Detecting faces in an image

To detect faces in an image

1. If you haven't already:

   1. Create or update a user with AmazonRekognitionFullAccess and AmazonS3ReadOnlyAccess permissions. For more information, see Step 1: Set up an AWS account and create a User.

   2. Install and configure the AWS CLI and the AWS SDKs. For more information, see Step 2: Set up the AWS CLI and AWS SDKs.

2. Upload an image (that contains one or more faces) to your S3 bucket.

   For instructions, see Uploading Objects into Amazon S3 in the Amazon Simple Storage Service User Guide.

3. Use the following examples to call DetectFaces.

   Java

   This example displays the estimated age range for detected faces, and lists the JSON for all detected facial attributes. Change the value of photo to the image file name. Change the value of amzn-s3-demo-bucket to the Amazon S3 bucket where the image is stored.

   //Copyright 2018 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
   //PDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 (For details, see https://github.com/awsdocs/amazon-rekognition-developer-guide/blob/master/LICENSE-SAMPLECODE.)
   
   package aws.example.rekognition.image;
   
   import com.amazonaws.services.rekognition.AmazonRekognition;
   import com.amazonaws.services.rekognition.AmazonRekognitionClientBuilder;
   import com.amazonaws.services.rekognition.model.AmazonRekognitionException;
   import com.amazonaws.services.rekognition.model.Image;
   import com.amazonaws.services.rekognition.model.S3Object;
   import com.amazonaws.services.rekognition.model.AgeRange;
   import com.amazonaws.services.rekognition.model.Attribute;
   import com.amazonaws.services.rekognition.model.DetectFacesRequest;
   import com.amazonaws.services.rekognition.model.DetectFacesResult;
   import com.amazonaws.services.rekognition.model.FaceDetail;
   import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
   import java.util.List;
   
   
   public class DetectFaces {
      
      
      public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
   
         String photo = "input.jpg";
         String bucket = "bucket";
   
         AmazonRekognition rekognitionClient = AmazonRekognitionClientBuilder.defaultClient();
   
   
         DetectFacesRequest request = new DetectFacesRequest()
            .withImage(new Image()
               .withS3Object(new S3Object()
                  .withName(photo)
                  .withBucket(bucket)))
            .withAttributes(Attribute.ALL);
         // Replace Attribute.ALL with Attribute.DEFAULT to get default values.
   
         try {
            DetectFacesResult result = rekognitionClient.detectFaces(request);
            List < FaceDetail > faceDetails = result.getFaceDetails();
   
            for (FaceDetail face: faceDetails) {
               if (request.getAttributes().contains("ALL")) {
                  AgeRange ageRange = face.getAgeRange();
                  System.out.println("The detected face is estimated to be between "
                     + ageRange.getLow().toString() + " and " + ageRange.getHigh().toString()
                     + " years old.");
                  System.out.println("Here's the complete set of attributes:");
               } else { // non-default attributes have null values.
                  System.out.println("Here's the default set of attributes:");
               }
   
               ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
               System.out.println(objectMapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(face));
            }
   
         } catch (AmazonRekognitionException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
         }
   
      }
   
   }
   
   

   Java V2

   This code is taken from the AWS Documentation SDK examples GitHub repository. See the full example here.

   import java.util.List;
   
   //snippet-start:[rekognition.java2.detect_labels.import]
   import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.ProfileCredentialsProvider;
   import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
   import software.amazon.awssdk.services.rekognition.RekognitionClient;
   import software.amazon.awssdk.services.rekognition.model.RekognitionException;
   import software.amazon.awssdk.services.rekognition.model.S3Object;
   import software.amazon.awssdk.services.rekognition.model.DetectFacesRequest;
   import software.amazon.awssdk.services.rekognition.model.DetectFacesResponse;
   import software.amazon.awssdk.services.rekognition.model.Image;
   import software.amazon.awssdk.services.rekognition.model.Attribute;
   import software.amazon.awssdk.services.rekognition.model.FaceDetail;
   import software.amazon.awssdk.services.rekognition.model.AgeRange;
   
   //snippet-end:[rekognition.java2.detect_labels.import]
   
   public class DetectFaces {
   
       public static void main(String[] args) {
           final String usage = "\n" +
               "Usage: " +
               "   <bucket> <image>\n\n" +
               "Where:\n" +
               "   bucket - The name of the Amazon S3 bucket that contains the image (for example, ,amzn-s3-demo-bucket)." +
               "   image - The name of the image located in the Amazon S3 bucket (for example, Lake.png). \n\n";
   
           if (args.length != 2) {
               System.out.println(usage);
               System.exit(1);
           }
   
