How to use PyMeshLab to reduce vertex number to a certain number

reduce_vertex_number_PyMeshLab.py

import pymeshlab as ml

ms = ml.MeshSet()
ms.load_new_mesh('input.ply')
m = ms.current_mesh()
print('input mesh has', m.vertex_number(), 'vertex and', m.face_number(), 'faces')

# Target number of vertex
TARGET=10000

# Estimate number of faces to have 100+10000 vertex using Euler
numFaces = 100 + 2*TARGET

# Simplify the mesh. Only first simplification will be agressive
while (ms.current_mesh().vertex_number() > TARGET):
    ms.apply_filter('simplification_quadric_edge_collapse_decimation', targetfacenum=numFaces, preservenormal=True)
    print("Decimated to", numFaces, "faces mesh has", ms.current_mesh().vertex_number(), "vertex")
    #Refine our estimation to slowly converge to TARGET vertex number
    numFaces = numFaces - (ms.current_mesh().vertex_number() - TARGET)

m = ms.current_mesh()
print('output mesh has', m.vertex_number(), 'vertex and', m.face_number(), 'faces')
ms.save_current_mesh('output.ply')