Prediction API

This page describes how to use Supervisely Prediction API to make model predictions on images and videos, including object tracking. With the new API you can easily deploy models, make predictions, and process the results.

Deploy & Connect

Before using the model, you need to deploy a new model or connect to an existing one.

This page does not cover the deployment process in detail. For more information, please refer to the full Model API documentation.

Deploy a new model

To deploy a new model, use the api.nn.deploy() method. This method will start a new Serving App in Supervisely, deploy a given model, and return a ModelAPI object for running predictions.

import supervisely as sly

api = sly.Api()

model = api.nn.deploy(
    model="/path/in/team_files/checkpoint.pt",  # path to your checkpoint in Team Files
)

import supervisely as sly

api = sly.Api()

model = api.nn.deploy(
    model="rt-detrv2/rt-detrv2-s"  # model identifier in the format "framework/model_name"
)

Connect to existing model

If your model is already deployed in Supervisely, you just need to connect to it using the api.nn.connect() method, providing a task_id of the running serving app. This method returns a ModelAPI object for running predictions.

import supervisely as sly

api = sly.Api()

# Connect to a deployed model
model = api.nn.connect(
    task_id=122,  # Task ID of a running Serving App in Supervisely
)

Predict

After you've connected to the model, you can use it to make predictions. Here's an example usage:

# Predicting multiple images
predictions = model.predict(
    input=["image1.jpg",  "image2.jpg"],
)

# Iterating through predictions
for p in predictions:
    boxes = p.boxes  # np.array of shape (N, 4) with predicted boxes in "xyxy" format
    masks = p.masks  # np.array of shape (N, H, W) with binary masks
    scores = p.scores  # np.array of shape (N,) with predicted confidence scores
    classes = p.classes  # list of predicted class names
    annotation = p.annotation  # predictions in sly.Annotation format
    p.visualize(save_dir="./output")  # save visualization with predicted annotations

Input format

The model can accept various input formats, including image paths, np.ndarray, Project ID, Image ID and others.

# Single image file
predictions = model.predict(
    input="path/to/image.jpg"
)

# URL to an image
predictions = model.predict(
    input="https://example.com/image.jpg"
)

from PIL import Image

# Load image with PIL
image = Image.open("path/to/image.jpg")

predictions = model.predict(
    input=image,
)

import numpy as np

# Numpy array of shape (H, W, C) in RGB format
image_np = np.random.randint(low=0, high=255, size=(640, 640, 3), dtype="uint8")

predictions = model.predict(
    input=image_np,
)

# A list of images in any format, such as paths, PIL, np.array, etc.
predictions = model.predict(
    input=["image1.jpg", "image2.jpg"],
)

# A directory of images
predictions = model.predict(
    input="path/to/directory",
    recursive=True,  # Search for images in sub-directories
)

# A video file
predictions = model.predict(
    input="path/to/video.mp4",
)

# A local Supervisely Project containing images
predictions = model.predict(
    input="path/to/sly_project",
)

# You can pass IDs of items from Supervisely platform

# Image ID
predictions = model.predict(image_id=12345)

# List of Image IDs
predictions = model.predict(image_ids=[12345, 67890])

# Project ID
predictions = model.predict(project_id=123)

# Dataset ID
predictions = model.predict(dataset_id=456)

# Video ID
predictions = model.predict(video_id=1212)

Here's a summary of the input formats accepted by predict() and predict_detached() methods:

Input format

Example

Type

Description

image

input="path/to/image.jpg"

str or Path

Single image file path.

URL

input="https://example.com/image.jpg"

str

URL to an image.

PIL

input=Image.open("path/to/image.jpg")

PIL.Image

Image loaded with PIL library.

numpy

input=np.array(image)

np.ndarray

HWC format with RGB channels uint8 (0-255).

list

input=["image1.jpg", "image2.jpg"]

list

List of images in any format (paths, PIL, np.array, etc.).

Predict arguments

You can control the prediction process with various arguments, such as inference settings, batch size, image size. Here's a list of available arguments for the predict() and predict_detached() methods:

Argument

Type

Default

Description

conf

float

None

Confidence threshold for filtering out low confident predictions. If None, the model's default confidence threshold will be used.

batch_size

int

None

Number of images to process in a single batch. If None, the model will use its default batch size.

img_size

int or tuple

None

Size of input images: int resizes to a square size, a tuple of (height, width) resizes to exact size. Also applicable to video inference. None will use the model's default input size

classes

List[str]

None

List of classes to predict

upload

str

None

If not None, predictions will be uploaded to the platform. Upload modes: create, append, replace, iou_merge. See more in Uploading predictions section.

recursive

bool

False

Whether to search for images in subdirectories. Applicable when the input is a directory.

