AttributeError: module 'tensorflow' has no attribute 'get_variable'

Question

I am trying to run this line of code :

var_init_1 = tf.get_variable("var_init_1", [1, 2], dtype=tf.int32,  initializer=tf.zeros_initializer)
print(var_init_1.shape)

It should give an output the shape of tensor of zeros.

But why I'm getting an error like this:

AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-37-3cc73aa1818e> in <module>
----> 1 var_init_1 = tf.get_variable("var_init_1", [1, 2], dtype=tf.int32,  initializer=tf.zeros_initializer)
      2 print(var_init_1.shape)

AttributeError: module 'tensorflow' has no attribute 'get_variable'

You're probably using TF2. TF2 doesn't support get_variable() anymore (supports only for compatibility reasons `tf.compat.v1.get_variable`) — thushv89, Dec 07 '19 at 20:38
I've installed tenserflow using "pip3 install tenserflow", should i upgrade it? — aksr, Dec 08 '19 at 03:23

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 25 '20 at 05:38

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Replace tf.get_variable with tf.Variable.

answered Jan 25 '20 at 05:38

HajarM

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(which NB has different argument syntax) – jtlz2 Apr 08 '20 at 11:46
This is not working for me. Not sure why it's accepted answer. Another method worked by converting v1 to v2: tf_upgrade_v2 \ --intree my_project/ \ --outtree my_project_v2/ \ --reportfile report.txt – us_david Mar 14 '23 at 03:28

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 16 '19 at 12:19

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Mentioning the Solution for the benefit of the community.

Downgrading to Tensorflow 1.X Version (1.14 or 1.15) has resolved the issue, as Tensorflow version 2.0 doesn't support get_variable().

answered Dec 16 '19 at 12:19

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 12 '21 at 06:09

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tf.Variable does not work for initilizer. Use this instead of tf.compat.v1.get_variable instead of tf.Variable. This works tensorflow 2.0 and above.

answered Feb 12 '21 at 06:09

Nafees Ahmed

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 14 '23 at 03:33

I ran into this problem and other issue with tf v1 vs. tf v2. I found the best solution is proposed at this overstock link: Module 'tensorflow' has no attribute 'contrib'

$tf_upgrade_v2 \
--intree my_project/ \
--outtree my_project_v2/ \
--reportfile report.txt

Basically you just convert tf v1 project to tf v2. Most of the time it will work. You do need to inspect get_variable conversion and make sure it's what you want. Examine report.txt on how it's converted.

AttributeError: module 'tensorflow' has no attribute 'get_variable'

But why I'm getting an error like this:

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