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Python API
==========

Overview
--------

This API section details functions, modules, and objects included in MXNet,
describing what they are and what they do. The APIs are grouped into the
following categories:


Imperative API
--------------
.. container:: cards

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.np
      :link: np/index.html

      MXNet NP module, an array library that provides NumPy-compatible API.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.npx
      :link: npx/index.html

      MXNet NPX module, neural network extension to the NumPy-compatible API.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.gluon
      :link: gluon/index.html

      Imperative APIs to load data, construct and train neural networks.


Gluon related modules
---------------------

.. container:: cards

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.autograd
      :link: autograd/index.html

      Functions for Automatic differentiation.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.optimizer
      :link: optimizer/index.html

      Functions for applying an optimizer on weights.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.initializer
      :link: initializer/index.html

      Default behaviors to initialize parameters.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.lr_scheduler
      :link: lr_scheduler/index.html

      Scheduling the learning rate.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.kvstore
      :link: kvstore/index.html

      Key value store interface of MXNet for parameter synchronization.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.context
      :link: mxnet/context/index.html

      CPU and GPU context information.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.profiler
      :link: mxnet/profiler/index.html

      Profiler setting methods.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.random
      :link: mxnet/random/index.html

      Imperative random distribution generator functions.


Advanced modules
----------------

.. container:: cards

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.runtime
      :link: runtime/index.html

      API for querying MXNet enabled features.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.context
      :link: context/index.html

      MXNet array context for specifying in-memory storage device.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.profiler
      :link: profiler/index.html

      MXNet memory and performance profiler.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.executor
      :link: executor/index.html

      Managing symbolic graph execution.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.kvstore_server
      :link: kvstore_server/index.html

      Server node for the key value store.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.engine
      :link: engine/index.html

      Engine properties management.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.rtc
      :link: rtc/index.html

      Tools for compiling and running CUDA code from the python frontend.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.test_utils
      :link: test_utils/index.html

      Tools for using and testing MXNet.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.util
      :link: util/index.html

      General utility functions

Legacy
------

.. container:: cards

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.ndarray
      :link: legacy/ndarray/index.html

      Imperative APIs to manipulate multi-dimensional arrays.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.symbol
      :link: legacy/symbol/index.html

      Symbolic APIs for multi-dimensional arrays and neural network layers

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.callback
      :link: legacy/callback/index.html

      Functions to track various statuses during an epoch.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.image
      :link: legacy/image/index.html

      Image iterators and image augmentation functions.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.io
      :link: legacy/io/index.html

      Data iterators for common data formats and utility functions.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.recordio
      :link: legacy/recordio/index.html

      Read and write for the RecordIO data format.

   .. card::
      :title: mxnet.visualization
      :link: legacy/visualization/index.html

      Functions for Symbol visualization.


.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1
   :hidden:
   :glob:

   np/index
   npx/index
   gluon/index
   autograd/index
   initializer/index
   optimizer/index
   lr_scheduler/index
   kvstore/index
   contrib/index
   legacy/index
   */index*