This guide provides a quick walk-through on how to upload and update time-series data with multiple labels using the Edge Impulse API.

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Getting Started

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Prerequisites

  • API Key - Obtain from your project settings on Edge Impulse.
  • Example Github repository - Clone the following repository, it contains the scripts and the example files: 
    git clone git@github.com:edgeimpulse/example-multi-label-ingestion-via-api.git

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Setup Your Environment

Export your API key to use in the upload scripts: 
export EI_PROJECT_API_KEY='your_api_key_here'

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Prepare Your Data

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Upload Data

Use the upload.sh script to send your data and labels to Edge Impulse: 
#!/bin/bash
if [[ -z "$EI_PROJECT_API_KEY" ]]; then
    echo "Missing EI_PROJECT_API_KEY env variable"
    exit 1
fi

curl -X POST \
    -H "x-api-key: $EI_PROJECT_API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
    -F "data=@updown.3.json" \
    -F "data=@structured_labels.labels" \
    https://ingestion.edgeimpulse.com/api/training/files

After upload

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Update Existing Samples

To update a sample, run update-sample.sh with the required project and sample IDs: 
sh update-sample.sh --project-id <your_project_id> --sample-id <your_sample_id>

After update

:rocket: We hope this tutorial has helped you to understand how to ingest multi-label data samples to your Edge Impulse project. If you have any questions, please reach out to us on our forum.