Inference-engine-node NPM

Inference Engine Binding for Node.js*

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Prerequisites

Instal Node.js.

Download OpenVINO and install it into the default path.

For Windows, install Visual Studio 2019.

For Linux, install build-essential package.

Verified configurations:

Node.js 12 LTS
OpenVINO 2021.1
Windows 10
Ubuntu Linux 16.04

Install

The Inference Engine Binding for Node.js supports installation for two operation systems: Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 and two build systems: node-gyp and CMake-based and Node-GYP-based.

Install on Ubuntu 16.04

To install the Inference Engine Binding for Node.js on Ubuntu 16.04 use the following instruction: 1. Open a terminal in the repository root folder 2. Activate the OpenVINO environment:

If you installed the OpenVINO to the /opt/intel/openvino directory (as root) use the following command:

$ source /opt/intel/openvino/bin/setupvars.sh

If you installed the OpenVINO to the home directory ~/intel/openvino directory use the following command:

$ source ~/intel/openvino/bin/setupvars.sh

To install Inference Engine Binding for Node.js using node-gyp use the following command in the same terminal:

$ npm install

To install Inference Engine Binding for Node.js using cmake use following commands in the same terminal:

Set an environment variable NODE_PATH to directory with installed NodeJS. For example:

$ export NODE_PATH=/home/user/.nvm/versions/node/v12.17.0/

Create an empty directory to build and go to this directory:

$ mkdir "cmake-build" && cd "cmake-build"

Run cmake to fetch project dependencies and create Unix makefiles, then run make to build the project:

$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../ && \
$ cmake --build . --target inference_engine_node -- -j $(nproc --all)

Install on Windows 10

To install the Inference Engine Binding for Node.js on Windows 10 use the following instruction: 1. Open a terminal in the repository root folder 2. Activate the OpenVINO environment:

> "C:\Program Files (x86)\IntelSWTools\openvino\bin\setupvars.bat"

To install Inference Engine Binding for Node.js using node-gyp use the following command in the same terminal:

> npm install

Note: For "Error: MSBuild is not set" on VS 2019, please set msbuild_path, e.g.

> npm config set msbuild_path "c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe"

To install Inference Engine Binding for Node.js using cmake use following commands in the same terminal: 1. Set an environment variable NODE_PATH to directory with installed node-gyp. For example:

> set NODE_PATH=C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\node-gyp\Cache\14.1.0\

Create an empty directory to build and go to this directory:

> cmake ../ && \
    cmake --build . --target inference_engine_node --config Release

Build

$ npm run build

Note: For debug build on Windows, open the solution in Visual Studio, change library path to "C:\Program Files (x86)\IntelSWTools\openvino\inference_engine\lib\intel64\Debug" and library name to "inference_engined.lib".