How to download torchtext datasets once?

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#1

Hi,

I’m experimenting with torchtext datasets e.g.:

train, test = torchtext.datasets.IMDB(PATH, split=('train', 'test'))

Unfortunately there is no download=True or False option in the set, which means every time I run the script it downloads the entire set from the internet again!

Is there a way to open the set from local folder once it’s there i.e download once?

Thanks,
Ayman

#2

Use root as argument e.g.

train, test = torchtext.datasets.IMDB(root=/home/user/datasets, split=('train', 'test'))

If it exists, it won’t download again.

#3

Are you sure?
Because I’m already passing PATH as root in the code above, but we I run the line it takes longer than expected and it changes the timestamp on the PATH folder. That makes me think it’s either downloading again or re-building the train,test split … it’s definitely doing something!

#4

Try disconnecting from the internet and see if that line runs fine :slight_smile:

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