AttributeError: 'Tensor' object has no attribute 'numpy'

Question:

How can I fix this error I downloaded this code from GitHub.

predicted_id = tf.multinomial(tf.exp(predictions), num_samples=1)[0][0].numpy()

throws the error

AttributeError: 'Tensor' object has no attribute 'numpy'

Please help me fix this!

I used:

sess = tf.Session()
    with sess.as_default():
       predicted_id = tf.multinomial(tf.exp(predictions), num_samples=1)[0][0].eval()

And i get this error. Someone help me i just want it to work why is this so hard?

D:Python>python TextGenOut.py
  File "TextGenOut.py", line 72
    predicted_id = tf.multinomial(tf.exp(predictions), num_samples=1)[0][0].eval()
    ^
IndentationError: unexpected indent

D:Python>python TextGenOut.py
2018-09-16 21:50:57.008663: I T:srcgithubtensorflowtensorflowcoreplatformcpu_feature_guard.cc:141] Your CPU supports instructions that this TensorFlow binary was not compiled to use: AVX2
2018-09-16 21:50:57.272973: W T:srcgithubtensorflowtensorflowcoreframeworkop_kernel.cc:1275] OP_REQUIRES failed at resource_variable_ops.cc:480 : Not found: Container localhost does not exist. (Could not find resource: localhost/model/embedding/embeddings)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonclientsession.py", line 1278, in _do_call
    return fn(*args)
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonclientsession.py", line 1263, in _run_fn
    options, feed_dict, fetch_list, target_list, run_metadata)
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonclientsession.py", line 1350, in _call_tf_sessionrun
    run_metadata)
tensorflow.python.framework.errors_impl.FailedPreconditionError: Error while reading resource variable model/dense/kernel from Container: localhost. This could mean that the variable was uninitialized. Not found: Container localhost does not exist. (Could not find resource: localhost/model/dense/kernel)
         [[Node: model/dense/MatMul/ReadVariableOp = ReadVariableOp[dtype=DT_FLOAT, _device="/job:localhost/replica:0/task:0/device:CPU:0"](model/dense/kernel)]]

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "TextGenOut.py", line 72, in <module>
    predicted_id = tf.multinomial(tf.exp(predictions), num_samples=1)[0][0].eval()
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonframeworkops.py", line 680, in eval
    return _eval_using_default_session(self, feed_dict, self.graph, session)
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonframeworkops.py", line 4951, in _eval_using_default_session
    return session.run(tensors, feed_dict)
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonclientsession.py", line 877, in run
    run_metadata_ptr)
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonclientsession.py", line 1100, in _run
    feed_dict_tensor, options, run_metadata)
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonclientsession.py", line 1272, in _do_run
    run_metadata)
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonclientsession.py", line 1291, in _do_call
    raise type(e)(node_def, op, message)
tensorflow.python.framework.errors_impl.FailedPreconditionError: Error while reading resource variable model/dense/kernel from Container: localhost. This could mean that the variable was uninitialized. Not found: Container localhost does not exist. (Could not find resource: localhost/model/dense/kernel)
         [[Node: model/dense/MatMul/ReadVariableOp = ReadVariableOp[dtype=DT_FLOAT, _device="/job:localhost/replica:0/task:0/device:CPU:0"](model/dense/kernel)]]

Caused by op 'model/dense/MatMul/ReadVariableOp', defined at:
  File "TextGenOut.py", line 66, in <module>
    predictions, hidden = model(input_eval, hidden)
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonkerasenginebase_layer.py", line 736, in __call__
    outputs = self.call(inputs, *args, **kwargs)
  File "TextGenOut.py", line 39, in call
    x = self.fc(output)
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonkerasenginebase_layer.py", line 736, in __call__
    outputs = self.call(inputs, *args, **kwargs)
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonkeraslayerscore.py", line 943, in call
    outputs = gen_math_ops.mat_mul(inputs, self.kernel)
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonopsgen_math_ops.py", line 4750, in mat_mul
    name=name)
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonframeworkop_def_library.py", line 510, in _apply_op_helper
    preferred_dtype=default_dtype)
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonframeworkops.py", line 1094, in internal_convert_to_tensor
    ret = conversion_func(value, dtype=dtype, name=name, as_ref=as_ref)
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonopsresource_variable_ops.py", line 1045, in _dense_var_to_tensor
    return var._dense_var_to_tensor(dtype=dtype, name=name, as_ref=as_ref)  # pylint: disable=protected-access
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonopsresource_variable_ops.py", line 1000, in _dense_var_to_tensor
    return self.value()
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonopsresource_variable_ops.py", line 662, in value
    return self._read_variable_op()
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonopsresource_variable_ops.py", line 745, in _read_variable_op
    self._dtype)
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonopsgen_resource_variable_ops.py", line 562, in read_variable_op
    "ReadVariableOp", resource=resource, dtype=dtype, name=name)
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonframeworkop_def_library.py", line 787, in _apply_op_helper
    op_def=op_def)
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonutildeprecation.py", line 454, in new_func
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonframeworkops.py", line 3155, in create_op
    op_def=op_def)
  File "C:UsersfriedAppDataRoamingPythonPython36site-packagestensorflowpythonframeworkops.py", line 1717, in __init__
    self._traceback = tf_stack.extract_stack()

