I need to use QuickDraw API in my project

Question

In the beginning I am really sorry for me English. I want to use QuickDraw API for my project. I need ways to:

1. Get random category ( for exmaple cat, apple etc. ). I mean by that just availables words for that AI system.
2. Send "drawing" in the correct format and check what AI system recognized.

I need features above because I want to create a simple multiplayer game in which players draws the current category and the player who drew it first wins.

I was looking for informations but I couldn't find what I really need.

Thank you in advance for your help!

Answer 1

The Quickdraw dataset README has excellent instructions on how get the data in multiple format. You should be able to easily pick a random category from Quickdraw's categories.txt

Regarding the AI system, you might need to roll your own. There are multiple resources available:

• TensorFlow Quickdraw RNN Classification Tutorial (though I had some trouble with this one)
• DoodleNet
• Kaggle Quick, Draw! Doodle Recognition Challenge

If you have a look at the bottom of the QuickDraw dataset readme there are links to other resources, including (classification related) papers as recent as 2020.