Htypes
Htype is the class of a tensor: image, bounding box, generic tensor, etc.
The htype of a tensor can be specified at its creation
>>> ds.create_tensor("my_tensor", htype="...")
If not specified, the tensor’s htype defaults to “generic”.
Specifying an htype allows for strict settings and error handling, and it is critical for increasing the performance of Deep Lake datasets containing rich data such as images and videos.
Supported htypes and their respective defaults are:
HTYPE |
DTYPE |
COMPRESSION |
---|---|---|
generic |
None |
None |
uint8 |
Required arg |
|
uint8 |
Required arg |
|
uint8 |
Required arg |
|
uint8 |
Required arg |
|
float64 |
Required arg |
|
uint32 |
None |
|
float32 |
None |
|
float32 |
None |
|
float32 |
None |
|
uint32 |
None |
|
bool |
None |
|
int32 |
None |
|
int32 |
None |
|
float32 |
None |
|
text |
str |
None |
json |
Any |
None |
list |
List |
None |
dicom |
None |
dcm |
None |
Required arg |
|
None |
las |
|
None |
ply |
|
instance_label |
uint32 |
None |
None |
None |
|
str |
None |
|
None |
None |
Image Htype
Sample dimensions:
(height, width, # channels)
or(height, width)
.
Images can be stored in Deep Lake as compressed bytes or as raw arrays. Due to the high compression ratio for most image
formats, it is highly recommended to store compressed images using the sample_compression
input to the create_tensor method.
Creating an image tensor
An image tensor can be created using
>>> ds.create_tensor("images", htype="image", sample_compression="jpg")
OR
>>> ds.create_tensor("images", htype="image", chunk_compression="jpg")
- Optional args:
dtype: Defaults to
uint8
.
Supported compressions:
>>> [None, "bmp", "dib", "gif", "ico", "jpeg", "jpeg2000", "pcx", "png", "ppm", "sgi", "tga", "tiff",
... "webp", "wmf", "xbm", "eps", "fli", "im", "msp", "mpo"]
Appending image samples
Image samples can be of type
np.ndarray
or Deep LakeSample
which can be created usingdeeplake.read()
.
Examples
Appending pixel data with array
>>> ds.images.append(np.zeros((5, 5, 3), dtype=np.uint8))
Appening Deep Lake image sample
>>> ds.images.append(deeplake.read("images/0001.jpg"))
You can append multiple samples at the same time using extend()
.
>>> ds.images.extend([deeplake.read(f"images/000{i}.jpg") for i in range(10)])
Note
If the compression format of the input sample does not match the sample_compression
of the tensor,
Deep Lake will decompress and recompress the image for storage, which may significantly slow down the upload
process. The upload process is fastest when the image compression matches the sample_compression
.
image.rgb and image.gray htypes
image.rgb
and image.gray
htypes can be used to force your samples to be of RGB or grayscale type.
i.e., if RGB images are appened to an image.gray
tensor, Deep Lake will convert them to grayscale and if grayscale images
are appended to an image.rgb
tensor, Deep Lake will convert them to RGB format.
image.rgb and image.gray tensors can be created using
>>> ds.create_tensor("rgb_images", htype="image.rgb", sample_compression="...")
>>> ds.create_tensor("gray_images", htype="image.gray", sample_compression="...")
Video Htype
Sample dimensions:
(# frames, height, width, # channels)
or(# frames, height, width)
Creating a video tensor
A video tensor can be created using
>>> ds.create_tensor("videos", htype="video", sample_compression="mp4")
- Optional args:
dtype: Defaults to
uint8
.
Supported compressions:
>>> [None, "mp4", "mkv", "avi"]
Appending video samples
Video samples can be of type
np.ndarray
orSample
which is returned bydeeplake.read()
.Deep Lake does not support compression of raw video frames. Therefore, array of raw frames can only be appended to tensors with
None
compression.Recompression of samples read with
deeplake.read
is also not supported.
Examples
Appending Deep Lake video sample
>>> ds.videos.append(deeplake.read("videos/0012.mp4"))
Extending with multiple videos
>>> ds.videos.extend([deeplake.read(f"videos/00{i}.mp4") for i in range(10)])
Audio Htype
Sample dimensions:
(# samples in audio, # channels)
or(# samples in audio,)
Creating an audio tensor
An audio tensor can be created using
>>> ds.create_tensor("audios", htype="audio", sample_compression="mp3")
- Optional args:
dtype: Defaults to
float64
.
