How to convert .ckpt to .pb?

Question

I am new to deep learning and I want to use a pretrained (EAST) model to serve from the AI Platform Serving, I have these files made available by the developer:

Answer 1

Here's the code to convert the checkpoint to SavedModel

import os
import tensorflow as tf

trained_checkpoint_prefix = 'models/model.ckpt-49491'
export_dir = os.path.join('export_dir', '0')

graph = tf.Graph()
with tf.compat.v1.Session(graph=graph) as sess:
    # Restore from checkpoint
    loader = tf.compat.v1.train.import_meta_graph(trained_checkpoint_prefix + '.meta')
    loader.restore(sess, trained_checkpoint_prefix)

    # Export checkpoint to SavedModel
    builder = tf.compat.v1.saved_model.builder.SavedModelBuilder(export_dir)
    builder.add_meta_graph_and_variables(sess,
                                         [tf.saved_model.TRAINING, tf.saved_model.SERVING],
                                         strip_default_attrs=True)
    builder.save()                

Answer 2

If you specify INPUT_TYPE as image_tensor and PIPELINE_CONFIG_PATH as your config file with this command.

python object_detection/export_inference_graph.py \
--input_type=${INPUT_TYPE} \
--pipeline_config_path=${PIPELINE_CONFIG_PATH} \
--trained_checkpoint_prefix=${TRAINED_CKPT_PREFIX} \
--output_directory=${EXPORT_DIR}

you can get your model in 3 formats in your export dir;

• frozen_graph.pb
• savedmodel.pb
• checkpoint

for more info https://github.com/tensorflow/models/tree/master/research/object_detection

Answer 3

Following the answer of @Puneith Kaul, here is the syntax for tensorflow version 1.7:

import os
import tensorflow as tf

export_dir = 'export_dir' 
trained_checkpoint_prefix = 'models/model.ckpt'
graph = tf.Graph()
loader = tf.train.import_meta_graph(trained_checkpoint_prefix + ".meta" )
sess = tf.Session()
loader.restore(sess,trained_checkpoint_prefix)
builder = tf.saved_model.builder.SavedModelBuilder(export_dir)
builder.add_meta_graph_and_variables(sess, [tf.saved_model.tag_constants.TRAINING, tf.saved_model.tag_constants.SERVING], strip_default_attrs=True)
builder.save()