self, video_path, metadata=None):
        """Exports the given sample to the dataset.

        Args:
            video_path: the path to a video on disk
            metadata (None): a :class:`fiftyone.core.metadata.VideoMetadata`
                isinstance for the sample. Only required when
                :meth:`requires_video_metadata` is ``True``
        """
        # Export the provided sample
        pass

    def close(self, *args):
        """Performs any necessary actions after the last sample has been
        exported.

        This method is called when the importer's context manager interface is
        exited, :func:`DatasetExporter.__exit__`.

        Args:
            *args: the arguments to :func:`DatasetExporter.__exit__`
        """
        # Your custom code here to complete the export
        pass

When export() is called with a custom UnlabeledVideoDatasetExporter, the export is effectively performed via the pseudocode below:

import fiftyone as fo

samples = ...  # a SampleCollection (e.g., Dataset or DatasetView)

exporter = CustomUnlabeledVideoDatasetExporter(dataset_dir, ...)
with exporter:
    exporter.log_collection(samples)

    for sample in samples:
        video_path = sample.filepath

        metadata = sample.metadata
        if exporter.requires_video_metadata and metadata is None:
            metadata = fo.VideoMetadata.build_for(video_path)

        exporter.export_sample(video_path, metadata=metadata)

Note that the exporter is invoked via its context manager interface, which automatically calls the setup() and close() methods of the exporter to handle setup/completion of the export.

The log_collection() method is called after the exporter’s context manager has been entered but before any samples have been exported. This method can optionally be implemented by exporters that store information such as the name or info from the collection being exported.

The video in each Sample is exported via the export_sample() method.

The requires_video_metadata property of the exporter allows it to declare whether it requires VideoMetadata instances for each video to be provided when export_sample() is called. This allows for cases where metadata about the video (e.g., its filename, encoding, shape, etc) are required in order to export the sample.

To define a custom exporter for labeled video datasets, implement the LabeledVideoDatasetExporter interface.

The pseudocode below provides a template for a custom LabeledVideoDatasetExporter:

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class CustomLabeledVideoDatasetExporter(foud.LabeledVideoDatasetExporter):
    """Custom exporter for labeled video datasets.

    Args:
        export_dir: the directory to write the export
        *args: additional positional arguments for your exporter
        **kwargs: additional keyword arguments for your exporter
    """

    def __init__(self, export_dir, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(export_dir)
        # Your initialization here

    @property
    def requires_video_metadata(self):
        """Whether this exporter requires
        :class:`fiftyone.core.metadata.VideoMetadata` instances for each sample
        being exported.
        """
        # Return True or False here
        pass

    @property
    def label_cls(self):
        """The :class:`fiftyone.core.labels.Label` class(es) that can be
        exported at the sample-level.

        This can be any of the following:

        -   a :class:`fiftyone.core.labels.Label` class. In this case, the
            exporter directly exports sample-level labels of this type
        -   a dict mapping keys to :class:`fiftyone.core.labels.Label` classes.
            In this case, the exporter can export multiple label fields with
            value-types specified by this dictionary. Not all keys need be
            present in the exported sample-level labels
        -   ``None``. In this case, the exporter makes no guarantees about the
            sample-level labels that it can export
        """
        # Return the appropriate value here
        pass

    @property
    def frame_labels_cls(self):
        """The :class:`fiftyone.core.labels.Label` class(es) that can be
        exported by this exporter at the frame-level.

        This can be any of the following:

        -   a :class:`fiftyone.core.labels.Label` class. In this case, the
            exporter directly exports frame labels of this type
        -   a dict mapping keys to :class:`fiftyone.core.labels.Label` classes.
            In this case, the exporter can export multiple frame label fields
            with value-types specified by this dictionary. Not all keys need be
            present in the exported frame labels
        -   ``None``. In this case, the exporter makes no guarantees about the
            frame labels that it can export
        """
        # Return the appropriate value here
        pass

    def setup(self):
        """Performs any necessary setup before exporting the first sample in
        the dataset.

        This method is called when the exporter's context manager interface is
        entered, :func:`DatasetExporter.__enter__`.
        """
        # Your custom setup here
        pass

    def log_collection(self, sample_collection):
        """Logs any relevant information about the
        :class:`fiftyone.core.collections.SampleCollection` whose samples will
        be exported.