Supported compressions:
>>> [None, "mp3", "wav", "flac"]
Appending audio samples
Audio samples can be of type
np.ndarray
orSample
which is returned bydeeplake.read()
.Like videos, Deep Lake does not support compression or recompression of input audio samples. Thus, samples of type
np.ndarray
can only be appended to tensors withNone
compression.
Examples
Appending Deep Lake audio sample
>>> ds.audios.append(deeplake.read("audios/001.mp3"))
Extending with Deep Lake audio samples
>>> ds.audios.extend([deeplake.read(f"videos/00{i}.mp3") for i in range(10)])
Class Label Htype
Sample dimensions:
(# labels,)
Class labels are stored as numerical values in tensors, which are indices of the list tensor.info.class_names
.
Creating a class label tensor
A class label tensor can be created using
>>> classes = ["airplanes", "cars", "birds", "cats", "deer", "dogs", "frogs", "horses", "ships", "trucks"]
>>> ds.create_tensor("labels", htype="class_label", class_names=classes, chunk_compression="lz4")
- Optional args:
class_names: This must be a list of strings.
tensor.info.class_names
will be set to this list.dtype: Defaults to
uint32
.
Supported compressions:
>>> ["lz4"]
You can also choose to set the class names after tensor creation.
>>> ds.labels.info.update(class_names = ["airplanes", "cars", "birds", "cats", "deer", "dogs", "frogs", "horses", "ships", "trucks"])
Note
If specifying compression, since the number of labels in one sample will be too low, chunk_compression
would be the better option to use.
Appending class labels
Class labels can be appended as
int
,str
,np.ndarray
orlist
ofint
orstr
.In case of strings,
tensor.info.class_names
is updated automatically.
Examples
Appending index
>>> ds.labels.append(0)
>>> ds.labels.append(np.zeros((5,), dtype=np.uint32))
Extending with list of indices
>>> ds.labels.extend([[0, 1, 2], [1, 3]])
Appending text labels
>>> ds.labels.append(["cars", "airplanes"])
Bounding Box Htype
Sample dimensions:
(# bounding boxes, 4)
Bounding boxes have a variety of conventions such as those used in YOLO, COCO, Pascal-VOC and others. In order for bounding boxes to be correctly displayed by the visualizer, the format of the bounding box must be specified in the coords key in tensor meta information mentioned below.
Creating a bbox tensor
A bbox tensor can be created using
>>> ds.create_tensor("boxes", htype="bbox", coords={"type": "fractional", "mode": "CCWH"})
- Optional args:
- coords: A dictionary with keys “type” and “mode”.
- type: Specifies the units of bounding box coordinates.
“pixel”: is in unit of pixels.
“fractional”: is in units relative to the width and height of the image, such as in YOLO format.
- mode: Specifies the convention for the 4 coordinates
“LTRB”: left_x, top_y, right_x, bottom_y
“LTWH”: left_x, top_y, width, height
“CCWH”: center_x, center_y, width, height
dtype: Defaults to
float32
.
Supported compressions:
>>> ["lz4"]
You can also choose to set the class names after tensor creation.
>>> ds.boxes.info.update(coords = {"type": "pixel", "mode": "LTRB"})
Note
If the bounding box format is not specified, the visualizer will assume a YOLO format (fractional
+ CCWH
)
if the box coordinates are < 1 on average. Otherwise, it will assume the COCO format (pixel
+ LTWH
).
Appending bounding boxes
Bounding boxes can be appended as
np.ndarrays
orlist
orlists of arrays
.
Examples
Appending one bounding box
>>> box
array([[462, 123, 238, 98]])
>>> ds.boxes.append(box)
Appending sample with 3 bounding boxes
>>> boxes
array([[965, 110, 262, 77],
[462, 123, 238, 98],
[688, 108, 279, 116]])
>>> boxes.shape
(3, 4)
>>> ds.boxes.append(boxes)
3D Bounding Box Htype
In order for 3D bounding boxes to be correctly displayed by the visualizer, the format of the bounding box must be specified in the coords key in tensor meta information mentioned below.
Creating a 3d bbox tensor
Note
In order for 3D bounding boxes to be correctly displayed by the visualizer, the format of the bounding box
must be specified in the coords key in tensor meta information mentioned below. In addition, for projecting
3D bounding boxes onto 2D data (such as an image), the intrinsics tensor must exist
in the dataset, or the intrinsics matrix must be specified in the ds.img_tensor.info
dictionary, where the key is
"intrinsics"
and the value is the matrix.
