NameError: name 'Input' is not defined

I was getting this same error w/ my custom neural network so I wanted to try it out on the example dataset (w/ minor edits). I am still getting this error.

import keras, hyperas, hyperopt, tensorflow
keras.__version__,  hyperopt.__version__, tensorflow.__version__
('2.1.2', '0.1', '1.4.0')

(btw, hyperas doesn’t have a __version__ I just realized)

from __future__ import print_function

from hyperopt import Trials, STATUS_OK, tpe
from keras.datasets import mnist
from keras.layers.core import Dense, Dropout, Activation
from keras.models import Sequential
from keras.utils import np_utils

from hyperas import optim
from hyperas.distributions import choice, uniform, conditional


def data():
    """
    Data providing function:

    This function is separated from create_model() so that hyperopt
    won't reload data for each evaluation run.
    """
    (x_train, y_train), (x_test, y_test) = mnist.load_data()
    x_train = x_train.reshape(60000, 784)
    x_test = x_test.reshape(10000, 784)
    x_train = x_train.astype('float32')
    x_test = x_test.astype('float32')
    x_train /= 255
    x_test /= 255
    nb_classes = 10
    y_train = np_utils.to_categorical(y_train, nb_classes)
    y_test = np_utils.to_categorical(y_test, nb_classes)
    return x_train, y_train, x_test, y_test


def create_model(x_train, y_train, x_test, y_test):
    """
    Model providing function:

    Create Keras model with double curly brackets dropped-in as needed.
    Return value has to be a valid python dictionary with two customary keys:
        - loss: Specify a numeric evaluation metric to be minimized
        - status: Just use STATUS_OK and see hyperopt documentation if not feasible
    The last one is optional, though recommended, namely:
        - model: specify the model just created so that we can later use it again.
    """
    model = Sequential()
    model.add(Input(784,))
    model.add(Dense(512))
    model.add(Activation('relu'))
    model.add(Dropout({{uniform(0, 1)}}))
    model.add(Dense({{choice([128, 256])}}))
    model.add(Activation("relu"))
    model.add(Dropout(0.2))

    # If we choose 'four', add an additional fourth layer
    if conditional({{choice(['three', 'four'])}}) == 'four':
        model.add(Dense(100))

        # We can also choose between complete sets of layers


    model.add(Dense(10))
    model.add(Activation('softmax'))

    model.compile(loss='categorical_crossentropy', metrics=['accuracy'],
                  optimizer=SGD(0.01))

    model.fit(x_train, y_train,
              batch_size={{choice([64, 128])}},
              epochs=1,
              verbose=2,
              validation_data=(x_test, y_test))
    score, acc = model.evaluate(x_test, y_test, verbose=0)
    print('Test accuracy:', acc)
    return {'loss': -acc, 'status': STATUS_OK, 'model': model}


best_run, best_model = optim.minimize(model=create_model,
                                      data=data,
                                      algo=tpe.suggest,
                                      max_evals=5,
                                      trials=Trials(), 
                                      notebook_name="Untitled")

X_train, Y_train, X_test, Y_test = data()
print("Evalutation of best performing model:")
print(best_model.evaluate(X_test, Y_test))
print("Best performing model chosen hyper-parameters:")
print(best_run)

[laxmikantG]

from keras.layers import Input

[maxpumperla]

@jolespin how about adding Input to imports in your script? 😃