FailedPreconditionError (see above for traceback): Error while reading resource variable model/dense/kernel from Container: localhost. This could mean that the variable was uninitialized. Not found: Container localhost does not exist. (Could not find resource: localhost/model/dense/kernel)
         [[Node: model/dense/MatMul/ReadVariableOp = ReadVariableOp[dtype=DT_FLOAT, _device="/job:localhost/replica:0/task:0/device:CPU:0"](model/dense/kernel)]]
Asked By: Frieder Hannenheim

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Answers:

tf.multinomial returns a Tensor object that contains a 2D list with drawn samples of shape [batch_size, num_samples]. Calling .eval() on that tensor object is expected to return a numpy ndarray.

Something like this:

predicted_id = tf.multinomial(tf.exp(predictions), num_samples=1)[0][0].eval()

You also need to ensure that you have a session active (doesn’t make a lot of sense otherwise):

sess = tf.Session()
with sess.as_default():
    predicted_id = tf.multinomial(tf.exp(predictions), num_samples=1)[0][0].eval()
Answered By: Debosmit Ray

I suspect the place where you copied the code from had eager execution enabled, i.e. had invoked tf.enable_eager_execution() at the start of the program.

You could do the same.

UPDATE: Note that eager execution is enabled by default in TensorFlow 2.0. So the answer above applies only to TensorFlow 1.x

Answered By: ash

I saw similar error when I run code something like the following,

tensor = tf.multiply(ndarray, 42)
tensor.numpy()  # throw AttributeError: 'Tensor' object has no attribute 'numpy'

I use anaconda 3 with tensorflow 1.14.0. I upgraded tensorflow with the command below

conda update tensorflow

now tensorflow is 2.0.0, issue fixed. Try this to see if it resolves your issue.

Answered By: Jonathan L

It happens in older version of TF. So try pip install tensorflow --upgrade

otherwise run

import tensorflow as tf
tf.enable_eager_execution()

If you are using Jupyter notebook, restart the Kernel.

Answered By: amalik2205

This can also happen in TF2.0 if your code is wrapped in a @tf.function or inside a Keras layer. Both of those run in graph mode. There’s a lot of secretly broken code out of there because behavior differs between eager and graph modes and people are not aware that they’re switching contexts, so be careful!

Answered By: markemus

Since the accepted answer did not solve the problem for me so I thought it might be helpful for some people who face the problem and that already have tensorflow version >= 2.2.0 and eager execution enabled.

The issue seems to be that for certain functions during the fitting model.fit()
the @tf.function decorator prohibits the execution of functions like tensor.numpy() for performance reasons.

The solution for me was to pass the flag run_eagerly=True to the model.compile() like this:

model.compile(..., run_eagerly=True)
Answered By: Alexander

Tensorflow 2 has a config option to run functions "eagerly" which will enable getting Tensor values via .numpy() method. To enable eager execution, use following command:

tf.config.run_functions_eagerly(True)

Note that this is useful mainly for debugging.

See also: https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/config/run_functions_eagerly

Answered By: druskacik

I had the same issue in a tf.function(): But what has worked for me is to transform the numpy array into a tensorflow tensor via tf.convert_to_tensor Doku and then go ahead with tensorflow. Maybe this trick could be useful for anyone…

Answered By: user3352632

For people who still have this problem in TF 2.0.0 run: tf.config.run_functions_eagerly(True) top of ur program it works perfectly!

Answered By: hind boukhairat

You can also use tf.get_static_value() to obtain the value of a tensor. This has the benefit of not needing eager mode. See docs here.

Answered By: Isaac Berrios