Microsoft Cognitive Services Face for Ruby

Detect human faces and compare similar ones, organize people into groups according to visual similarity, and identify previously tagged people in images

https://www.microsoft.com/cognitive-services/en-us/face-api

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'microsoft-cognitive-face'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install microsoft-cognitive-face

Usage

  client = Cognitive::Face::Client.new key: 'MICROSOFT_FACE_KEY'

Face - Detect

https://dev.projectoxford.ai/docs/services/563879b61984550e40cbbe8d/operations/563879b61984550f30395236

  face = client.detect File.read('dhh.png')
  # => #<OpenStruct faceId="6c6a4eea-795f-4ab8-92d2-a99735af6f31", faceRectangle={"top"=>153, "left"=>98, "width"=>203, "height"=>203}>

Face List - Create a Face List

https://dev.projectoxford.ai/docs/services/563879b61984550e40cbbe8d/operations/563879b61984550f3039524b

 secure_face_list_id = SecureRandom.uuid
 face_list = client.create_face_list(
  name: 'Ruby test',
  face_list_id: secure_face_list_id
 )
 #=> true

Face List - Add a Face to a Face List

https://dev.projectoxford.ai/docs/services/563879b61984550e40cbbe8d/operations/563879b61984550f30395250

  face = face_client.add_face_to_face_list(
    face: File.read('dhh.jpg'),
    face_list_id: secure_face_list_id
  )
  #=> #<OpenStruct persistedFaceId="d91bc779-66ac-4fa6-a4e2-62552c3f5404">

Face - Find Similar

https://dev.projectoxford.ai/docs/services/563879b61984550e40cbbe8d/operations/563879b61984550f30395237

  face_client.find_similar(
      face_list_id: secure_face_list_id,
      face_id: 'd91bc779-66ac-4fa6-a4e2-62552c3f5404'
  )
  # => [#<OpenStruct persistedFaceId="47e5313c-efb6-47f4-ab3e-80b71b2ba381", confidence=1.0>]

Face List - Delete a Face from a Face List

https://dev.projectoxford.ai/docs/services/563879b61984550e40cbbe8d/operations/563879b61984550f30395251

  face_client.delete_face_to_face_list(
    face_id: 'd91bc779-66ac-4fa6-a4e2-62552c3f5404',
    face_list_id: secure_face_list_id
  )
  # => true

Face List - Delete a Face List

https://dev.projectoxford.ai/docs/services/563879b61984550e40cbbe8d/operations/563879b61984550f3039524f

  face_client.delete_face_list(
    face_list_id: secure_face_list_id
  )
  # => true

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run MICROSOFT_FACE_KEY=APIKEY rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/jdaviderb/microsoft-cognitive-face-ruby. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.