**kwargs

dict

None

All additional settings, such as inference settings, sliding window settings and video processing settings can be passed here. See more in Advanced settings.

Prediction result

The predict() method always returns a list of Prediction objects. Depending on the model type, the Prediction can contain bounding boxes, masks, keypoints, or other types of annotations. Prediction object also contains annotation in Supervisely format and additional information about the original image source, such as image path, URL, and Supervisely IDs (if applicable). It also provides methods for visualizing the predictions and accessing the original image.

# Predicting multiple images
predictions = model.predict(
    input=["image1.jpg",  "image2.jpg"],
)

# Iterating through predictions
for p in predictions:
    # Model's output
    p.boxes         # np.array of shape (N, 4) with predicted boxes in "xyxy" format
    p.masks         # np.array of shape (N, H, W) with binary masks
    p.scores        # np.array of shape (N,) with predicted confidence scores
    p.classes       # list of predicted class names
    p.class_idxs    # list of predicted class indices (labels)
    p.annotation    # sly.Annotation with predicted objects
    
    # Information about the source image or video
    p.source        # Source of an image. Can be a path, URL, or numpy array, depending on input
    p.name          # The name of image or video file
    p.path          # Path to image or video file
    p.url           # URL of the image if input was a URL
    p.frame_index     # Frame index if input was a video

    # Supervisely IDs
    p.project_id    # Project ID if input was a Supervisely ID
    p.dataset_id    # Dataset ID if input was a Supervisely ID
    p.image_id      # Image ID if input was a Supervisely ID
    p.video_id      # Video ID if input was a Supervisely ID

    # Additional methods
    orig_image = p.load_image()       # Load the original image associated with this prediction
    p.visualize(save_dir="./output")  # Save visualization with predicted annotations

`Prediction` attributes

The Prediction object contains the following attributes:

Attributes

Type

Description

annotation

sly.Annotation

Supervisely annotation containing predicted objects, their classes, geometries, and tags.

boxes

np.ndarray

Array of shape (N, 4) with predicted bounding boxes in "xyxy" format.

masks

np.ndarray

Array of shape (N, H, W) with binary masks for each predicted object.

scores

np.ndarray

Array of shape (N,) with confidence scores for each prediction.

classes

List[str]

List of predicted class names as strings.

class_idxs

List[int]

List of predicted class indices (labels).

source

str or np.ndarray

The source of a single input image. Depending on the type of input, it can be image path, np.array of the image, or URL.

name

str or None

The name of the image file.

path

str or None

Path to the image file. Applicable if the input was a local path or directory.

url

str or None

URL of the image if the input was a URL.

frame_index

int or None

Frame index if the input was a video.

project_id

int or None

ID of the Supervisely project associated with this prediction. Applicable if the input was a Supervisely ID.

dataset_id

int or None

ID of the Supervisely dataset associated with this prediction. Applicable if the input was a Supervisely ID.

image_id

int or None

ID of the image in the Supervisely platform associated with this prediction. Applicable if the input was a Supervisely ID.

video_id

int or None

ID of the video in the Supervisely platform associated with this prediction. Applicable if the input was a Supervisely video ID.

`Prediction` methods

The Prediction object provides convenient methods for loading the original image and visualizing the predicted annotation.

Method

Return Type

Description

visualize()

np.ndarray

Draws the predicted annotation on the original image. If save or save_dir is provided, it saves the visualization to the specified path or directory.

load_image()

np.ndarray

Loads the image associated with this prediction.

`visualize(save=None, save_dir=None, **kwargs)`

Visualizes the prediction by drawing annotations on the original image.

Parameters:

save_path (str, optional): Path where the visualization should be saved. If provided, the method will save the visualization to this path.
save_dir (str, optional): Directory where the visualization should be saved. If provided, the method will save the visualization with the same filename as the original image.
color (List[int], optional): Color of the shapes in the visualization.
thickness (int, optional): Thickness of line counters. If None, the default thickness will be used.
opacity (float, optional): Opacity of the shapes. Default is 0.5.
draw_tags (bool, optional): Whether to draw tags, such as confidence score. Default is False.
fill_rectangles (bool, optional): Whether to fill the shapes with color. Default is True.

Returns:

np.ndarray: Numpy array containing the image with visualized predictions (bounding boxes, masks, etc.).

# Process all images in a directory
predictions = model.predict(
    input="path/to/images_directory/",
    recursive=True,  # Include subdirectories
)

# Save all visualizations to an output directory
for p in predictions:
    p.visualize(
        save_dir="./results",
        thickness=2,  # Line thickness
        opacity=0.3,  # Opacity of shapes
        draw_tags=True,  # Draw tags
        fill_rectangles=True,  # Fill shapes with color
    )

Notes

The visualize() method automatically handles loading the image and drawing the annotations on it.
When using save_dir, the original filename (or image name) will be used for the output file.

