kaggle使用笔记

因为参加了DCASE2018比赛的声学场景分类的子任务，这个比赛有个排行榜是用的kaggle来做的，所以在比赛中，用到过kaggle API，下面是关于kaggle的使用笔记。

kaggle 是什么？

Kaggle是一个数据科学竞赛的平台，很多公司会发布一些接近真实业务的问题，吸引爱好数据科学的人来一起解决。

点击导航栏的 competitions 可以看到有很多比赛，其中正式比赛，一般会有奖金或者工作机会，除了正式比赛还有一些为初学者提供的 playground，在这里可以先了解这个比赛，练习能力，再去参加正式比赛。

参赛方法

参赛之前，首先需要一个kaggle的账号，激活之后，找到自己感兴趣的competitions，然后选择“join competitions”即可。

界面介绍：

• Overview： 首先在 overview 中仔细阅读问题的描述，这个比赛是让我们预测房价，它会给我们 79 个影响房价的变量，我们可以通过应用 random forest，gradient boosting 等算法，来对房价进行预测。

• Data：在这里给我们提供了 train 数据集，用来训练模型；test 数据集，用来将训练好的模型应用到这上面，进行预测，这个结果也是要提交到系统进行评价的；sample_submission 就是我们最后提交的 csv 文件中，里面的列的格式需要和这里一样。

• Kernels：可以看到一些参赛者分享的代码。

• Discussion：参赛者们可以在这里提问，分享经验。

• Leaderboard：就是参赛者的排行榜。

参赛流程

第一步：在 Data 里面下载三个数据集，最基本的就是上面提到的三个文件，有些比赛会有附加的数据描述文件等。

第二步：自己在线下分析，建模，调参，把用 test 数据集预测好的结果，按照 sample_submission 的格式输出到 csv 文件中。

第三步：点击蓝色按钮 ’Submit Predictions’ ，把 csv 文件拖拽进去，然后系统就会加载并检验结果，稍等片刻后就会在 Leaderboard 上显示当前结果所在的排名位置。
上传过一次结果之后，就直接加入了这场比赛。

注意：正式比赛中每个团队每天有 5 次的上传机会，然后就要等 24 小时再次传结果，playground 的是 9 次。

kaggle API的安装及使用

安装方法

首先确保安装了Python和包管理器pip。

运行以下命令以使用命令行访问Kaggle API：

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// Windows系统，默认的安装目录是“$ PYTHON_HOME / Scripts” pip install kaggle // Mac / Linux系统 pip install --user kaggle

下载API credentials

• 要使用Kaggle API，需要在kaggle官网上注册Kaggle帐户。

• 转到用户个人资料的’Account’标签，然后选择“create API Token”之后会弹出kaggle.json的下载，这是一个包含API credentials的文件。

• 将此文件放在〜/ .kaggle / kaggle.json位置（在Windows上的位置C：\ Users \ <Windows-username> \ .kaggle \ kaggle.json）。

第一次安装的时候，再C：\ Users \ <Windows-username> \ .kaggle \ kaggle.json目录下没有.kaggle这个文件夹，后来通过pip uninstall kaggle再重新安装之后，自动出现.kaggle文件夹，随后直接将kaggle.json文件复制到这个文件夹下面了。

您可以定义一个shell环境变量KAGGLE_CONFIG_DIR来将此位置更改为$ KAGGLE_CONFIG_DIR / kaggle.json（在Windows上它将是％KAGGLE_CONFIG_DIR％\ kaggle.json）。

命令

命令行支持命令：

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kaggle competitions {list,files,download,submit,submissions,leaderboard} kaggle datasets {list, files, download, create, version, init} kaggle config {view, set, unset}

• 比赛——API支持Kaggle Competitions的命令。

• List competitions

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usage: kaggle competitions list [-h] [-p PAGE] [-s SEARCH] [-v] optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -p PAGE, --page PAGE page number -s SEARCH, --search SEARCH term(s) to search for -v, --csv print in CSV format (if not set print in table format)

例子：

1	kaggle competitions list -s health

• List competition files

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usage: kaggle competitions files [-h] [-c COMPETITION] [-v] [-q] optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -c COMPETITION, --competition COMPETITION Competition URL suffix (use "kaggle competitions list" to show options) If empty, the default competition will be used (use "kaggle config set competition")" -v, --csv Print results in CSV format (if not set print in table format) -q, --quiet Suppress printing information about download progress

例子：

1	kaggle competitions files -c favorita-grocery-sales-forecasting

• Download competition files

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usage: kaggle competitions download [-h] [-c COMPETITION] [-f FILE] [-p PATH] [-w] [-o] [-q] optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -c COMPETITION, --competition COMPETITION Competition URL suffix (use "kaggle competitions list" to show options) If empty, the default competition will be used (use "kaggle config set competition")" -f FILE, --file FILE File name, all files downloaded if not provided (use "kaggle competitions files -c <competition>" to show options) -p PATH, --path PATH Folder where file(s) will be downloaded, defaults to ~/.kaggle -w, --wp Download files to current working path -o, --force Skip check whether local version of file is up to date, force file download -q, --quiet Suppress printing information about download progress

例子:

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• Submit to a competition

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usage: kaggle competitions submit [-h] [-c COMPETITION] -f FILE -m MESSAGE [-q] required arguments: -f FILE, --file FILE File for upload (full path) -m MESSAGE, --message MESSAGE Message describing this submission optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -c COMPETITION, --competition COMPETITION Competition URL suffix (use "kaggle competitions list" to show options) If empty, the default competition will be used (use "kaggle config set competition")" -q, --quiet Suppress printing information about download progress

例子:

