heavy_load.py

def main(req: func.HttpRequest, context: func.Context) -> func.HttpResponse:
    logging.info('Python HTTP trigger function processed a request.')
    global model
    if not model:
        model = faster_rcnn.model(num_classes=len(class_map))
        model_path = os.path.join(context.function_directory, 'quiddler.pt')
        model.load_state_dict(torch.load(model_path, map_location=torch.device("cpu")))
    # ...