gcloud beta ai-platform explain --model=MODEL (--json-instances=JSON_INSTANCES | --json-request=JSON_REQUEST | --text-instances=TEXT_INSTANCES) [--region=REGION] [--version=VERSION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
(BETA) gcloud beta ai-platform explain sends an
explain request to AI Platform for the given instances. This command will read
up to 100 instances, though the service itself will accept instances up to the
payload limit size (currently, 1.5MB).
gcloud beta ai-platform explain explain --model=model-name --version=version --json-instances=instances.json--model=MODEL--json-instances=JSON_INSTANCESAn example of the JSON instances file:
{"images": [0.0, …, 0.1], "key": 3} {"images": [0.0, …, 0.1], "key": 2} …
--json-request=JSON_REQUESTAn example of a JSON request:
{ "instances": [ {"x": [1, 2], "y": [3, 4]}, {"x": [-1, -2], "y": [-3, -4]} ] }
--text-instances=TEXT_INSTANCESAn example of the text instances file:
107,4.9,2.5,4.5,1.7 100,5.7,2.8,4.1,1.3 …
--region=REGIONglobal.
Learn more about regional endpoints and see a list of available regions: https://cloud.google.com/ai-platform/prediction/docs/regional-endpoints
REGION must be one of: global,
asia-east1, asia-northeast1,
asia-southeast1, australia-southeast1,
europe-west1, europe-west2, europe-west3,
europe-west4, northamerica-northeast1,
us-central1, us-east1, us-east4,
us-west1.
--version=VERSIONIf unspecified, the default version of the model will be used. To list model versions run
gcloud beta ai-platform versions list--access-token-file,
--account, --billing-project,
--configuration,
--flags-file,
--flatten, --format, --help, --impersonate-service-account,
--log-http,
--project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled,
--verbosity.
Run $ gcloud help for details.
gcloud alpha ai-platform explain
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.