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+import pickle
+import json
+import numpy
+from sklearn.externals import joblib
+from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge
+from azureml.core.model import Model
+
+def init():
+    global model
+    # note here "sklearn_regression_model.pkl" is the name of the model registered under
+    # this is a different behavior than before when the code is run locally, even though the code is the same.
+    model_path = Model.get_model_path('sklearn_regression_model.pkl')
+    # deserialize the model file back into a sklearn model
+    model = joblib.load(model_path)
+
+# note you can pass in multiple rows for scoring
+def run(raw_data):
+    try:
+        data = json.loads(raw_data)['data']
+        data = numpy.array(data)
+        result = model.predict(data)
+    except Exception as e:
+        result = str(e)
+    return json.dumps({"result": result.tolist()})