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# `BatDetect2API` reference
`BatDetect2API` is the main entry point for the current Python workflow.
It wraps model loading, inference, evaluation, output formatting, and
training-related entry points behind one object.
Defined in `batdetect2.api_v2`.
## Create an API instance
- `BatDetect2API.from_checkpoint(path, ...)`
- load a trained checkpoint and optional config overrides.
- `BatDetect2API.from_config(model_config=..., targets_config=..., ...)`
- build a full stack from separate config objects.
## Inference methods
- `process_file(audio_file, ...)`
- run inference for one recording.
- `process_files(audio_files, ...)`
- run batch inference across a sequence of file paths.
- `process_directory(audio_dir, ...)`
- run inference across the audio files found in one directory.
- `process_clips(clips, ...)`
- run inference on an explicit sequence of clip objects.
- `process_audio(audio, ...)`
- run inference starting from a waveform array.
- `process_spectrogram(spec, ...)`
- run inference starting from a spectrogram tensor.
## Prediction inspection helpers
- `get_top_class_name(detection)`
- return the highest-scoring class name for one detection.
- `get_class_scores(detection, include_top_class=True, sort_descending=True)`
- return ranked `(class_name, score)` pairs.
- `get_detection_features(detection)`
- return the per-detection feature vector.
## Audio loading helpers
- `load_audio(path)`
- `load_recording(recording)`
- `load_clip(clip)`
- `generate_spectrogram(audio)`
## Output persistence helpers
- `save_predictions(predictions, path, audio_dir=None, format=None,
config=None)`
- `load_predictions(path, format=None, config=None)`
Use these when you want to save programmatic predictions without going through
the CLI.
## Training and evaluation entry points
- `train(...)`
- `finetune(...)`
- `evaluate(...)`
- `evaluate_predictions(...)`
## Related pages
- Python tutorial:
{doc}`../tutorials/integrate-with-a-python-pipeline`
- Outputs config reference:
{doc}`outputs-config`
- Output formats reference:
{doc}`output-formats`