1	kaggle competitions submit -c favorita-grocery-sales-forecasting -f sample_submission_favorita.csv.7z -m "My submission message"

• List competition submissions

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usage: kaggle competitions submissions [-h] [-c COMPETITION] [-v] [-q] optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -c COMPETITION, --competition COMPETITION Competition URL suffix (use "kaggle competitions list" to show options) If empty, the default competition will be used (use "kaggle config set competition")" -v, --csv Print results in CSV format (if not set print in table format) -q, --quiet Suppress printing information about download progress

例子:

1	kaggle competitions submissions -c favorita-grocery-sales-forecasting

• Get competition leaderboard

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usage: kaggle competitions leaderboard [-h] [-c COMPETITION] [-s] [-d] [-p PATH] [-q] optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -c COMPETITION, --competition COMPETITION Competition URL suffix (use "kaggle competitions list" to show options) If empty, the default competition will be used (use "kaggle config set competition")" -s, --show Show the top of the leaderboard -d, --download Download entire leaderboard -p PATH, --path PATH Folder where file(s) will be downloaded, defaults to ~/.kaggle -q, --quiet Suppress printing information about download progress

例子:

1	kaggle competitions leaderboard -c favorita-grocery-sales-forecasting -s

数据集——API支持以下用于Kaggle数据集的命令。

• List datasets

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usage: kaggle datasets list [-h] [-p PAGE] [-s SEARCH] [-v] optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -p PAGE, --page PAGE Page number for results paging -s SEARCH, --search SEARCH Term(s) to search for -v, --csv Print results in CSV format (if not set print in table format)

例子:

1	kaggle datasets list -s demographics

• List files for a dataset

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usage: kaggle datasets files [-h] -d DATASET [-v] required arguments: -d DATASET, --dataset DATASET Dataset URL suffix in format <owner>/<dataset-name> (use "kaggle datasets list" to show options) optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -v, --csv Print results in CSV format (if not set print in table format)

例子:

1	kaggle datasets files -d zillow/zecon

• Download dataset files

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usage: kaggle datasets download [-h] -d DATASET [-f FILE] [-p PATH] [-w] [-o] [-q] required arguments: -d DATASET, --dataset DATASET Dataset URL suffix in format <owner>/<dataset-name> (use "kaggle datasets list" to show options) optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -f FILE, --file FILE File name, all files downloaded if not provided (use "kaggle datasets files -d <dataset>" to show options) -p PATH, --path PATH Folder where file(s) will be downloaded, defaults to ~/.kaggle -w, --wp Download files to current working path -o, --force Skip check whether local version of file is up to date, force file download -q, --quiet Suppress printing information about download progress

例子:

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kaggle datasets download -d zillow/zecon kaggle datasets download -d zillow/zecon -f State_time_series.csv

• Initialize metadata file for dataset creation

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usage: kaggle datasets init [-h] -p FOLDER required arguments: -p FOLDER, --path FOLDER Folder for upload, containing data files and a special metadata.json file (https://github.com/Kaggle/kaggle-api/wiki/Metadata) optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit

例子:

1	kaggle datasets init -p /path/to/dataset

• Create a new dataset

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usage: kaggle datasets create [-h] -p FOLDER [-u] [-q] required arguments: -p FOLDER, --path FOLDER Folder for upload, containing data files and a special metadata.json file (https://github.com/Kaggle/kaggle-api/wiki/Metadata) optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -u, --public Create the Dataset publicly (default is private) -q, --quiet Suppress printing information about download progress -t, --keep-tabular Do not convert tabular files to CSV (default is to convert)

例子:

1	kaggle datasets create -p /path/to/dataset

• Create a new dataset version

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usage: kaggle datasets version [-h] -m VERSION_NOTES -p FOLDER [-q] required arguments: -m VERSION_NOTES, --message VERSION_NOTES Message describing the new version -p FOLDER, --path FOLDER Folder for upload, containing data files and a special metadata.json file (https://github.com/Kaggle/kaggle-api/wiki/Metadata) optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -q, --quiet Suppress printing information about download progress -t, --keep-tabular Do not convert tabular files to CSV (default is to convert) -d, --delete-old-versions Delete old versions of this dataset

例子:

1	kaggle datasets version -p /path/to/dataset -m "Updated data"

配置

• View current config values

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usage: kaggle config path [-h] [-p PATH] optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -p PATH, --path PATH folder where file(s) will be downloaded, defaults to ~/.kaggle Example: kaggle config path -p C:\ View current config values usage: kaggle config view [-h] optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit

例子:

1	kaggle config view

• Set a configuration value

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usage: kaggle config set [-h] -n NAME -v VALUE required arguments: -n NAME, --name NAME Name of the configuration parameter (one of competition, path, proxy) -v VALUE, --value VALUE Value of the configuration parameter, valid values depending on name - competition: Competition URL suffix (use "kaggle competitions list" to show options) - path: Folder where file(s) will be downloaded, defaults to ~/.kaggle - proxy: Proxy for HTTP requests

例子:

1	kaggle config set -n competition -v titanic

• Clear a configuration value

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usage: kaggle config unset [-h] -n NAME required arguments: -n NAME, --name NAME Name of the configuration parameter (one of competition, path, proxy)

例子:

1	kaggle config unset -n competition

注意：目前最大的限制是此时不以任何方式支持内核。 我们打算在不久的将来实施支持，尽管没有ETA。 此外，目前无法使用大型数据集（> = 2GB）。

参考

1. kaggle官网
2. kaggle API
3. 从0到1走进 Kaggle
4. 一个框架解决几乎所有机器学习问题
5. Kaggle比赛：从何着手？
6. kaggle入门（python数据处理）