           String bucket = args[0];
           String image = args[1];
           Region region = Region.US_WEST_2;
           RekognitionClient rekClient = RekognitionClient.builder()
               .region(region)
               .credentialsProvider(ProfileCredentialsProvider.create("profile-name"))
               .build();
   
           getLabelsfromImage(rekClient, bucket, image);
           rekClient.close();
       }
   
       // snippet-start:[rekognition.java2.detect_labels_s3.main]
       public static void getLabelsfromImage(RekognitionClient rekClient, String bucket, String image) {
   
           try {
               S3Object s3Object = S3Object.builder()
                   .bucket(bucket)
                   .name(image)
                   .build() ;
   
               Image myImage = Image.builder()
                   .s3Object(s3Object)
                   .build();
   
               DetectFacesRequest facesRequest = DetectFacesRequest.builder()
                       .attributes(Attribute.ALL)
                       .image(myImage)
                       .build();
   
                   DetectFacesResponse facesResponse = rekClient.detectFaces(facesRequest);
                   List<FaceDetail> faceDetails = facesResponse.faceDetails();
                   for (FaceDetail face : faceDetails) {
                       AgeRange ageRange = face.ageRange();
                       System.out.println("The detected face is estimated to be between "
                                   + ageRange.low().toString() + " and " + ageRange.high().toString()
                                   + " years old.");
   
                       System.out.println("There is a smile : "+face.smile().value().toString());
                   }
   
           } catch (RekognitionException e) {
               System.out.println(e.getMessage());
               System.exit(1);
           }
       }
    // snippet-end:[rekognition.java2.detect_labels.main]
   }

   AWS CLI

   This example displays the JSON output from the detect-faces AWS CLI operation. Replace file with the name of an image file. Replace amzn-s3-demo-bucket with the name of the Amazon S3 bucket that contains the image file.

   aws rekognition detect-faces --image "{"S3Object":{"Bucket":"amzn-s3-demo-bucket,"Name":"image-name"}}"\
                                --attributes "ALL" --profile profile-name --region region-name 
                               

   If you are accessing the CLI on a Windows device, use double quotes instead of single quotes and escape the inner double quotes by backslash (i.e. \) to address any parser errors you may encounter. For an example, see the following:

   
   aws rekognition detect-faces --image "{\"S3Object\":{\"Bucket\":\"amzn-s3-demo-bucket\",\"Name\":\"image-name\"}}" --attributes "ALL" 
   --profile profile-name --region region-name 
                               

   Python

   This example displays the estimated age range and other attributes for detected faces, and lists the JSON for all detected facial attributes. Change the value of photo to the image file name. Change the value of amzn-s3-demo-bucket to the Amazon S3 bucket where the image is stored. Replace the value of profile_name in the line that creates the Rekognition session with the name of your developer profile.

   import boto3
   import json
   
   def detect_faces(photo, bucket, region):
       
       session = boto3.Session(profile_name='profile-name',
                               region_name=region)
       client = session.client('rekognition', region_name=region)
   
       response = client.detect_faces(Image={'S3Object':{'Bucket':bucket,'Name':photo}},
                                      Attributes=['ALL'])
   
       print('Detected faces for ' + photo)
       for faceDetail in response['FaceDetails']:
           print('The detected face is between ' + str(faceDetail['AgeRange']['Low'])
                 + ' and ' + str(faceDetail['AgeRange']['High']) + ' years old')
   
           print('Here are the other attributes:')
           print(json.dumps(faceDetail, indent=4, sort_keys=True))
   
           # Access predictions for individual face details and print them
           print("Gender: " + str(faceDetail['Gender']))
           print("Smile: " + str(faceDetail['Smile']))
           print("Eyeglasses: " + str(faceDetail['Eyeglasses']))
           print("Face Occluded: " + str(faceDetail['FaceOccluded']))
           print("Emotions: " + str(faceDetail['Emotions'][0]))
   
       return len(response['FaceDetails'])
       
   def main():
       photo='photo'
       bucket='amzn-s3-demo-bucket'
       region='region'
       face_count=detect_faces(photo, bucket, region)
       print("Faces detected: " + str(face_count))
   
   if __name__ == "__main__":
       main()
   

   .NET

   This example displays the estimated age range for detected faces, and lists the JSON for all detected facial attributes. Change the value of photo to the image file name. Change the value of amzn-s3-demo-bucket to the Amazon S3 bucket where the image is stored.

