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Face Detect API

The Face Detect API uses state of the art computer vision algorithms to accurately and efficiently detect faces in images.

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/v1/facedetect POST

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/facedetect

Given an input image, returns a list containing all detected faces in the form of bounding boxes.

Files

  • image  required

    Image file containing faces. Must be either JPEG or PNG format.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Response

A JSON array of objects, each containing the following fields, or an error if the request is unsuccessful.

  • x

    The x-coordinate of the top-left corner of the bounding box.

  • y

    The y-coordinate of the top-left corner of the bounding box.

  • width

    Width of the bounding box in pixels.

  • height

    Height of the bounding box in pixels.

Sample Request Live Demo!

Try this API endpoint with all available parameters in our API playground

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/facedetect

Headers

X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key

Sample Response

JSON
{}

Code Examples

1 2 3 curl -X POST "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/facedetect" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \ -F "image=@YOUR_IMAGE.jpeg"

If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.

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