        Subclasses can optionally implement this method if their export format
        can record information such as the
        :meth:`fiftyone.core.collections.SampleCollection.name` and
        :meth:`fiftyone.core.collections.SampleCollection.info` of the
        collection being exported.

        By convention, this method must be optional; i.e., if it is not called
        before the first call to :meth:`export_sample`, then the exporter must
        make do without any information about the
        :class:`fiftyone.core.collections.SampleCollection` (which may not be
        available, for example, if the samples being exported are not stored in
        a collection).

        Args:
            sample_collection: the
                :class:`fiftyone.core.collections.SampleCollection` whose
                samples will be exported
        """
        # Log any information from the sample collection here
        pass

    def export_sample(self, video_path, label, frames, metadata=None):
        """Exports the given sample to the dataset.

        Args:
            video_path: the path to a video on disk
            label: an instance of :meth:`label_cls`, or a dictionary mapping
                field names to :class:`fiftyone.core.labels.Label` instances,
                or ``None`` if the sample has no sample-level labels
            frames: a dictionary mapping frame numbers to dictionaries that map
                field names to :class:`fiftyone.core.labels.Label` instances,
                or ``None`` if the sample has no frame-level labels
            metadata (None): a :class:`fiftyone.core.metadata.VideoMetadata`
                instance for the sample. Only required when
                :meth:`requires_video_metadata` is ``True``
        """
        # Export the provided sample
        pass

    def close(self, *args):
        """Performs any necessary actions after the last sample has been
        exported.

        This method is called when the importer's context manager interface is
        exited, :func:`DatasetExporter.__exit__`.

        Args:
            *args: the arguments to :func:`DatasetExporter.__exit__`
        """
        # Your custom code here to complete the export
        pass

When export() is called with a custom LabeledVideoDatasetExporter, the export is effectively performed via the pseudocode below:

import fiftyone as fo

samples = ...  # a SampleCollection (e.g., Dataset or DatasetView)

exporter = CustomLabeledVideoDatasetExporter(dataset_dir, ...)
with exporter:
    exporter.log_collection(samples)

    for sample in samples:
        video_path = sample.filepath

        metadata = sample.metadata
        if exporter.requires_video_metadata and metadata is None:
            metadata = fo.VideoMetadata.build_for(video_path)

        # Extract relevant sample-level labels to export
        label = ...

        # Extract relevant frame-level labels to export
        frames = ...

        exporter.export_sample(
            video_path, label, frames, metadata=metadata
        )

Note that the exporter is invoked via its context manager interface, which automatically calls the setup() and close() methods of the exporter to handle setup/completion of the export.

The log_collection() method is called after the exporter’s context manager has been entered but before any samples have been exported. This method can optionally be implemented by exporters that store information such as the name or info from the collection being exported.

The video and its corresponding sample and frame-level labels are exported via the export_sample() method.

The label_cls property of the exporter declares the type of sample-level label(s) that the dataset format expects (if any), and the frame_labels_cls property of the exporter declares the type of frame-level label(s) that the dataset format expects (if any),

The requires_video_metadata property of the exporter allows it to declare whether it requires VideoMetadata instances for each video to be provided when export_sample() is called. This allows for cases where metadata about the video (e.g., its filename, encoding, shape, etc) are required in order to export the sample.

Writing a custom Dataset type

FiftyOne provides the Dataset type system so that dataset formats can be conveniently referenced by their type when reading/writing datasets on disk.

The primary function of the Dataset subclasses is to define the DatasetImporter that should be used to read instances of the dataset from disk and the DatasetExporter that should be used to write instances of the dataset to disk.

See this page for more information about defining custom DatasetImporter classes.

Custom dataset types can be declared by implementing the Dataset subclass corresponding to the type of dataset that you are working with.

Unlabeled image datasets

Labeled image datasets

Unlabeled video datasets

Labeled video datasets

The pseudocode below provides a template for a custom UnlabeledImageDataset subclass:

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class CustomUnlabeledImageDataset(fot.UnlabeledImageDataset):
    """Custom unlabeled image dataset type."""

    def get_dataset_importer_cls(self):
        """Returns the
        :class:`fiftyone.utils.data.importers.UnlabeledImageDatasetImporter`
        class for importing datasets of this type from disk.

