How to save final model using keras?

The model has a save method, which saves all the details necessary to reconstitute the model. An example from the keras documentation:

from keras.models import load_model

model.save('my_model.h5')  # creates a HDF5 file 'my_model.h5'
del model  # deletes the existing model

# returns a compiled model
# identical to the previous one
model = load_model('my_model.h5')

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you can save the model in json and weights in a hdf5 file format.

# keras library import  for Saving and loading model and weights

from keras.models import model_from_json
from keras.models import load_model

# serialize model to JSON
#  the keras model which is trained is defined as 'model' in this example
model_json = model.to_json()


with open("model_num.json", "w") as json_file:
    json_file.write(model_json)

# serialize weights to HDF5
model.save_weights("model_num.h5")

files "model_num.h5" and "model_num.json" are created which contain our model and weights

To use the same trained model for further testing you can simply load the hdf5 file and use it for the prediction of different data. here's how to load the model from saved files.

# load json and create model
json_file = open('model_num.json', 'r')

loaded_model_json = json_file.read()
json_file.close()
loaded_model = model_from_json(loaded_model_json)

# load weights into new model
loaded_model.load_weights("model_num.h5")
print("Loaded model from disk")

loaded_model.save('model_num.hdf5')
loaded_model=load_model('model_num.hdf5')

To predict for different data you can use this

loaded_model.predict_classes("your_test_data here")

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You can use model.save(filepath) to save a Keras model into a single HDF5 file which will contain:

the architecture of the model, allowing to re-create the model.

the weights of the model.

the training configuration (loss, optimizer)

the state of the optimizer, allowing to resume training exactly where you left off.

In your Python code probable the last line should be:

model.save("m.hdf5")

This allows you to save the entirety of the state of a model in a single file. Saved models can be reinstantiated via keras.models.load_model().

The model returned by load_model() is a compiled model ready to be used (unless the saved model was never compiled in the first place).

model.save() arguments:

filepath: String, path to the file to save the weights to.

overwrite: Whether to silently overwrite any existing file at the target location, or provide the user with a manual prompt.

include_optimizer: If True, save optimizer's state together.

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you can save the model and load in this way.

from keras.models import Sequential, load_model
from keras_contrib.losses import import crf_loss
from keras_contrib.metrics import crf_viterbi_accuracy

# To save model
model.save('my_model_01.hdf5')

# To load the model
custom_objects={'CRF': CRF,'crf_loss':crf_loss,'crf_viterbi_accuracy':crf_viterbi_accuracy}

# To load a persisted model that uses the CRF layer 
model1 = load_model("/home/abc/my_model_01.hdf5", custom_objects = custom_objects)

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Generally, we save the model and weights in the same file by calling the save() function.

For saving,

model.compile(optimizer='adam',
              loss = 'categorical_crossentropy',
              metrics = ["accuracy"])

model.fit(X_train, Y_train,
         batch_size = 32,
         epochs= 10,
         verbose = 2, 
         validation_data=(X_test, Y_test))

#here I have use filename as "my_model", you can choose whatever you want to.

model.save("my_model.h5") #using h5 extension
print("model saved!!!")

For Loading the model,

from keras.models import load_model

model = load_model('my_model.h5')
model.summary()

In this case, we can simply save and load the model without re-compiling our model again. Note - This is the preferred way for saving and loading your Keras model.

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Saving a Keras model:

model = ...  # Get model (Sequential, Functional Model, or Model subclass)
model.save('path/to/location')

Loading the model back:

from tensorflow import keras
model = keras.models.load_model('path/to/location')

For more information, read Documentation

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You can save the best model using keras.callbacks.ModelCheckpoint()

Example:

model.compile(loss='categorical_crossentropy', optimizer='adam', metrics=['accuracy'])
model_checkpoint_callback = keras.callbacks.ModelCheckpoint("best_Model.h5",save_best_only=True)
history = model.fit(x_train,y_train,
          epochs=10,
          validation_data=(x_valid,y_valid),
          callbacks=[model_checkpoint_callback])

This will save the best model in your working directory.

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Since the syntax of keras, how to save a model, changed over the years I will post a fresh answer. In principle the earliest answer of bogatron, posted Mar 13 '17 at 12:10 is still good, if you want to save your model including the weights into one file.

model.save("my_model.h5")

This will save the model in the older Keras H5 format.

However, there is a new format, the TensorFlow SavedModel format, which will be used if you do not specify the extension .h5, .hdf5 or .keras after the filename.

The syntax in this case is

model.save("path/to/folder")

If the given folder name does not yet exist, it will be created. Two files and two folders will be created within this folder:

keras_metadata.pb, saved_model.pb, assets, variables

So far you can still decide whether you want to store your model into one single file or into a folder containing files and folders. (See keras documentation at www.tensorflow.org.)

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