A 3d bbox tensor can be created using
>>> ds.create_tensor("3d_boxes", htype="bbox.3d", coords={"mode": "center"})
- Optional args:
- coords: A dictionary with key “mode”.
- mode: Specifies the convention for the bbox coordinates.
- “center”: [center_x, center_y, center_z, size_x, size_y, size_z, rot_x, rot_y, rot_z]
Sample dimensions:
(# bounding boxes, 9)
size_x
- is the length of the bounding box along x directionsize_y
- is the width of the bounding box along y directionsize_z
- is the height of the bounding box along z directionrot_x
- rotation angle along x axis, given in degreesrot_y
- rotation angle along y axis, given in degreesrot_z
- rotation angle along z axis, given in degrees
- “vertex”: 8 3D vertices - [[x0, y0, z0], [x1, y1, z1], [x2, y2, z2], ….., [x7, y7, z7]]
Sample dimensions:
(# bounding boxes, 8, 3)
The vertex order is of the following form:
4_____________________ 5 /| /| / | / | / | / | /___|_________________/ | 0| | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_________________|___| | / 7 | / 6 | / | / | / | / |/_____________________|/ 3 2
dtype: Defaults to
float32
.
Supported compressions:
>>> ["lz4"]
Note
rotation angles are specified in degrees, not radians
Appending 3d bounding boxes
Bounding boxes can be appended as
np.ndarrays
orlist
orlists of arrays
.
Examples
Appending one bounding box
>>> box
array([[462, 123, 238, 98, 22, 36, 44, 18, 0, 36, 0]])
>>> ds.3d_boxes.append(box)
Appending sample with 3 bounding boxes
>>> boxes
array([[965, 110, 262, 77, 22, 36, 44, 18, 0, 28, 0],
[462, 123, 238, 98, 26, 34, 24, 19, 0, -50, 0],
[688, 108, 279, 116, 12, 32, 14, 38, 0, 30, 0]])
>>> boxes.shape
(9, 4)
>>> ds.3d_boxes.append(boxes)
Intrinsics Htype
Sample dimensions:
(# intrinsics matrices, 3, 3)
The intrinsic matrix represents a projective transformation from the 3-D camera’s coordinates into the 2-D image coordinates. The intrinsic parameters include the focal length, the optical center, also known as the principal point. The camera intrinsic matrix, \(K\), is defined as:
\([c_x, c_y]\) - Optical center (the principal point), in pixels.
\([f_x, f_y]\) - Focal length in pixels.
\(f_x = F / p_x\)
\(f_y = F / p_y\)
\(F\) - Focal length in world units, typically expressed in millimeters.
\((p_x, p_y)\) - Size of the pixel in world units.
Creating an intrinsics tensor
An intrinsics tensor can be created using
>>> ds.create_tensor("intrinsics", htype="intrinsics")
- Optional args:
dtype: Defaults to
float32
.
Supported compressions:
>>> ["lz4"]
Appending intrinsics matrices
>>> intrinsic_params = np.zeros((3, 3))
>>> ds.intrinsics.append(intrinsic_params)
Segmentation Mask Htype
Sample dimensions:
(height, width)
Segmentation masks are 2D representations of class labels where the numerical label data is encoded in an array of
same shape as the image. The numerical values are indices of the list tensor.info.class_names
.
Creating a segment_mask tensor
A segment_mask tensor can be created using
>>> classes = ["background", "aeroplane", "bicycle", "bird", "boat", "bottle"]
>>> ds.create_tensor("masks", htype="segment_mask", class_names=classes, sample_compression="lz4")
- Optional args:
class_names: This must be a list of strings.
tensor.info.class_names
will be set to this list.dtype: Defaults to
uint32
.
Supported compressions:
>>> ["lz4"]
You can also choose to set the class names after tensor creation.
>>> ds.labels.info.update(class_names = ["background", "aeroplane", "bicycle", "bird", "boat", "bottle"])
Note
Since segmentation masks often contain large amounts of data, it is recommended to compress them
using lz4
.
Appending segmentation masks
Segmentation masks can be appended as
np.ndarray
.
Examples
>>> ds.masks.append(np.zeros((512, 512)))
Note
Since each pixel can only be labeled once, segmentation masks are not appropriate for datasets where objects might overlap, or where multiple objects within the same class must be distinguished. For these use cases, please use htype = “binary_mask”.
