Getting started (SDK for Java 2.x) - Amazon Personalize
PrerequisitesComplete Amazon Personalize project

Getting started (SDK for Java 2.x)

This tutorial shows you how to complete the Amazon Personalize workflow from start to finish with the AWS SDK for Java 2.x.

When you finish the getting started exercise, to avoid incurring unnecessary charges, delete the resources that you created. For more information, see Requirements for deleting Amazon Personalize resources.

For more examples, see Complete Amazon Personalize project.

Prerequisites

The following are prerequisite steps for completing this tutorial:

Tutorial

In the following steps you set up your project to use Amazon Personalize packages and create Amazon Personalize SDK for Java 2.x clients. Then you import data, create and deploy a solution version with a campaign, and get recommendations.

After you complete the prerequisites, add Amazon Personalize dependencies to your pom.xml file and import Amazon Personalize packages.

  1. Add the following dependencies to your pom.xml file. The latest version numbers may be different than the example code. 

    <dependency>
	<groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
	<artifactId>personalize</artifactId>
	<version>2.16.83</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
	<groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
	<artifactId>personalizeruntime</artifactId>
	<version>2.16.83</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
	<groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
	<artifactId>personalizeevents</artifactId>
	<version>2.16.83</version>
</dependency>

  2. Add the following import statements to your project. 

    // import client packages
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalize.PersonalizeClient;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalizeruntime.PersonalizeRuntimeClient;
// Amazon Personalize exception package
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalize.model.PersonalizeException;
// schema packages
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalize.model.CreateSchemaRequest;
// dataset group packages
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalize.model.CreateDatasetGroupRequest;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalize.model.DescribeDatasetGroupRequest;
// dataset packages
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalize.model.CreateDatasetRequest;
// dataset import job packages
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalize.model.CreateDatasetImportJobRequest;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalize.model.DataSource;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalize.model.DatasetImportJob;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalize.model.DescribeDatasetImportJobRequest;
// solution packages
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalize.model.CreateSolutionRequest;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalize.model.CreateSolutionResponse;
// solution version packages
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalize.model.DescribeSolutionRequest;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalize.model.CreateSolutionVersionRequest;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalize.model.CreateSolutionVersionResponse;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalize.model.DescribeSolutionVersionRequest;
// campaign packages
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalize.model.CreateCampaignRequest;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalize.model.CreateCampaignResponse;
// get recommendations packages
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalizeruntime.model.GetRecommendationsRequest;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalizeruntime.model.GetRecommendationsResponse;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.personalizeruntime.model.PredictedItem;
// Java time utility package
import java.time.Instant;

After you add Amazon Personalize dependencies to your pom.xml file and import the required packages, create the following Amazon Personalize clients:

PersonalizeClient personalizeClient = PersonalizeClient.builder()
  .region(region)
  .build();

PersonalizeRuntimeClient personalizeRuntimeClient = PersonalizeRuntimeClient.builder() 
  .region(region)
  .build();

After you initialize your Amazon Personalize clients, import the historical data you created when you completed the Getting started prerequisites. To import historical data into Amazon Personalize, do the following:

  1. Save the following Avro schema as a JSON file in your working directory. This schema matches the columns in the CSV file you created when you completed the Getting started prerequisites. 

    {
  "type": "record",
  "name": "Interactions",
  "namespace": "com.amazonaws.personalize.schema",
  "fields": [
      {
          "name": "USER_ID",
          "type": "string"
      },
      {
          "name": "ITEM_ID",
          "type": "string"
      },
      {
          "name": "TIMESTAMP",
          "type": "long"
      }
  ],
  "version": "1.0"
}

  2. Use the following createSchema method to create a schema in Amazon Personalize. Pass the following as parameters: an Amazon Personalize service client, the name for your schema, and the file path for the schema JSON file you created in the previous step. The method returns the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of your new schema. Store it for later use. 

        public static String createSchema(PersonalizeClient personalizeClient, String schemaName, String filePath) {

        String schema = null;
        try {
            schema = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(filePath)));
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        }

        try {
            CreateSchemaRequest createSchemaRequest = CreateSchemaRequest.builder()
                    .name(schemaName)
                    .schema(schema)
                    .build();

            String schemaArn = personalizeClient.createSchema(createSchemaRequest).schemaArn();

            System.out.println("Schema arn: " + schemaArn);

            return schemaArn;

        } catch (PersonalizeException e) {
            System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage());
            System.exit(1);
        }
        return "";
    }

  3. Create a dataset group. Use the following createDatasetGroup method to create a dataset group. Pass the following as parameters: an Amazon Personalize service client and the name for the dataset group. The method returns the ARN of your new dataset group. Store it for later use.

