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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

  • EpReadyStateReady, NotReady, NotPresent
  • EpCertificationUnknown, Certified, Uncertified
  • CatalogModelStatusReady, NotReady
  • CatalogModelInstanceStatusAvailable, 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 AsyncOperationCatalogModelInstance
get_instance_with_headers_async(headers, ...) Returns AsyncOperationCatalogModelInstance
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

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