import os
import struct
import numpy as np

def load_mnist(path, kind='train'):
    """Load MNIST data from `path`"""
    labels_path = os.path.join(path,
                               '%s-labels.idx1-ubyte' % kind)
    images_path = os.path.join(path,
                               '%s-images.idx3-ubyte' % kind)

    with open(labels_path, 'rb') as lbpath:
        magic, n = struct.unpack('>II',
                                 lbpath.read(8))
        labels = np.fromfile(lbpath,
                             dtype=np.uint8)

    with open(images_path, 'rb') as imgpath:
        magic, num, rows, cols = struct.unpack(">IIII",
                                               imgpath.read(16))
        images = np.fromfile(imgpath,
                             dtype=np.uint8).reshape(len(labels), 784)

    return images, labels