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[ aws . rekognition ]

start-face-detection

Description

Starts asynchronous detection of faces in a stored video.

Amazon Rekognition Video can detect faces in a video stored in an Amazon S3 bucket. Use Video to specify the bucket name and the filename of the video. StartFaceDetection returns a job identifier (JobId ) that you use to get the results of the operation. When face detection is finished, Amazon Rekognition Video publishes a completion status to the Amazon Simple Notification Service topic that you specify in NotificationChannel . To get the results of the face detection operation, first check that the status value published to the Amazon SNS topic is SUCCEEDED . If so, call GetFaceDetection and pass the job identifier (JobId ) from the initial call to StartFaceDetection .

For more information, see Detecting faces in a stored video in the Amazon Rekognition Developer Guide.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Synopsis

  start-face-detection
--video <value>
[--client-request-token <value>]
[--notification-channel <value>]
[--face-attributes <value>]
[--job-tag <value>]
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]

Options

--video (structure)

The video in which you want to detect faces. The video must be stored in an Amazon S3 bucket.

S3Object -> (structure)

The Amazon S3 bucket name and file name for the video.

Bucket -> (string)

Name of the S3 bucket.

Name -> (string)

S3 object key name.

Version -> (string)

If the bucket is versioning enabled, you can specify the object version.

Shorthand Syntax:

S3Object={Bucket=string,Name=string,Version=string}

JSON Syntax:

{
  "S3Object": {
    "Bucket": "string",
    "Name": "string",
    "Version": "string"
  }
}

--client-request-token (string)

Idempotent token used to identify the start request. If you use the same token with multiple StartFaceDetection requests, the same JobId is returned. Use ClientRequestToken to prevent the same job from being accidently started more than once.

--notification-channel (structure)

The ARN of the Amazon SNS topic to which you want Amazon Rekognition Video to publish the completion status of the face detection operation. The Amazon SNS topic must have a topic name that begins with AmazonRekognition if you are using the AmazonRekognitionServiceRole permissions policy.

SNSTopicArn -> (string)

The Amazon SNS topic to which Amazon Rekognition posts the completion status.

RoleArn -> (string)

The ARN of an IAM role that gives Amazon Rekognition publishing permissions to the Amazon SNS topic.

Shorthand Syntax:

SNSTopicArn=string,RoleArn=string

JSON Syntax:

{
  "SNSTopicArn": "string",
  "RoleArn": "string"
}

--face-attributes (string)

The face attributes you want returned.

DEFAULT - The following subset of facial attributes are returned: BoundingBox, Confidence, Pose, Quality and Landmarks.

ALL - All facial attributes are returned.

Possible values:

  • DEFAULT
  • ALL

--job-tag (string)

An identifier you specify that's returned in the completion notification that's published to your Amazon Simple Notification Service topic. For example, you can use JobTag to group related jobs and identify them in the completion notification.

--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command's default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

Examples

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal's quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

To detect faces in a video

The following start-face-detection command starts a job to detect faces in the specified video file stored in an Amazon S3 bucket.

aws rekognition start-face-detection
    --video "S3Object={Bucket=MyVideoS3Bucket,Name=MyVideoFile.mpg}"

Output:

{
    "JobId": "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef"
}

For more information, see Detecting Faces in a Stored Video in the Amazon Rekognition Developer Guide.

Output

JobId -> (string)

The identifier for the face detection job. Use JobId to identify the job in a subsequent call to GetFaceDetection .