`load_image()`

Loads the original image associated with this prediction. This is useful if you want to access the original image data for further processing or visualization.

# Process all images in a Project
predictions = model.predict(
    project_id=123,  # Project ID
)

os.makedirs("output", exist_ok=True)  # Create output directory if it doesn't exist

# Save all original images to the output directory
for p in predictions:
    orig_image = p.load_image()  # Will download the original image
    img_id = p.image_id  # Image ID in the Supervisely platform
    Image.fromarray(orig_image).save(f"output/prediction_{img_id}.jpg")  # Save the original image

Notes

The load_image() method will download the original image from the Supervisely platform if the input was an URL, Project ID, Dataset ID, or Image ID.
If the input was a local path, np.array, or PIL.Image, the original image is already available in the image attribute of the Prediction object.

Predict Detached

The predict_detached method provides an asynchronous, non-blocking approach to running predictions on large datasets or when processing needs to be done in parallel with other operations. Unlike the standard predict() method which waits until all predictions are complete, predict_detached returns a PredictionSession object immediately, allowing your application to process predictions as they become available. This can be useful in tracking the progress, or doing other tasks in parallel, while predictions are being processed.

The predict_detached() accepts the same arguments as predict(), but it returns a PredictionSession object instead of a list of predictions.

from tqdm import tqdm

# Start a detached prediction session
# At this point, the model will start making predictions in parallel
session = model.predict_detached(
    input="path/to/directory",
    recursive=True,
)

# Process predictions as they become available
for p in tqdm(session):
    p.visualize(save_dir=f"./results")  # Save the visualization with predicted annotations

`PredictionSession` methods

The PredictionSession object provides methods for managing the prediction process, checking its status, and retrieving predictions.

Method

Return Type

Description

is_done()

bool

Returns True if all predictions have been processed or the session was stopped.

next(timeout=None, block=True)

Prediction

Retrieves the next available prediction. If block=True, waits until a prediction is available or the timeout (in seconds) is reached. If block=False, returns None immediately if no prediction is available.

stop()

None

Stops the prediction process. Any predictions already in the queue will still be available, but no new predictions will be generated.

status()

dict

Returns a dictionary containing information about the status of a model and predictions process, including: progress (done / total), message (status message), error (traceback if an error occurred), context (project_id, dataset_id, etc.), resources (GPU: allocated by the model, allocated by all processes, total; RAM)

progress()

dict

Returns a progress (done / total) of the prediction process itself.

# Start predicting images in a directory
session = model.predict_detached(input="path/to/directory")

# Process first 10 images in directory
for i, prediction in enumerate(session):
    if i == 10:
        break
    # Do something with the prediction
    prediction.visualize(save_dir="./output")

# Stop processing images
session.stop()

Uploading predictions

You can upload predictions to the Supervisely platform using the upload argument in the predict() and predict_detached() methods. The available upload modes are:

Upload Mode

Description

create

Create a new project on the platform and upload predictions to it.

append

Add new predictions to existing annotations. Only applicable if the input is an existing Project ID, Dataset ID, or Image IDs.

replace

Replace existing annotations with the new predictions. Only applicable if the input is an existing Project ID, Dataset ID, or Image IDs.

iou_merge

Append predictions to existing annotations, trying to avoid creating duplicate objects. This mode will check the IoU between each new prediction and existed objects, and filter out predictions which overlap with existed objects with high IoU (by default, the IoU threshold is set to 0.9). Only applicable for bounding box and mask predictions, and for existing Project ID, Dataset ID, or Image IDs.

Example with uploading predictions to a source project:

# Upload predictions to a project
predictions = model.predict(
    project_id=123,  # Input project ID
    upload="append",  # or "create", "replace", "iou_merge"
)

Predict video

The predict() and predict_detached() methods can also be used to process video files. The model will process the video frame by frame, returning predictions for each frame.

# Predicting a video file
predictions = model.predict(
    video_id=42,
    stride=1,        # step between frames, 1 means process every frame
    start_frame=0,   # start frame to process (0-based)
    end_frame=2400,  # end frame (exclusive)
    num_frames=400,  # number of frames to process
    duration=10,     # duration in seconds
)

# Iterating frame predictions
for p in predictions:
    p.name  # Name of the video file
    p.frame_index  # Frame index of the prediction

Video settings

Argument

Type

Default

Description

stride

int

1

Step between frames. 1 means process every frame, 2 means process every second frame, etc.

start_frame

int

0

Start frame to process (0-based).

end_frame

int

None

End frame (exclusive). If None, all frames will be processed.

num_frames

int

None

Number of frames to process. If None, all frames will be processed.

duration

int

None

Duration in seconds, the exact number of frames will be calculated based on the video FPS

Tracking objects in video

You can track objects in video using boxmot library. BoxMot is a third-party library that implements lightweight neural networks for tracking-by-detection task (when the tracking is performed on the objects predicted by a separate detector). For boxmot models you can use even CPU device.

