replicate.run returning FileOutput objects

[jacksondc]

When I run the code examples in the README, I get back replicate.helpers.FileOutput objects. I expected to get URLs.

Steps to reproduce:

pip install replicate== 1.0.2
export REPLICATE_API_TOKEN=...
python3

>>> import replicate
>>> replicate.run(
...         "stability-ai/stable-diffusion:27b93a2413e7f36cd83da926f3656280b2931564ff050bf9575f1fdf9bcd7478",
...         input={"prompt": "a 19th century portrait of a wombat gentleman"}
...     )
[<replicate.helpers.FileOutput object at 0x1062f3e60>]

Looks like the new types were introduced in version 1.0.1.

[paulocoutinhox]

Use:

obj = replicate.run([...])
print(obj.url)

# or str(obj)

[user-will]

I am having the same issue. I am getting a file output and am unsure how to parse. The example code does not work for presenting an image.

import replicate
output = replicate.run(
  "black-forest-labs/flux-schnell",
  input={"prompt": "an african grey parrot sitting in the jungle on a branch, pointillism"}
)

I get these outputs:

output ---> [<replicate.helpers.FileOutput at 0x21c3cd91f50>]
str(output) ---> [<replicate.helpers.FileOutput object at 0x0000021C3CD91F50>]

output[0].url ---> data:application/octet-stream;base64,UklGRowqAwBXRUJQV.....
str(output[0]) ---> data:application/octet-stream;base64,UklGRowqAwBXRUJQV.....

I did get it to display an image with:

from IPython.display import Image
img = Image(url=output[0].url)

[user-will]

It appears that the FileOutput class was only added last month and is a completely new addition. Likely the cause of the problems here.

Here is a link to the commit: e7f699f

Link to file: https://github.com/replicate/replicate-python/blob/main/replicate/helpers.py

[user-will]

I got it to output the correct delivery url when I downgraded my replicate version to 0.32.1 (before the FileOutput commit).

Just install the older version then restart your kernel.

https://pypi.org/project/replicate/0.32.1/

[xuyannus]

this testing code does not work:

import requests

output = replicate.run(
    "stability-ai/stable-diffusion:db21e45d3f7023abc2a46ee38a23973f6dce16bb082a930b0c49861f96d1e5bf",
    input={"text": "an astronaut riding a horse"}
)

response = requests.get(output[0].url)

with open("local_image.jpg", "wb") as file:
    file.write(response.content)

[user-will]

@xuyannus Try removing .url from output[0] and just doing:

import requests

output = replicate.run(
    "stability-ai/stable-diffusion:db21e45d3f7023abc2a46ee38a23973f6dce16bb082a930b0c49861f96d1e5bf",
    input={"text": "an astronaut riding a horse"}
)

response = requests.get(output[0])

with open("local_image.jpg", "wb") as file:
    file.write(response.content)

I also downgraded to v0.32.1 to get mine to work. https://pypi.org/project/replicate/0.32.1/

[aron]

Thanks for the feedback all, we'll get the examples in the README fixed.

As mentioned in the issue the URL can be accessed via the url attribute on the FileOutput object.

import replicate
output = replicate.run(
  "black-forest-labs/flux-schnell",
  input={"prompt": "an african grey parrot sitting in the jungle on a branch, pointillism"}
)
print(output[0].url)

@xuyannus

this testing code does not work:

import requests
...

The requests library is not needed to fetch the output.

import replicate

output = replicate.run(
    "stability-ai/stable-diffusion:db21e45d3f7023abc2a46ee38a23973f6dce16bb082a930b0c49861f96d1e5bf",
    input={"text": "an astronaut riding a horse"}
)

with open("local_image.jpg", "wb") as file:
    file.write(output[0])

[melvinmt]

FYI: This breaking change caused all our API integrations with replicate to stop working…

@aron the documentation on the model pages also have no mention of the FileOutput: https://replicate.com/black-forest-labs/flux-1.1-pro/api

[paulocoutinhox]

The technical team is very bad. There is no consistency, everything stops working out of nowhere. Now, I'm getting another problem. The "url" field returns in base64 and not the URL itself.

[eloelo-techadmin]

@paulocoutinhox I am getting the same issue. Our inference API has stopped working. @aron Can you guys please check this asap?

[user-will]

I was not able to fix the problem with the latest package version. Same problems with the base64. Clearly more needs to be worked out on the backend side.

For now I have been able to get it to work as intended in the code examples by downgrading to version 0.23.1 https://pypi.org/project/replicate/0.32.1/

Hope this helps and gets resolved in the latest versions. For now just downgrade to v0.23.1 unless it causes other issues.

@eloelo-techadmin @melvinmt @paulocoutinhox

[paulocoutinhox]

Hi @user-will,

Im using this:

output = replicate.run(model_path, input=replicate_input)

# get the output format for file extension
output_format = flux_model_task.output_format.lower()

# download and save the generated image
for output_item in output:
    unique_file_name = f"{uuid.uuid4()}.{output_format}"
    file_content = ContentFile(output_item.read())

    flux_model_task.output_image.save(unique_file_name, file_content, save=True)

    # mark the task as processed
    flux_model_task.status = GenerationStatus.PROCESSED
    flux_model_task.save()

    logger.info(f"Generated image saved: {unique_file_name}")

[ikergarcia1996]

@aron Neither output.url nor use_file_output=False works. I still get the output in base64 format

[output] = replicate.run(
"black-forest-labs/flux-schnell",
 input={"prompt": "astronaut riding a rocket like a horse"},
use_file_output=False)

print(output)
# BASE64 data

output = replicate.run(
"black-forest-labs/flux-schnell",
input={"prompt": "an african grey parrot sitting in the jungle on a branch, pointillism"}
)

print(output[0].url)

#BASE64 data

Downgrading to version 0.34.1 works for now. The documentation does not reference the new API, which is very confusing: https://replicate.com/black-forest-labs/flux-1.1-pro/api

[ntindle]

I'd update the release notes on 1.0.0 to note its FileOutput as seen above or FileObject. If it is FileObject, setup type hints in the future rather than returning Any | list[Any] from your library plz :)

Here's a quick example of how to do it for sync API #389

[paulocoutinhox]

My solution is working on new versions too. Thanks.