OpenVINO Python API is a part of the OpenVINO library. The component is responsible for:
- Bindings of OpenVINO - allowing users to use the OpenVINO library in their Python code. Python API provides bindings to basic and advanced APIs from OpenVINO Runtime.
- Extending OpenVINO with pythonic features - on top of direct translations from C++, Python API component:
- Adds specific extensions to support numpy-based data.
- Provides support for external frameworks inputs.
- Provides shortcuts and helpers with more pythonic design.
- Allows to apply advanced concepts, like shared memory, to take full advantage of OpenVINO.
OpenVINO Python API uses the common codestyle checks which are adjusted to project needs.
If you have any questions, feature requests or want us to review your PRs, send us a message or ping us on GitHub via openvino-ie-python-api-maintainers. You can always directly contact everyone from this group.
OpenVINO PYTHON API has the following structure:
- docs - folder that contains developer documentation and code examples.
- src - folder with all source files for Python API.
- src/compatibility - sources for compatibility API, including older modules like
ngraphandopenvino.inference_engine. - src/openvino - Python sources for current API.
- src/openvino/preprocess - Torchvision to OpenVINO preprocessing converter.
- src/pyopenvino - C++ sources for current API.
- src/compatibility - sources for compatibility API, including older modules like
- tests - tests directory for current API.
- tests_compatibility - tests directory for compatibility API.
- thirdparty - folder that contains third-party modules like
pybind11. - wheel - wheel-specific directory that contains all specific requirements and files used during wheel creation.
If you want to contribute to OpenVINO Python API, here is the list of learning materials and project guidelines: