This API provides a simplified interface for Inference Engine functionality that allows you to:

Handle the models
Load and configure Inference Engine plugins based on device names
Perform inference in synchronous and asynchronous modes with arbitrary number of infer requests (the number of infer requests may be limited by target device capabilities)

Supported OSes

Inference Engine Python* API is supported on Ubuntu* 16.04 and 18.04, CentOS* 7.3 OSes, Raspbian* 9, Windows* 10 and macOS* 10.x.
Supported Python* versions:

Operating System	Supported Python* versions:
Ubuntu* 16.04	2.7, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7
Ubuntu* 18.04	2.7, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7
Windows* 10	3.5, 3.6, 3.7
CentOS* 7.3	3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7
macOS* 10.x	3.5, 3.6, 3.7
Raspbian* 9	3.5, 3.6, 3.7

Set Up the Environment

To configure the environment for the Inference Engine Python* API, run:

On Ubuntu* 16.04 or 18.04 CentOS* 7.4: source <INSTALL_DIR>/bin/setupvars.sh .
On CentOS* 7.4: source <INSTALL_DIR>/bin/setupvars.sh .
On macOS* 10.x: source <INSTALL_DIR>/bin/setupvars.sh .
On Raspbian* 9,: source <INSTALL_DIR>/bin/setupvars.sh .
On Windows* 10: call <INSTALL_DIR>\bin\setupvars.bat

The script automatically detects latest installed Python* version and configures required environment if the version is supported.
If you want to use certain version of Python*, set the environment variable PYTHONPATH=<INSTALL_DIR>/python/<desired_python_version> after running the environment configuration script.

API Reference

For the complete API Reference, see Inference Engine Python* API Reference