How can I import the MNIST dataset that has been manually downloaded?

Question

I have been experimenting with a Keras example, which needs to import MNIST data

from keras.datasets import mnist
import numpy as np
(x_train, _), (x_test, _) =          


        

Answer 1

1. Download file https://s3.amazonaws.com/img-datasets/mnist.npz
2. Move mnist.npz to .keras/datasets/ directory

3. Load data

   import keras
   from keras.datasets import mnist
   
   (X_train, y_train), (X_test, y_test) = mnist.load_data()