to_COCO_file

ethology.io.annotations.save_bboxes.to_COCO_file(dataset, output_filepath)

Save an ethology bounding box annotations dataset to a COCO file.

Parameters:

• dataset (xarray.Dataset) – Bounding boxes annotations xarray dataset.

• output_filepath (str or pathlib.Path) – Path for the output COCO file.

Returns:

Path for the output COCO file.

Return type:

str

Examples

Save annotations to a COCO file:

>>> from ethology.io.annotations import save_bboxes
>>> save_bboxes.to_COCO_file(ds, "path/to/output_file.json")