   //Copyright 2018 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
   //PDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 (For details, see https://github.com/awsdocs/amazon-rekognition-developer-guide/blob/master/LICENSE-SAMPLECODE.)
   
   using System;
   using System.Collections.Generic;
   using Amazon.Rekognition;
   using Amazon.Rekognition.Model;
   
   public class DetectFaces
   {
       public static void Example()
       {
           String photo = "input.jpg";
           String bucket = "amzn-s3-demo-bucket";
   
           AmazonRekognitionClient rekognitionClient = new AmazonRekognitionClient();
   
           DetectFacesRequest detectFacesRequest = new DetectFacesRequest()
           {
               Image = new Image()
               {
                   S3Object = new S3Object()
                   {
                       Name = photo,
                       Bucket = bucket
                   },
               },
               // Attributes can be "ALL" or "DEFAULT". 
               // "DEFAULT": BoundingBox, Confidence, Landmarks, Pose, and Quality.
               // "ALL": See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkfornet/v3/apidocs/items/Rekognition/TFaceDetail.html
               Attributes = new List<String>() { "ALL" }
           };
   
           try
           {
               DetectFacesResponse detectFacesResponse = rekognitionClient.DetectFaces(detectFacesRequest);
               bool hasAll = detectFacesRequest.Attributes.Contains("ALL");
               foreach(FaceDetail face in detectFacesResponse.FaceDetails)
               {
                   Console.WriteLine("BoundingBox: top={0} left={1} width={2} height={3}", face.BoundingBox.Left,
                       face.BoundingBox.Top, face.BoundingBox.Width, face.BoundingBox.Height);
                   Console.WriteLine("Confidence: {0}\nLandmarks: {1}\nPose: pitch={2} roll={3} yaw={4}\nQuality: {5}",
                       face.Confidence, face.Landmarks.Count, face.Pose.Pitch,
                       face.Pose.Roll, face.Pose.Yaw, face.Quality);
                   if (hasAll)
                       Console.WriteLine("The detected face is estimated to be between " +
                           face.AgeRange.Low + " and " + face.AgeRange.High + " years old.");
               }
           }
           catch (Exception e)
           {
               Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
           }
       }
   }

   Ruby

   This example displays the estimated age range for detected faces, and lists various facial attributes. Change the value of photo to the image file name. Change the value of amzn-s3-demo-bucket to the Amazon S3 bucket where the image is stored.

   
   
      # Add to your Gemfile
      # gem 'aws-sdk-rekognition'
      require 'aws-sdk-rekognition'
      credentials = Aws::Credentials.new(
         ENV['AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'],
         ENV['AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY']
      )
      bucket = 'bucket' # the bucketname without s3://
      photo  = 'input.jpg'# the name of file
      client   = Aws::Rekognition::Client.new credentials: credentials
      attrs = {
        image: {
          s3_object: {
            bucket: bucket,
            name: photo
          },
        },
        attributes: ['ALL']
      }
      response = client.detect_faces attrs
      puts "Detected faces for: #{photo}"
      response.face_details.each do |face_detail|
        low  = face_detail.age_range.low
        high = face_detail.age_range.high
        puts "The detected face is between: #{low} and #{high} years old"
        puts "All other attributes:"
        puts "  bounding_box.width:     #{face_detail.bounding_box.width}"
        puts "  bounding_box.height:    #{face_detail.bounding_box.height}"
        puts "  bounding_box.left:      #{face_detail.bounding_box.left}"
        puts "  bounding_box.top:       #{face_detail.bounding_box.top}"
        puts "  age.range.low:          #{face_detail.age_range.low}"
        puts "  age.range.high:         #{face_detail.age_range.high}"
        puts "  smile.value:            #{face_detail.smile.value}"
        puts "  smile.confidence:       #{face_detail.smile.confidence}"
        puts "  eyeglasses.value:       #{face_detail.eyeglasses.value}"
        puts "  eyeglasses.confidence:  #{face_detail.eyeglasses.confidence}"
        puts "  sunglasses.value:       #{face_detail.sunglasses.value}"
        puts "  sunglasses.confidence:  #{face_detail.sunglasses.confidence}"
        puts "  gender.value:           #{face_detail.gender.value}"
        puts "  gender.confidence:      #{face_detail.gender.confidence}"
        puts "  beard.value:            #{face_detail.beard.value}"
        puts "  beard.confidence:       #{face_detail.beard.confidence}"
        puts "  mustache.value:         #{face_detail.mustache.value}"
        puts "  mustache.confidence:    #{face_detail.mustache.confidence}"
        puts "  eyes_open.value:        #{face_detail.eyes_open.value}"
        puts "  eyes_open.confidence:   #{face_detail.eyes_open.confidence}"
        puts "  mout_open.value:        #{face_detail.mouth_open.value}"
        puts "  mout_open.confidence:   #{face_detail.mouth_open.confidence}"
        puts "  emotions[0].type:       #{face_detail.emotions[0].type}"
        puts "  emotions[0].confidence: #{face_detail.emotions[0].confidence}"
        puts "  landmarks[0].type:      #{face_detail.landmarks[0].type}"
        puts "  landmarks[0].x:         #{face_detail.landmarks[0].x}"
        puts "  landmarks[0].y:         #{face_detail.landmarks[0].y}"
        puts "  pose.roll:              #{face_detail.pose.roll}"
        puts "  pose.yaw:               #{face_detail.pose.yaw}"
        puts "  pose.pitch:             #{face_detail.pose.pitch}"
        puts "  quality.brightness:     #{face_detail.quality.brightness}"
        puts "  quality.sharpness:      #{face_detail.quality.sharpness}"
        puts "  confidence:             #{face_detail.confidence}"
        puts "------------"
        puts ""
      end

