Implementation:DistrictDataLabs Yellowbrick Download CLI

Knowledge Sources	DistrictDataLabs_Yellowbrick
Domains	Datasets, CLI
Last Updated	2026-02-08 05:00 GMT

Overview

Command-line interface and functions for bulk downloading and cleaning up all Yellowbrick example datasets.

Description

The download module provides download_all to download all bundled datasets and cleanup_all to remove them. It includes an argparse-based CLI with options for cleanup, skip download, overwrite, and custom data home directory.

Usage

Run as a script (python -m yellowbrick.download) or import the functions to programmatically manage Yellowbrick datasets.

Code Reference

Source Location

• Repository: DistrictDataLabs_Yellowbrick
• File: yellowbrick/download.py
• Lines: 1-104

Signature

def download_all(data_home=None, replace=False):
    """Downloads all example datasets."""

def cleanup_all(data_home=None):
    """Cleans up all example datasets."""

Import

from yellowbrick.download import download_all, cleanup_all

I/O Contract

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Description
data_home	str	No	Path to dataset directory
replace	bool	No	Force re-download (default: False)

Outputs

Name	Type	Description
(side effect)	Files	Downloaded datasets on disk

Usage Examples

from yellowbrick.download import download_all

# Download all datasets
download_all()

# CLI usage
python -m yellowbrick.download
python -m yellowbrick.download --cleanup --no-download

Related Pages

• Environment:DistrictDataLabs_Yellowbrick_Python_Scikit_Learn_Environment