Binary Mask Htype
Sample dimensions:
(height, width, # objects in a sample)
Binary masks are similar to segmentation masks, except that each object is represented by a channel in the mask.
Each channel in the mask encodes values for a single object. A pixel in a mask channel should have a value of 1
if the pixel of the image belongs to this object and 0 otherwise. The labels corresponding to the channels should
be stored in an adjacent tensor of htype class_label
, in which the number of labels at a given index is equal
to the number of objects (number of channels) in the binary mask.
Creating a binary_mask tensor
A binary_mask tensor can be created using
>>> ds.create_tensor("masks", htype="binary_mask", sample_compression="lz4")
- Optional args:
ref:sample_compression <sample_compression> or chunk_compression
dtype: Defaults to
bool
.
Supported compressions:
>>> ["lz4"]
Note
Since segmentation masks often contain large amounts of data, it is recommended to compress them
using lz4
.
Appending binary masks
Binary masks can be appended as
np.ndarray
.
Examples
Appending a binary mask with 5 objects
>>> ds.masks.append(np.zeros((512, 512, 5), dtype="bool"))
>>> ds.labels.append(["aeroplane", "aeroplane", "bottle", "bottle", "bird"])
COCO Keypoints Htype
Sample dimensions:
(3 x # keypoints, # objects in a sample)
COCO keypoints are a convention for storing points of interest
in an image. Each keypoint consists of 3 values: x - coordinate
, y - coordinate
and v - visibility
.
A set of K
keypoints of an object is represented as:
[x1, y1, v1, x2, y2, v2, …, xk, yk, vk]
The visibility v
can be one of three values:
- 0
keypoint not in image.
- 1
keypoint in image but not visible.
- 2
keypoint in image and visible.
Creating a keypoints_coco tensor
A keypoints_coco tensor can be created using
>>> ds.create_tensor("keypoints", htype="keypoints_coco", keypoints=["knee", "elbow", "head"], connections=[[0, 1], [1, 2]])
- Optional args:
keypoints: List of strings describing the
i
th keypoint.tensor.info.keypoints
will be set to this list.connections: List of strings describing which points should be connected by lines in the visualizer.
dtype: Defaults to
int32
.
Supported compressions:
>>> ["lz4"]
You can also choose to set keypoints
and / or connections
after tensor creation.
>>> ds.keypoints.info.update(keypoints = ['knee', 'elbow',...])
>>> ds.keypoints.info.update(connections = [[0,1], [2,3], ...])
Appending keypoints
Keypoints can be appended as
np.ndarray
orlist
.
Examples
Appending keypoints sample with 3 keypoints and 4 objects
>>> ds.keypoints.update(keypoints = ["left ear", "right ear", "nose"])
>>> ds.keypoints.update(connections = [[0, 2], [1, 2]])
>>> kp_arr
array([[465, 398, 684, 469],
[178, 363, 177, 177],
[ 2, 2, 2, 1],
[454, 387, 646, 478],
[177, 322, 137, 161],
[ 2, 2, 2, 2],
[407, 379, 536, 492],
[271, 335, 150, 143],
[ 2, 1, 2, 2]])
>>> kp_arr.shape
(9, 4)
>>> ds.keypoints.append(kp_arr)
Warning
In order to correctly use the keypoints and connections metadata, it is critical that all objects in every sample have the same number of K keypoints in the same order. For keypoints that are not present in an image, they can be stored with dummy coordinates of x = 0, y = 0, and v = 0, and the visibility will prevent them from being drawn in the visualizer.
Point Htype
Sample dimensions:
(# points, 2)
in case of 2-D (X, Y) co-ordinates or(# points, 3)
in case of 3-D (X, Y, Z) co-ordinates of the point.
Points does not contain a fixed mapping across samples between the point order and real-world objects (i.e., point 0 is an elbow, point 1 is a knee, etc.). If you require such a mapping, use COCO Keypoints Htype.
Creating a point tensor
A point tensor can be created using
>>> ds.create_tensor("points", htype="point", sample_compression=None)
- Optional args:
dtype: Defaults to
int32
.
Supported compressions:
>>> ["lz4"]
Appending point samples
Points can be appended as
np.ndarray
orlist
.
Examples
Appending 2 2-D points
>>> ds.points.append([[0, 1], [1, 3]])
Appending 2 3-D points
>>> ds.points.append(np.zeros((2, 3)))
Polygon Htype
Sample dimensions:
(# polygons, # points per polygon, # co-ordinates per point)
Each sample in a tensor of
polygon
htype is a list of polygons.Each polygon is a list / array of points.
