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Installation Guide

Learn how to install the Clarifai Python SDK

Install the Package​

You can install the latest stable Clarifai using pip (which is the canonical way to install Python packages).

To install using pip, run:

pip install -U clarifai

Installation from Source (for Development)​

If you want to install from source for development purposes, follow these steps:

python -m venv ~/virtualenv/clarifai-python-utils
source ~/virtualenv/clarifai-python-utils/bin/activate
cd clarifai-python-utils
python setup.py develop

Configuration​

Clarifai uses Personal Access Tokens (PATs) to validate requests. You can create and manage PATs under your Clarifai account security settings. To set your PAT as an environment variable, run:

export CLARIFAI_PAT={your personal access token}