        public static String createDatasetGroup(PersonalizeClient personalizeClient, String datasetGroupName) {

        try {
            CreateDatasetGroupRequest createDatasetGroupRequest = CreateDatasetGroupRequest.builder()
                    .name(datasetGroupName)
                    .build();
            return personalizeClient.createDatasetGroup(createDatasetGroupRequest).datasetGroupArn();
        } catch (PersonalizeException e) {
            System.out.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage());
        }
        return "";
    }

  4. Create an Item interactions dataset. Use the following createDataset method to create an Item interactions dataset. Pass the following as parameters: an Amazon Personalize service client, the name for your dataset, your schema's ARN, your dataset group's ARN, and Interactions for the dataset type. The method returns the ARN of your new dataset. Store it for later use.

        public static String createDataset(PersonalizeClient personalizeClient,
            String datasetName,
            String datasetGroupArn,
            String datasetType,
            String schemaArn) {
        try {
            CreateDatasetRequest request = CreateDatasetRequest.builder()
                    .name(datasetName)
                    .datasetGroupArn(datasetGroupArn)
                    .datasetType(datasetType)
                    .schemaArn(schemaArn)
                    .build();

            String datasetArn = personalizeClient.createDataset(request)
                    .datasetArn();
            System.out.println("Dataset " + datasetName + " created.");
            return datasetArn;

        } catch (PersonalizeException e) {
            System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage());
            System.exit(1);
        }
        return "";
    }

  5. Import your data with a dataset import job. Use the following createPersonalizeDatasetImportJob method to create a dataset import job.

    Pass the following as parameters: an Amazon Personalize service client, a name for the job, your Item interactions dataset's ARN, the Amazon S3 bucket path (s3://bucket name/folder name/ratings.csv) where you stored the training data, and your service role's ARN (you created this role as part of the Getting started prerequisites). The method returns the ARN of your dataset import job. Optionally store it for later use. 

        public static String createPersonalizeDatasetImportJob(PersonalizeClient personalizeClient,
            String jobName,
            String datasetArn,
            String s3BucketPath,
            String roleArn) {

        long waitInMilliseconds = 60 * 1000;
        String status;
        String datasetImportJobArn;

        try {
            DataSource importDataSource = DataSource.builder()
                    .dataLocation(s3BucketPath)
                    .build();

            CreateDatasetImportJobRequest createDatasetImportJobRequest = CreateDatasetImportJobRequest.builder()
                    .datasetArn(datasetArn)
                    .dataSource(importDataSource)
                    .jobName(jobName)
                    .roleArn(roleArn)
                    .build();

            datasetImportJobArn = personalizeClient.createDatasetImportJob(createDatasetImportJobRequest)
                    .datasetImportJobArn();
            DescribeDatasetImportJobRequest describeDatasetImportJobRequest = DescribeDatasetImportJobRequest.builder()
                    .datasetImportJobArn(datasetImportJobArn)
                    .build();

            long maxTime = Instant.now().getEpochSecond() + 3 * 60 * 60;

            while (Instant.now().getEpochSecond() < maxTime) {

                DatasetImportJob datasetImportJob = personalizeClient
                        .describeDatasetImportJob(describeDatasetImportJobRequest)
                        .datasetImportJob();

                status = datasetImportJob.status();
                System.out.println("Dataset import job status: " + status);

                if (status.equals("ACTIVE") || status.equals("CREATE FAILED")) {
                    break;
                }
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(waitInMilliseconds);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    System.out.println(e.getMessage());
                }
            }
            return datasetImportJobArn;

        } catch (PersonalizeException e) {
            System.out.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage());
        }
        return "";
    }

After you import your data, you create a solution and solution version as follows. The solution contains the configurations to train a model and a solution version is a trained model.

  1. Create a new solution with the following createPersonalizeSolution method. Pass the following as parameters: an Amazon Personalize service client, your dataset groups Amazon Resource Name (ARN), a name for the solution, and the ARN for the User-Personalization-v2 recipe (arn:aws:personalize:::recipe/aws-user-personalization-v2). The method returns the ARN your new solution. Store it for later use. 

        public static String createPersonalizeSolution(PersonalizeClient personalizeClient,
            String datasetGroupArn,
            String solutionName,
            String recipeArn) {

        try {
            CreateSolutionRequest solutionRequest = CreateSolutionRequest.builder()
                    .name(solutionName)
                    .datasetGroupArn(datasetGroupArn)
                    .recipeArn(recipeArn)
                    .build();

            CreateSolutionResponse solutionResponse = personalizeClient.createSolution(solutionRequest);
            return solutionResponse.solutionArn();

        } catch (PersonalizeException e) {
            System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage());
            System.exit(1);
        }
        return "";
    }

  2. Create a solution version with the following createPersonalizeSolutionVersion method. Pass as a parameter the ARN of the solution the previous step. The following code first checks to see if your solution is ready and then creates a solution version. During training, the code uses the DescribeSolutionVersion operation to retrieve the solution version's status. When training is complete, the method returns the ARN of your new solution version. Store it for later use. 