All points in a sample should have the same number of co-ordinates (eg., cannot mix 2-D points with 3-D points).
Different samples can have different number of polygons.
Different polygons can have different number of points.
Creating a polygon tensor
A polygon tensor can be created using
>>> ds.create_tensor("polygons", htype="polygon", sample_compression=None)
- Optional args:
dtype: Defaults to
float32
.
Supported compressions:
>>> ["lz4"]
Appending polygons
Polygons can be appended as a
list
oflist of tuples
ornp.ndarray
.
Examples
Appending polygons with 2-D points
>>> poly1 = [(1, 2), (2, 3), (3, 4)]
>>> poly2 = [(10, 12), (14, 19)]
>>> poly3 = [(33, 32), (54, 67), (67, 43), (56, 98)]
>>> sample = [poly1, poly2, poly3]
>>> ds.polygons.append(sample)
Appending polygons with 3-D points
>>> poly1 = [(10, 2, 9), (12, 3, 8), (12, 10, 4)]
>>> poly2 = [(10, 1, 8), (5, 17, 11)]
>>> poly3 = [(33, 33, 31), (45, 76, 13), (60, 24, 17), (67, 87, 83)]
>>> sample = [poly1, poly2, poly3]
>>> ds.polygons.append(sample)
Appending polygons with numpy arrays
>>> import numpy as np
>>> sample = np.random.randint(0, 10, (5, 7, 2)) # 5 polygons with 7 points
>>> ds.polygons.append(sample)
>>> import numpy as np
>>> poly1 = np.random.randint(0, 10, (5, 2))
>>> poly2 = np.random.randint(0, 10, (8, 2))
>>> poly3 = np.random.randint(0, 10, (3, 2))
>>> sample = [poly1, poly2, poly3]
>>> ds.polygons.append(sample)
Nifti Htype
Sample dimensions:
(# height, # width, # slices)
or(# height, # width, # slices, # time unit)
in case of time-series data.
Creating a nifti tensor
A nifti tensor can be created using
>>> ds.create_tensor("patients", htype="nifti", sample_compression="nii.gz")
Supported compressions:
>>> ["nii.gz", "nii", None]
Appending nifti data
Nifti samples can be of type
np.ndarray
orSample
which is returned bydeeplake.read()
.Deep Lake does not support compression of raw nifti data. Therefore, array of raw frames can only be appended to tensors with
None
compression.
Examples
>>> ds.patients.append(deeplake.read("data/patient0.nii.gz"))
>>> ds.patients.extend([deeplake.read(f"data/patient{i}.nii.gz") for i in range(10)])
Point Cloud Htype
Sample dimensions:
(# num_points, 3)
Point cloud samples can be of type
np.ndarray
orSample
which is returned bydeeplake.read()
.Each point cloud is a list / array of points.
All points in a sample should have the same number of co-ordinates.
Different point clouds can have different number of points.
Creating a point cloud tensor
A point cloud tensor can be created using
>>> ds.create_tensor("point_clouds", htype="point_cloud", sample_compression="las")
- Optional args:
Supported compressions:
>>> [None, "las"]
Appending point clouds
Point clouds can be appended as a
np.ndarray
.
Examples
Appending point clouds with numpy arrays
>>> import numpy as np
>>> point_cloud1 = np.random.randint(0, 10, (5, 3))
>>> ds.point_clouds.append(point_cloud1)
>>> point_cloud2 = np.random.randint(0, 10, (15, 3))
>>> ds.point_clouds.append(point_cloud2)
>>> ds.point_clouds.shape
>>> (2, None, 3)
Or we can use deeplake.read()
method to add samples
>>> import deeplake as dp
>>> sample = dp.read("example.las") # point cloud with 100 points
>>> ds.point_cloud.append(sample)
>>> ds.point_cloud.shape
>>> (1, 100, 3)
Mesh Htype
Sample dimensions:
(# num_points, 3)
Mesh samples can be of type
np.ndarray
orSample
which is returned bydeeplake.read()
.Each sample in a tensor of
mesh
htype is a mesh array (3-D object data).Each mesh is a list / array of points.
Different meshes can have different number of points.
