passing tests and better logging for ignoring columns, fixes hackingm…

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automatminer/pipeline.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import os
 import copy
 import pickle
+from typing import Dict
 
 import pandas as pd
 
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ def transform(self, df, **transform_kwargs):
         return self.predict(df, **transform_kwargs)
 
     @check_fitted
-    def predict(self, df, ignore=None):
+    def predict(self, df, ignore="all"):
         """
         Predict a target property of a set of materials.
 
@@ -191,25 +192,44 @@ def predict(self, df, ignore=None):
 
         Args:
             df (pandas.DataFrame): Pipe will be fit to this dataframe.
-            ignore ([str]): String names of columns in all dataframes to ignore.
-                This will not stop samples from being dropped.
+            ignore ([str], None): Select which columns to ignore.
+                These columns will not be used for learning/prediction, but will
+                simply be appended back to the predicted df at the end of
+                prediction REGARDLESS of the pipeline configuration.
+
+                This will not stop samples from being dropped. If
+                columns not present in the fitting are not ignored, they will
+                be automatically dropped. Similarly, if the AutoFeaturizer
+                is not configured to preserve inputs and they are not ignored,
+                they will be automatically dropped. Ignoring columns supercedes
+                all inner operations.
+
+                Select columns using:
+                - [str]: String names of columns to ignore.
+                - None: input columns will be automatically dropped if they are
+                    inputs. User defined features will be preserved if usable
+                    as ML input.
 
         Returns:
             (pandas.DataFrame): The dataframe with target property predictions.
         """
         if ignore:
-            ignored_df = df[ignore]
-            df = df.drop(columns=ignored_df)
+            self.logger.warning(
+                f"MatPipe will ignore and append (after prediction) the "
+                f"following columns: \n{ignore}"
+            )
+            ignore_df = df[list(ignore)]
+            df = df.drop(columns=ignore_df)
         else:
-            ignored_df = pd.DataFrame()
+            ignore_df = pd.DataFrame()
 
         self.logger.info("Beginning MatPipe prediction using fitted pipeline.")
         df = self.autofeaturizer.transform(df, self.target)
         df = self.cleaner.transform(df, self.target)
         df = self.reducer.transform(df, self.target)
         predictions = self.learner.predict(df, self.target)
         self.logger.info("MatPipe prediction completed.")
-        merged_df = predictions.join(ignored_df, how="left")
+        merged_df = predictions.join(ignore_df, how="left")
         return merged_df
 
     @set_fitted
@@ -301,7 +321,7 @@ def benchmark(self, df, target, kfold, fold_subset=None, cache=False):
         return results
 
     @check_fitted
-    def inspect(self, filename=None):
+    def inspect(self, filename=None) -> Dict[str, str]:
         """
         Get all details of the pipeline in human-readable format.
 
@@ -321,7 +341,7 @@ def inspect(self, filename=None):
         return attrs
 
     @check_fitted
-    def summarize(self, filename=None):
+    def summarize(self, filename=None) -> Dict[str, str]:
         """
         Get an executive summary of the most important parts of the pipeline.
         Useful for understanding the pipeline at a high level.

automatminer/tests/test_pipeline.py

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ def make_matpipe_test(config_preset, skip=None):
     skippables = [
         "transferability",
         "user_features",
+        "ignore",
         "benchmarking",
         "persistence",
         "digests",
@@ -131,6 +132,39 @@ def test_user_features(self):
             test = df_test[self.target + " predicted"]
             self.assertTrue(r2_score(true, test) > 0.75)
 
+
+        @unittest.skipIf("ignore" in skip, reason)
+        def test_ignore(self):
+            df = self.df
+            # pd.set_option('display.max_rows', 500)
+            # pd.set_option('display.max_columns', 500)
+            # pd.set_option('display.width', 1000)
+            # print(df)
+
+            df_train = df.iloc[:200]
+            df_test = df.iloc[201:250]
+            ef = "ExtraFeature"
+            df_test[ef] = [i + 100 for i in range(df_test.shape[0])]
+            self.pipe.fit(df_train, self.target)
+
+            self.assertTrue(ef in df_test.columns)
+            self.assertTrue("composition" in df_test.columns)
+
+            ignore = [ef, "composition"]
+            predicted_ignored = self.pipe.predict(df_test, ignore=ignore)
+            self.assertTrue(ef in predicted_ignored.columns)
+            self.assertTrue("composition" in predicted_ignored.columns)
+
+            predicted_none = self.pipe.predict(df_test, ignore=None)
+            self.assertFalse(ef in predicted_none.columns)
+            self.assertFalse("composition" in predicted_none.columns)
+
+            some = ["composition"]
+            predicted_some = self.pipe.predict(df_test, ignore=some)
+            self.assertFalse(ef in predicted_some.columns)
+            self.assertTrue("composition" in predicted_some.columns)
+
+
         @unittest.skipIf("benchmarking" in skip, reason)
         def test_benchmarking_no_cache(self):
             pipe = self.pipe
@@ -212,11 +246,18 @@ def tearDown(self) -> None:
 
 @unittest.skipIf(int(os.environ.get("SKIP_INTENSIVE", 0)),
                      "Test too intensive for CircleCI commit builds.")
-class MatPipeDebugTest(make_matpipe_test("debug")):
-    pass
+# class MatPipeDebugTest(make_matpipe_test("debug")):
+#     pass
 
 
-class MatPipeDebugSingleTest(make_matpipe_test("debug_single")):
+class MatPipeDebugSingleTest(make_matpipe_test("debug_single", skip=[
+        "transferability",
+        "user_features",
+        # "ignore",
+        "benchmarking",
+        "persistence",
+        "digests",
+    ])):
     pass
 
 

docs/source/advanced.rst

@@ -66,11 +66,14 @@ Time Savers and Practical Tools
 -------------------------------
 ignoring a column
 
+using user defined features
+
 
 Customizing pipelines
 ---------------------
 
 
+
 Using DFTransformers individually
 ---------------------------------