IBM Visual Recognition: How do I back up a custom classifier?

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The IBM Visual Recognition classifier is simple to use and works well. However, custom classifier creation is expensive ($0.10/image) and time-consuming. Accidental deleting of a custom classifier puts any workflow using that classifier at risk. There is no obvious way in the API or dashboard to download, duplicate, or lock a custom classifier. This is a concern for production use.

How can I back up a custom classifier created using IBM Watson Visual Recognition? This question went unanswered on IBM's developer forum and I am hoping someone from IBM can provide guidance here.

Thank you!

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There is no API method to back up or download a custom classifier. However if you still have the training data you can train a classifier with the same data and you will have the same performance again, with a different classifier_id. This would incur additional expense, as you noted.

We recognize the usefulness of this idea as a feature and will take it into consideration for development.

In the meantime, if a classifier is accidentally deleted or changed, please file a Bluemix support ticket, we may be able to help.

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It's currently not possible to backup or download a custom classifier (only create, update, and delete them via the API).