First, install BoxMot:

pip install boxmot

Supervisely SDK has the track() method from supervisely.nn.tracking which allows you to apply boxmot models together with a detector in a single line of code. This method takes three arguments: a video_id of a video in the platform, a deployed detector model (ModelAPI class), and a boxmot tracker which is instantiated in this code. It will return a sly.VideoAnnotation with the tracked objects.

import supervisely as sly
from supervisely.nn.tracking import track
import boxmot
from pathlib import Path

# Deploy a detector
detector = api.nn.deploy(
    model="rt-detrv2/RT-DETRv2-M",
    device="cuda:0",  # Use GPU for detection
)

# Load BoxMot tracker
tracker = boxmot.BotSort(
    reid_weights=Path('osnet_x0_25_msmt17.pt'),
    device="cpu",  # Use CPU for tracking
)

# Track objects in a single line
video_ann: sly.VideoAnnotation = track(
    video_id=42,
    detector=detector,
    tracker=tracker,
)

The arguments for track() method are:

Argument

Type

Description

tracker

boxmot.Tracker

Tracker algorithm from the BoxMot package.

session

PredictionSession

Session of the detector predictions.

Alternatively, you can manually track objects with a boxmot tracker. This approach gives you more control over the tracking process, but requires more code and understanding of the boxmot format.

Click to expand

import boxmot
from supervisely.nn.tracking import to_boxmot
from pathlib import Path

# Deploy a detector
model = api.nn.deploy(
    model="rt-detrv2/RT-DETRv2-M",
    device="cuda:0",  # Use GPU for detection
)

# Start predict objects in video
session = model.predict_detached(video_id=42)

# Load BoxMot tracker
tracker = boxmot.BotSort(
    reid_weights=Path('osnet_x0_25_msmt17.pt'),
    device="cpu",  # Use CPU for tracking
)

# Track predictions frame by frame
track_results = []
for p in session:
    # Get the current frame
    frame = p.load_image()

    # Convert predictions to the format required by BoxMot
    detections = to_boxmot(p)  # N x (x, y, x, y, conf, cls)

    # Track objects in the current frame
    tracks = tracker.update(detections, frame)  # M x (x, y, x, y, track_id, conf, cls, det_id)
    track_results.append(tracks)

Predict settings (kwargs)

Here is a complete list of settings that can be passed to the predict() and predict_detached() methods in **kwargs. Additionally, you can pass the inference settings there. The inference settings are specific to the model you use, and can be found in the GUI of the Serving App, or in the model's documentation.

Sliding window settings

Argument

Type

Default

Description

sliding_window

bool

False

Whether to use sliding window for large images. When sliding_window=True, the model will process the image in smaller patches, which is useful for large images. The size of a patch is controlled by window_size, and the img_size argument will now resize the original image before cropping it into patches.

window_size

int or tuple

None

Size of a sliding window patch that will be passed to the model. The window_size can be a tuple of (height, width) or a single integer for square patches. If None, the model's default input size will be used as window_size.

overlap

float or int

0.0

Overlap between sliding windows. Can be a float in range (0-1) representing a fraction of overlap, or an integer representing the overlap in pixels.

Example usage:

# Predicting a large image with sliding window
predictions = model.predict(
    input="path/to/large_image.jpg",
    sliding_window=True,     # Enable sliding window
    window_size=(640, 640),  # Size of sliding window patches
    overlap=0.0,             # 0% overlap between patches
)

Video settings

Argument

Type

Default

Description

stride

int

1

Step between frames. 1 means process every frame, 2 means process every second frame, etc.

start_frame

int

0

Start frame to process (0-based).

end_frame

int

None

End frame (exclusive). If None, all frames will be processed.

num_frames

int

None

Number of frames to process. If None, all frames will be processed.

duration

int

None

Duration in seconds, the exact number of frames will be calculated based on the video FPS

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Predict

Input format

Predict arguments

Prediction result

Prediction attributes

Prediction methods

visualize(save=None, save_dir=None, **kwargs)

Notes

load_image()

Notes

Predict Detached

PredictionSession methods

Uploading predictions

Predict video

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Tracking objects in video

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Video settings

`Prediction` attributes

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`visualize(save=None, save_dir=None, **kwargs)`

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`PredictionSession` methods