        Returns:
            a :class:`fiftyone.utils.data.importers.UnlabeledImageDatasetImporter`
            class
        """
        # Return your custom UnlabeledImageDatasetImporter class here
        pass

    def get_dataset_exporter_cls(self):
        """Returns the
        :class:`fiftyone.utils.data.exporters.UnlabeledImageDatasetExporter`
        class for exporting datasets of this type to disk.

        Returns:
            a :class:`fiftyone.utils.data.exporters.UnlabeledImageDatasetExporter`
            class
        """
        # Return your custom UnlabeledImageDatasetExporter class here
        pass

Note that, as this type represents an unlabeled image dataset, its importer must be a subclass of UnlabeledImageDatasetImporter, and its exporter must be a subclass of UnlabeledImageDatasetExporter.

The pseudocode below provides a template for a custom LabeledImageDataset subclass:

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class CustomLabeledImageDataset(fot.LabeledImageDataset):
    """Custom labeled image dataset type."""

    def get_dataset_importer_cls(self):
        """Returns the
        :class:`fiftyone.utils.data.importers.LabeledImageDatasetImporter`
        class for importing datasets of this type from disk.

        Returns:
            a :class:`fiftyone.utils.data.importers.LabeledImageDatasetImporter`
            class
        """
        # Return your custom LabeledImageDatasetImporter class here
        pass

    def get_dataset_exporter_cls(self):
        """Returns the
        :class:`fiftyone.utils.data.exporters.LabeledImageDatasetExporter`
        class for exporting datasets of this type to disk.

        Returns:
            a :class:`fiftyone.utils.data.exporters.LabeledImageDatasetExporter`
            class
        """
        # Return your custom LabeledImageDatasetExporter class here
        pass

Note that, as this type represents a labeled image dataset, its importer must be a subclass of LabeledImageDatasetImporter, and its exporter must be a subclass of LabeledImageDatasetExporter.

The pseudocode below provides a template for a custom UnlabeledVideoDataset subclass:

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class CustomUnlabeledVideoDataset(fot.UnlabeledVideoDataset):
    """Custom unlabeled video dataset type."""

    def get_dataset_importer_cls(self):
        """Returns the
        :class:`fiftyone.utils.data.importers.UnlabeledVideoDatasetImporter`
        class for importing datasets of this type from disk.

        Returns:
            a :class:`fiftyone.utils.data.importers.UnlabeledVideoDatasetImporter`
            class
        """
        # Return your custom UnlabeledVideoDatasetImporter class here
        pass

    def get_dataset_exporter_cls(self):
        """Returns the
        :class:`fiftyone.utils.data.exporters.UnlabeledVideoDatasetExporter`
        class for exporting datasets of this type to disk.

        Returns:
            a :class:`fiftyone.utils.data.exporters.UnlabeledVideoDatasetExporter`
            class
        """
        # Return your custom UnlabeledVideoDatasetExporter class here
        pass

Note that, as this type represents an unlabeled video dataset, its importer must be a subclass of UnlabeledVideoDatasetImporter, and its exporter must be a subclass of UnlabeledVideoDatasetExporter.

The pseudocode below provides a template for a custom LabeledVideoDataset subclass:

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class CustomLabeledVideoDataset(fot.LabeledVideoDataset):
    """Custom labeled video dataset type."""

    def get_dataset_importer_cls(self):
        """Returns the
        :class:`fiftyone.utils.data.importers.LabeledVideoDatasetImporter`
        class for importing datasets of this type from disk.

        Returns:
            a :class:`fiftyone.utils.data.importers.LabeledVideoDatasetImporter`
            class
        """
        # Return your custom LabeledVideoDatasetImporter class here
        pass

    def get_dataset_exporter_cls(self):
        """Returns the
        :class:`fiftyone.utils.data.exporters.LabeledVideoDatasetExporter`
        class for exporting datasets of this type to disk.

        Returns:
            a :class:`fiftyone.utils.data.exporters.LabeledVideoDatasetExporter`
            class
        """
        # Return your custom LabeledVideoDatasetExporter class here
        pass

Note that, as this type represents a labeled video dataset, its importer must be a subclass of LabeledVideoDatasetImporter, and its exporter must be a subclass of LabeledVideoDatasetExporter.