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# Migrating from pytorch-pretrained-bert
Here is a quick summary of what you should take care of when migrating from `pytorch-pretrained-bert` to `pytorch-transformers`
### Models always output `tuples`
The main breaking change when migrating from `pytorch-pretrained-bert` to `pytorch-transformers` is that the models forward method always outputs a `tuple` with various elements depending on the model and the configuration parameters.
The exact content of the tuples for each model are detailled in the models' docstrings and the [documentation](https://huggingface.co/pytorch-transformers/).
In pretty much every case, you will be fine by taking the first element of the output as the output you previously used in `pytorch-pretrained-bert`.
Here is a `pytorch-pretrained-bert` to `pytorch-transformers` conversion example for a `BertForSequenceClassification` classification model:
```python
# Let's load our model
model = BertForSequenceClassification.from_pretrained('bert-base-uncased')
# If you used to have this line in pytorch-pretrained-bert:
loss = model(input_ids, labels=labels)
# Now just use this line in pytorch-transformers to extract the loss from the output tuple:
outputs = model(input_ids, labels=labels)
loss = outputs[0]
# In pytorch-transformers you can also have access to the logits:
loss, logits = outputs[:2]
# And even the attention weigths if you configure the model to output them (and other outputs too, see the docstrings and documentation)
model = BertForSequenceClassification.from_pretrained('bert-base-uncased', output_attentions=True)
outputs = model(input_ids, labels=labels)
loss, logits, attentions = outputs
```
### Serialization
Breaking change: Models are now set in evaluation mode by default when instantiated with the `from_pretrained()` method.
To train them don't forget to set them back in training mode (`model.train()`) to activate the dropout modules.
Also, while not a breaking change, the serialization methods have been standardized and you probably should switch to the new method `save_pretrained(save_directory)` if you were using any other seralization method before.
Here is an example:
```python
### Let's load a model and tokenizer
model = BertForSequenceClassification.from_pretrained('bert-base-uncased')
tokenizer = BertTokenizer.from_pretrained('bert-base-uncased')
### Do some stuff to our model and tokenizer
# Ex: add new tokens to the vocabulary and embeddings of our model
tokenizer.add_tokens(['[SPECIAL_TOKEN_1]', '[SPECIAL_TOKEN_2]'])
model.resize_token_embeddings(len(tokenizer))
# Train our model
train(model)
### Now let's save our model and tokenizer to a directory
model.save_pretrained('./my_saved_model_directory/')
tokenizer.save_pretrained('./my_saved_model_directory/')
### Reload the model and the tokenizer
model = BertForSequenceClassification.from_pretrained('./my_saved_model_directory/')
tokenizer = BertTokenizer.from_pretrained('./my_saved_model_directory/')
```
### Optimizers: BertAdam & OpenAIAdam are now AdamW, schedules are standard PyTorch schedules
The two optimizers previously included, `BertAdam` and `OpenAIAdam`, have been replaced by a single `AdamW` optimizer.
The new optimizer `AdamW` matches PyTorch `Adam` optimizer API.
The schedules are now standard [PyTorch learning rate schedulers](https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/optim.html#how-to-adjust-learning-rate) and not part of the optimizer anymore.
Here is a conversion examples from `BertAdam` with a linear warmup and decay schedule to `AdamW` and the same schedule:
```python
# Parameters:
lr = 1e-3
num_total_steps = 1000
num_warmup_steps = 100
warmup_proportion = float(num_warmup_steps) / float(num_total_steps) # 0.1
### Previously BertAdam optimizer was instantiated like this:
optimizer = BertAdam(model.parameters(), lr=lr, schedule='warmup_linear', warmup=warmup_proportion, t_total=num_total_steps)
### and used like this:
for batch in train_data:
loss = model(batch)
loss.backward()
optimizer.step()
### In PyTorch-Transformers, optimizer and schedules are splitted and instantiated like this:
optimizer = AdamW(model.parameters(), lr=lr, correct_bias=False) # To reproduce BertAdam specific behavior set correct_bias=False
scheduler = WarmupLinearSchedule(optimizer, warmup_steps=num_warmup_steps, t_total=num_total_steps) # PyTorch scheduler
### and used like this:
for batch in train_data:
loss = model(batch)
loss.backward()
scheduler.step()
optimizer.step()
```