windowsml 2.1.71

Python bindings for the Windows AI Machine Learning EP Catalog API

windowsml

Python bindings for the Windows AI Machine Learning API.

This package provides a ctypes-based wrapper around the WinML flat C API, enabling Python applications to discover and manage execution providers and model catalogs for ONNX Runtime on Windows.

Installation

pip install windowsml

ONNX Runtime dependency

To automatically install a matching version of ONNX Runtime, use the with-ort extra:

pip install windowsml[with-ort]

If you choose not to use [with-ort], you must install a compatible version of onnxruntime separately and ensure it matches the version expected by this package.

Quick Start

EP Catalog — discover execution providers

from windowsml import EpCatalog

with EpCatalog() as catalog:
    for ep in catalog.find_all_providers():
        print(f"{ep.name} v{ep.version} - {ep.ready_state.name}")

        # Ensure the provider is ready (downloads/installs if needed)
        ep.ensure_ready()

Model Catalog — discover and download models

from windowsml import ModelCatalogSource, ModelCatalog

with ModelCatalogSource.create_from_uri("https://example.com/catalog.json") as source:
    with ModelCatalog([source]) as catalog:
        for model in catalog.find_all_models():
            print(f"{model.name} v{model.version} by {model.publisher}")
            print(f"  Size: {model.model_size_in_bytes} bytes")
            print(f"  EPs:  {model.execution_providers}")

API Reference

Enums

• EpReadyState — Ready, NotReady, NotPresent
• EpCertification — Unknown, Certified, Uncertified
• CatalogModelStatus — Ready, NotReady
• CatalogModelInstanceStatus — Available, InProgress, Unavailable

Classes

EpCatalog()

Context manager for the EP catalog.

Method	Description
find_all_providers()	Returns list[ExecutionProvider]
close()	Release the catalog

ExecutionProvider

Handle to a discovered EP (owned by the catalog).

Property / Method	Type
name	str
version	str
package_family_name	str
library_path	str
package_root_path	str
ready_state	EpReadyState
certification	EpCertification
ensure_ready()	Blocks until ready
ensure_ready_async(on_complete, on_progress)	Returns AsyncOperation

ModelCatalogSource

Represents a catalog source endpoint. Create via static factory methods.

Method / Property	Description
create_from_uri(uri)	Create from a URI or local path (blocking)
create_from_uri_async(uri, ...)	Create from a URI (async)
create_from_uri_with_headers(uri, headers)	Create with custom HTTP headers (blocking)
create_from_uri_with_headers_async(uri, headers, ...)	Create with custom HTTP headers (async)
id	str — source identifier
uri	str — source URI
close()	Release the source

ModelCatalog(sources)

Context manager for the model catalog. Created from a list of ModelCatalogSource.

Method / Property	Description
execution_providers	list[str] — configured EPs
set_execution_providers(providers)	Set EP filter for queries
get_available_model(id_or_name)	Returns CatalogModelInfo
get_available_models()	Returns list[CatalogModelInfo]
find_model(id_or_name)	Find a model (blocking)
find_model_async(id_or_name, ...)	Find a model (async)
find_all_models()	Find all models (blocking)
find_all_models_async(...)	Find all models (async)
close()	Release the catalog

CatalogModelInfo

Metadata about a model in the catalog.

Property / Method	Type
id	str
name	str
publisher	str
source_id	str
version	str
license	str
license_uri	str
license_text	str
uri	str
model_size_in_bytes	int
execution_providers	list[str]
status	CatalogModelStatus
get_instance_async(...)	Returns AsyncOperation → CatalogModelInstance
get_instance_with_headers_async(headers, ...)	Returns AsyncOperation → CatalogModelInstance
close()	Release the model info

CatalogModelInstance

A downloaded or local instance of a catalog model.

Property / Method	Type
model_paths	list[str] — local file paths
model_info	CatalogModelInfo
close()	Release the instance

AsyncOperation

Returned by async methods. Supports context-manager usage.

Method	Description
wait()	Block until complete
get_status(wait=False)	Poll or wait for status
get_result()	Extract the typed result (if applicable)
cancel()	Request cancellation
close()	Release async resources