Defining the Encoder_RNN

Encoder_RNN.py

def encoder_rnn(rnn_inputs, rnn_size, num_layers, keep_prob, sequence_length):
    lstm = tf.contrib.rnn.BasicLSTMCell(rnn_size)
    lstm_dropout = tf.contrib.rnn.DropoutWrapper(lstm, input_keep_prob = keep_prob)
    encoder_cell = tf.contrib.rnn.MultiRNNCell([lstm_dropout] * num_layers)
    encoder_output, encoder_state = tf.nn.bidirectional_dynamic_rnn(cell_fw = encoder_cell,
                                                                    cell_bw = encoder_cell,
                                                                    sequence_length = sequence_length,
                                                                    inputs = rnn_inputs,
                                                                    dtype = tf.float32)
    return encoder_state