        public static String createPersonalizeSolutionVersion(PersonalizeClient personalizeClient, String solutionArn) {
        long maxTime = 0;
        long waitInMilliseconds = 30 * 1000; // 30 seconds
        String solutionStatus = "";
        String solutionVersionStatus = "";
        String solutionVersionArn = "";

        try {
            DescribeSolutionRequest describeSolutionRequest = DescribeSolutionRequest.builder()
                    .solutionArn(solutionArn)
                    .build();

            maxTime = Instant.now().getEpochSecond() + 3 * 60 * 60;

            // Wait until solution is active.
            while (Instant.now().getEpochSecond() < maxTime) {

                solutionStatus = personalizeClient.describeSolution(describeSolutionRequest).solution().status();
                System.out.println("Solution status: " + solutionStatus);

                if (solutionStatus.equals("ACTIVE") || solutionStatus.equals("CREATE FAILED")) {
                    break;
                }
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(waitInMilliseconds);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    System.out.println(e.getMessage());
                }
            }

            if (solutionStatus.equals("ACTIVE")) {

                CreateSolutionVersionRequest createSolutionVersionRequest = CreateSolutionVersionRequest.builder()
                        .solutionArn(solutionArn)
                        .build();

                CreateSolutionVersionResponse createSolutionVersionResponse = personalizeClient
                        .createSolutionVersion(createSolutionVersionRequest);
                solutionVersionArn = createSolutionVersionResponse.solutionVersionArn();

                System.out.println("Solution version ARN: " + solutionVersionArn);

                DescribeSolutionVersionRequest describeSolutionVersionRequest = DescribeSolutionVersionRequest.builder()
                        .solutionVersionArn(solutionVersionArn)
                        .build();

                while (Instant.now().getEpochSecond() < maxTime) {

                    solutionVersionStatus = personalizeClient.describeSolutionVersion(describeSolutionVersionRequest)
                            .solutionVersion().status();
                    System.out.println("Solution version status: " + solutionVersionStatus);

                    if (solutionVersionStatus.equals("ACTIVE") || solutionVersionStatus.equals("CREATE FAILED")) {
                        break;
                    }
                    try {
                        Thread.sleep(waitInMilliseconds);
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
                    }
                }
                return solutionVersionArn;
            }
        } catch (PersonalizeException e) {
            System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage());
            System.exit(1);
        }
        return "";
    }

For more information, see Manually creating a solution version. When you create a solution version, you can evaluate its performance before proceeding. For more information, see Evaluating an Amazon Personalize solution version with metrics.

After you train and evaluate your solution version, deploy it with an Amazon Personalize campaign. Use the following createPersonalCampaign method to deploy a solution version. Pass the following as parameters: an Amazon Personalize service client, the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the solution version you created in the previous step, and a name for the campaign. The method returns the ARN of your new campaign. Store it for later use.

public static String createPersonalCompaign(PersonalizeClient personalizeClient, String solutionVersionArn, String name) {

    try {
        CreateCampaignRequest createCampaignRequest = CreateCampaignRequest.builder()
            .minProvisionedTPS(1)
            .solutionVersionArn(solutionVersionArn)
            .name(name)
            .build();

        CreateCampaignResponse campaignResponse = personalizeClient.createCampaign(createCampaignRequest);
        System.out.println("The campaign ARN is "+campaignResponse.campaignArn());
        return campaignResponse.campaignArn();

    } catch (PersonalizeException e) {
        System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage());
        System.exit(1);
    }
}

For more information about Amazon Personalize campaigns, see Deploying an Amazon Personalize solution version with a campaign.

After you create a campaign, you use it to get recommendations. Use the following getRecs method to get recommendations for a user. Pass as parameters an Amazon Personalize runtime client, the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the campaign you created in the previous step, and a user ID (for example, 123) from the historical data you imported. The method prints the list of recommended items to the screen.

    public static void getRecs(PersonalizeRuntimeClient personalizeRuntimeClient, String campaignArn, String userId) {

        try {
            GetRecommendationsRequest recommendationsRequest = GetRecommendationsRequest.builder()
                    .campaignArn(campaignArn)
                    .numResults(20)
                    .userId(userId)
                    .build();

            GetRecommendationsResponse recommendationsResponse = personalizeRuntimeClient
                    .getRecommendations(recommendationsRequest);
            List<PredictedItem> items = recommendationsResponse.itemList();
            for (PredictedItem item : items) {
                System.out.println("Item Id is : " + item.itemId());
                System.out.println("Item score is : " + item.score());
            }

        } catch (AwsServiceException e) {
            System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage());
            System.exit(1);
        }
    }

Complete Amazon Personalize project

For an all-in-one project that shows you how to complete the Amazon Personalize workflow with the SDK for Java 2.x, see the Amazon-Personalize-Java-App on GitHub. This project includes training multiple solution versions with different recipes, and recording events with the PutEvents operation.

For additional examples, see code the found in the personalize folder of the AWS SDK examples repository.