Question about mounting drive/data path in colab for the python code to read in

[PZ2004]

In the Bert exercise, I run the code C4_W3_Colab_BERT_Loss_Model.ipynb as given in colab, and mounted the drive and path per the code:

from google.colab import drive

drive.mount(‘/content/drive/’, force_remount=True)
path = “/content/drive/My Drive/NLP_C4_W3_Colabs”

However when I run read datafile command line below I still get error saying the datafile is not found

FileNotFoundError Traceback (most recent call last)
in <cell line: 1>()
----> 1 example_jsons = list(map(ast.literal_eval, open(path + “/data/data.txt”)))
2
3 natural_language_texts = [example_json[‘text’] for example_json in example_jsons]
4
5 PAD, EOS, UNK = 0, 1, 2

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘/content/drive/My Drive/NLP_C4_W3_Colabs/data/data.txt’

Why is this?

How I do load my own data to colabs and allow it to be read by the python code? I tried creating a folder named “data” in my google drive “colab notebooks” folder but it still can’t find the data file in data/data.txt

[Mubsi]

Hi @PZ2004,

Have you followed all of the instructions as provided here ?

From the error you are getting, it seems like you didn’t create a short cut to NLP_C4_W3_Colabs folder which has all the relevant (data) files needed to run the lab.

[Mubsi]

@PZ2004

How I do load my own data to colabs and allow it to be read by the python code? I

Similarly, if you want the colab to read your own data, you’d first mount your drive and then include the file path to the files you want to read.

Best,
Mubsi

[PZ2004]

Hi Mubisi.
Here I am trying to following the instruction and add NLP_C4_W3_colabs fold, but I don’t see the option of “add shortcut” in my dropdown menu. do you know where it went wrong?

[PZ2004]

For me the confusing part is how to figure out the relative path in google drive when trying to mount. Here drive.mount(‘/content/drive/’, force_remount=True). how to figure out what is the root path of “/” in my google drive?

for example, here is the fold of “my coleb” in my google drive. how do I mount the “data” folder so that coleb can read files in it?

[Mubsi]

Hi @PZ2004,

After mounting your drive, your path would be "/content/drive/My Drive/Colab Notebooks/data"

Basically, "/content/drive/My Drive/" part would be the same, the rest would be how you have things in your drive.

[Mubsi]

Hi @PZ2004,

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Looks like things have changed in the UI.

From the drop down, "Organise -> Add shortcut", when the pop up opens, select All Locations then select My Drive and then press Add.

Best,
Mubsi

[PZ2004]

Thanks. I got it to work.