Creating a mesh tensor
A mesh tensor can be created using
>>> ds.create_tensor("mesh", htype="mesh", sample_compression="ply")
- Optional args:
Supported compressions:
>>> ["ply"]
Appending meshes
Examples
Appending a ply file contatining a mesh data to tensor
>>> import deeplake as dp
>>> sample = dp.read("example.ply") # mesh with 100 points and 200 faces
>>> ds.mesh.append(sample)
>>> ds.mesh.shape
>>> (1, 100, 3)
Embedding Htype
Sample dimensions:
(# elements in the embedding,)
Creating an embedding tensor
An embedding tensor can be created using
>>> ds.create_tensor("embedding", htype="embedding")
Supported compressions:
>>> ["lz4", None]
Appending embedding samples
Embedding samples can be of type
np.ndarray
.
Examples
Appending Deep Lake embedding sample
>>> ds.embedding.append(np.random.uniform(low=-1, high=1, size=(1024)))
Extending with Deep Lake embeddding samples
>>> ds.embedding.extend([np.random.uniform(low=-1, high=1, size=(1024)) for i in range(10)])
Sequence htype
A special meta htype for tensors where each sample is a sequence. The items in the sequence are samples of another htype.
It is a wrapper htype that can wrap other htypes like
sequence[image]
,sequence[video]
,sequence[text]
, etc.
Examples
>>> ds.create_tensor("seq", htype="sequence")
>>> ds.seq.append([1, 2, 3])
>>> ds.seq.append([4, 5, 6])
>>> ds.seq.numpy()
array([[[1],
[2],
[3]],
[[4],
[5],
[6]]])
>>> ds.create_tensor("image_seq", htype="sequence[image]", sample_compression="jpg")
>>> ds.image_seq.append([deeplake.read("img01.jpg"), deeplake.read("img02.jpg")])
Link htype
Link htype is a special meta htype that allows linking of external data (files) to the dataset, without storing the data in the dataset itself.
Moreover, there can be variations in this htype, such as
link[image]
,link[video]
,link[audio]
, etc. that would enable the activeloop visualizer to correctly display the data.No data is actually loaded until you try to read the sample from a dataset.
- There are a few exceptions to this:-
If
create_shape_tensor=True
was specified duringcreate_tensor
of the tensor to which this is being added, the shape of the sample is read. This isTrue
by default.If
create_sample_info_tensor=True
was specified duringcreate_tensor
of the tensor to which this is being added, the sample info is read. This isTrue
by default.If
verify=True
was specified duringcreate_tensor
of the tensor to which this is being added, some metadata is read from them to verify the integrity of the link samples. This isTrue
by default.If you do not want to verify your links, all three of
verify
,create_shape_tensor
andcreate_sample_info_tensor
have to be set toFalse
.
Examples
>>> ds = deeplake.dataset("......")
Adding credentials to the dataset
You can add the names of the credentials you want to use (not needed for http/local urls)
>>> ds.add_creds_key("MY_S3_KEY")
>>> ds.add_creds_key("GCS_KEY")
and populate the added names with credentials dictionaries
>>> ds.populate_creds("MY_S3_KEY", {}) # add creds here
>>> ds.populate_creds("GCS_KEY", {}) # add creds here
These creds are only present temporarily and will have to be repopulated on every reload.
For datasets connected to Activeloop Platform,
you can store your credentials on the platform as Managed Credentials and
use them just by adding the keys to your dataset. For example if you have managed credentials with names "my_s3_creds"
, "my_gcs_creds"
, you can add them to your dataset using
Dataset.add_creds_key
without having to populate them.
>>> ds.add_creds_key("my_s3_creds", managed=True)
>>> ds.add_creds_key("my_gcs_creds", managed=True)
Create a link tensor
>>> ds.create_tensor("img", htype="link[image]", sample_compression="jpg")
Populate the tensor with links
>>> ds.img.append(deeplake.link("s3://abc/def.jpeg", creds_key="my_s3_key"))
>>> ds.img.append(deeplake.link("gcs://ghi/jkl.png", creds_key="GCS_KEY"))
>>> ds.img.append(deeplake.link("https://picsum.photos/200/300")) # http path doesn’t need creds
>>> ds.img.append(deeplake.link("./path/to/cat.jpeg")) # local path doesn’t need creds
>>> ds.img.append(deeplake.link("s3://abc/def.jpeg")) # this will throw an exception as cloud paths always need creds_key
:bluebold:`Accessing the data`
>>> for i in range(5):
... ds.img[i].numpy()
...
Updating a sample
>>> ds.img[0] = deeplake.link("./data/cat.jpeg")