Running the app for face detection

Run the app that draws boxes around detected faces in an image.

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Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the Vision quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vision Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Vision, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

/** Annotates an image using the Vision API. */
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, GeneralSecurityException {
  if (args.length != 2) {
    System.err.println("Usage:");
    System.err.printf(
        "\tjava %s inputImagePath outputImagePath\n", FaceDetectApp.class.getCanonicalName());
    System.exit(1);
  }
  Path inputPath = Paths.get(args[0]);
  Path outputPath = Paths.get(args[1]);
  if (!outputPath.toString().toLowerCase().endsWith(".jpg")) {
    System.err.println("outputImagePath must have the file extension 'jpg'.");
    System.exit(1);
  }

  FaceDetectApp app = new FaceDetectApp(getVisionService());
  List<FaceAnnotation> faces = app.detectFaces(inputPath, MAX_RESULTS);
  System.out.printf("Found %d face%s\n", faces.size(), faces.size() == 1 ? "" : "s");
  System.out.printf("Writing to file %s\n", outputPath);
  app.writeWithFaces(inputPath, outputPath, faces);
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the Node.js setup instructions in the Vision quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vision Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Vision, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

async function main(inputFile, outputFile) {
  const PImage = require('pureimage');
  outputFile = outputFile || 'out.png';
  const faces = await detectFaces(inputFile);
  console.log('Highlighting...');
  await highlightFaces(inputFile, faces, outputFile, PImage);
  console.log('Finished!');
}

PHP

Before trying this sample, follow the PHP setup instructions in the Vision quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vision PHP API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Vision, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

call_user_func($imageWriteFunc[$ext], $outputImage, $outFile);
printf('Output image written to %s' . PHP_EOL, $outFile);

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the Vision quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vision Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Vision, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

def main(input_filename, output_filename, max_results):
    with open(input_filename, "rb") as image:
        faces = detect_face(image, max_results)
        print("Found {} face{}".format(len(faces), "" if len(faces) == 1 else "s"))

        print(f"Writing to file {output_filename}")
        # Reset the file pointer, so we can read the file again
        image.seek(0)
        highlight_faces(image, faces, output_filename)

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