public static long UploadDataAndTrainModel(string modelId, BuildType buildType = BuildType.Recommendation)
{
long buildId = -1;
// Trigger a recommendation build.
string operationLocationHeader;
if (buildType == BuildType.Recommendation)
{
buildId = reco.CreateRecommendationsBuild(modelId, "Recommendation Build " + DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmss"),
enableModelInsights: false,
operationLocationHeader: out operationLocationHeader);
}
else
{
buildId = reco.CreateFbtBuild(modelId, "Frequenty-Bought-Together Build " + DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmss"),
enableModelInsights: false,
operationLocationHeader: out operationLocationHeader);
}
// Monitor the build and wait for completion.
var buildInfo = reco.WaitForOperationCompletion <BuildInfo>(RecommendationsApiWrapper.GetOperationId(operationLocationHeader));
// Waiting in order to propagate the model updates from the build...
Thread.Sleep(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(40));
reco.SetActiveBuild(modelId, buildId);
return(buildId);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a model, upload catalog and usage files and trigger a build.
/// Returns the Build ID of the trained build.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="recommender">Wrapper that maintains API key</param>
/// <param name="buildType">The type of build. (Recommendation or FBT)</param>
/// <param name="modelId">The model Id</param>
public static long UploadDataAndTrainModel(string modelId, BuildType buildType = BuildType.Recommendation)
{
long buildId = -1;
// Import data to the model.
Console.WriteLine("Importing catalog files...");
int catalogFilesCount = 0;
foreach (string catalog in Directory.GetFiles(ProductCatalogPath, "*.*"))
{
var catalogFile = new FileInfo(catalog);
recommender.UploadCatalog(modelId, catalogFile.FullName, catalogFile.Name);
catalogFilesCount++;
}
Console.WriteLine("Imported {0} catalog files.", catalogFilesCount);
Console.WriteLine("Importing usage files...");
int usageFilesCount = 0;
foreach (string usage in Directory.GetFiles(UsageFilesPath, "*.*"))
{
var usageFile = new FileInfo(usage);
recommender.UploadUsage(modelId, usageFile.FullName, usageFile.Name);
usageFilesCount++;
}
Console.WriteLine("Imported {0} usage files.", usageFilesCount);
#region training
// Trigger a recommendation build.
string operationLocationHeader;
Console.WriteLine("Triggering build for model '{0}'. \nThis will take a few minutes...", modelId);
if (buildType == BuildType.Recommendation)
{
buildId = recommender.CreateRecommendationsBuild(modelId, "Recommendation Build " + DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmss"),
enableModelInsights: false,
operationLocationHeader: out operationLocationHeader);
}
else
{
buildId = recommender.CreateFbtBuild(modelId, "Frequenty-Bought-Together Build " + DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmss"),
enableModelInsights: false,
operationLocationHeader: out operationLocationHeader);
}
// Monitor the build and wait for completion.
Console.WriteLine("Monitoring build {0}", buildId);
var buildInfo = recommender.WaitForOperationCompletion <BuildInfo>(RecommendationsApiWrapper.GetOperationId(operationLocationHeader));
Console.WriteLine("Build {0} ended with status {1}.\n", buildId, buildInfo.Status);
if (String.Compare(buildInfo.Status, "Succeeded", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != 0)
{
Console.WriteLine("Build {0} did not end successfully, the sample app will stop here.", buildId);
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to end");
Console.ReadKey();
return(-1);
}
// Waiting in order to propagate the model updates from the build...
Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 40 sec for propagation of the built model...");
Thread.Sleep(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(40));
// The below api is more meaningful when you want to give a certain build id to be an active build.
// Currently this app has a single build which is already active.
Console.WriteLine("Setting build {0} as active build.", buildId);
recommender.SetActiveBuild(modelId, buildId);
#endregion
return(buildId);
}
