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oxen.remote_repo

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get_repo

def get_repo(name: str, host: str = "hub.oxen.ai")

Get a RemoteRepo object for the specified name. For example ‘ox/CatDogBBox’.

Arguments:

  • name - str Name of the repository in the format ‘namespace/repo_name’.
  • host - str The host to connect to. Defaults to ‘hub.oxen.ai’

Returns:

RemoteRepo

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create_repo

def create_repo(name: str,
                description="",
                is_public: bool = True,
                host: str = "hub.oxen.ai",
                scheme: str = "https",
                files: List[Tuple[str, str]] = [])

Create a new repository on the remote server.

Arguments:

  • name - str Name of the repository in the format ‘namespace/repo_name’.
  • description - str Description of the repository. Only applicable to OxenHub.
  • is_public - bool Whether the repository is public or private. Only applicable to OxenHub.
  • host - str The host to connect to. Defaults to ‘hub.oxen.ai’
  • scheme - str The scheme to use for the remote url. Default: ‘https’
  • files - List[Tuple[str, str]] A list of tuples containing the path to the file and the contents of the file that you would like to seed the repository with.

Returns:

RemoteRepo

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RemoteRepo Objects

class RemoteRepo()

The RemoteRepo class allows you to interact with an Oxen repository without downloading the data locally.

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Examples

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Add & Commit Files

Adding and committing a file to a remote workspace.

from oxen import RemoteRepo

repo = RemoteRepo("ox/CatDogBBox")
repo.add("/path/to/image.png")
status = repo.status()
print(status.added_files())
repo.commit("Adding my image to the remote workspace.")

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Downloading Specific Files

Grab a specific file revision and load it into pandas.

from oxen import RemoteRepo
import pandas as pd

# Connect to the remote repo
repo = RemoteRepo("ox/CatDogBBox")
# Specify the version of the file you want to download
branch = repo.get_branch("my-pets")
# Download takes a file or directory a commit id
repo.download("annotations", revision=branch.commit_id)
# Once you have the data locally, use whatever library you want to explore the data
df = pd.read_csv("annotations/train.csv")
print(df.head())

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__init__

def __init__(path: str,
             host: str = "hub.oxen.ai",
             revision: str = "main",
             scheme: str = "https")

Create a new RemoteRepo object to interact with.

Arguments:

  • path - str Name of the repository in the format ‘namespace/repo_name’. For example ‘ox/chatbot’
  • host - str The host to connect to. Defaults to ‘hub.oxen.ai’
  • revision - str The branch name or commit id to checkout. Defaults to ‘main’
  • scheme - str The scheme to use for the remote url. Default: ‘https’

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create

def create(empty: bool = False, is_public: bool = False)

Will create the repo on the remote server.

Arguments:

  • empty - bool Whether to create an empty repo or not. Default: False
  • is_public - bool Whether the repository is public or private. Default: False

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exists

def exists() -> bool

Checks if this remote repo exists on the server.

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delete

def delete()

Delete this remote repo from the server.

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checkout

def checkout(revision: str, create=False)

Switches the remote repo to the specified revision.

Arguments:

  • revision - str The name of the branch or commit id to checkout.
  • create - bool Whether to create a new branch if it doesn’t exist. Default: False

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ls

def ls(directory: Optional[str] = None,
       page_num: int = 1,
       page_size: int = 100)

Lists the contents of a directory in the remote repo.

Arguments:

  • directory - str The directory to list. If None, will list the root directory.
  • page_num - int The page number to return. Default: 1
  • page_size - int The number of items to return per page. Default: 100

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download

def download(src: str,
             dst: Optional[str] = None,
             revision: Optional[str] = None)

Download a file or directory from the remote repo.

Arguments:

  • src - str The path to the remote file
  • dst - str | None The path to the local file. If None, will download to the same path as src
  • revision - str | None The branch or commit id to download. Defaults to self.revision

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log

def log()

Get the commit history for a remote repo

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branches

def branches()

List all branches for a remote repo

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get_branch

def get_branch(branch: str)

Return a branch by name on this repo, if exists

Arguments:

  • branch - str The name of the branch to return

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create_branch

def create_branch(branch: str)

Return a branch by name on this repo, creating it from the currently checked out branch if it doesn’t exist

Arguments:

  • branch - str The name to assign to the created branch

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create_checkout_branch

def create_checkout_branch(branch: str)

Create a new branch from the currently checked out branch, and switch to it

Arguments:

  • branch - str The name to assign to the created branch

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namespace

@property
def namespace() -> str

The namespace for the repo.

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name

@property
def name() -> str

The name of the repo.

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identifier

@property
def identifier()

The namespace/name of the repo.

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url

@property
def url() -> str

The remote url for the repo.

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revision

@property
def revision() -> str

The branch or commit id for the repo

RepoWorkspace