   Node.js

   This example displays the estimated age range for detected faces, and lists various facial attributes. Change the value of photo to the image file name. Change the value of amzn-s3-demo-bucket to the Amazon S3 bucket where the image is stored.

   Replace the value of profile_name in the line that creates the Rekognition session with the name of your developer profile.

   If you are using TypeScript definitions, you may need to use import AWS from 'aws-sdk' instead of const AWS = require('aws-sdk'), in order to run the program with Node.js. You can consult the AWS SDK for Javascript for more details. Depending on how you have your configurations set up, you also may need to specify your region with AWS.config.update({region:region});.

   
   
   // Load the SDK
   var AWS = require('aws-sdk');
   const bucket = 'bucket-name' // the bucketname without s3://
   const photo  = 'photo-name' // the name of file
   
   var credentials = new AWS.SharedIniFileCredentials({profile: 'profile-name'});
   AWS.config.credentials = credentials;
   AWS.config.update({region:'region-name'});
   
   const client = new AWS.Rekognition();
   const params = {
     Image: {
       S3Object: {
         Bucket: bucket,
         Name: photo
       },
     },
     Attributes: ['ALL']
   }
   
   client.detectFaces(params, function(err, response) {
       if (err) {
         console.log(err, err.stack); // an error occurred
       } else {
         console.log(`Detected faces for: ${photo}`)
         response.FaceDetails.forEach(data => {
           let low  = data.AgeRange.Low
           let high = data.AgeRange.High
           console.log(`The detected face is between: ${low} and ${high} years old`)
           console.log("All other attributes:")
           console.log(`  BoundingBox.Width:      ${data.BoundingBox.Width}`)
           console.log(`  BoundingBox.Height:     ${data.BoundingBox.Height}`)
           console.log(`  BoundingBox.Left:       ${data.BoundingBox.Left}`)
           console.log(`  BoundingBox.Top:        ${data.BoundingBox.Top}`)
           console.log(`  Age.Range.Low:          ${data.AgeRange.Low}`)
           console.log(`  Age.Range.High:         ${data.AgeRange.High}`)
           console.log(`  Smile.Value:            ${data.Smile.Value}`)
           console.log(`  Smile.Confidence:       ${data.Smile.Confidence}`)
           console.log(`  Eyeglasses.Value:       ${data.Eyeglasses.Value}`)
           console.log(`  Eyeglasses.Confidence:  ${data.Eyeglasses.Confidence}`)
           console.log(`  Sunglasses.Value:       ${data.Sunglasses.Value}`)
           console.log(`  Sunglasses.Confidence:  ${data.Sunglasses.Confidence}`)
           console.log(`  Gender.Value:           ${data.Gender.Value}`)
           console.log(`  Gender.Confidence:      ${data.Gender.Confidence}`)
           console.log(`  Beard.Value:            ${data.Beard.Value}`)
           console.log(`  Beard.Confidence:       ${data.Beard.Confidence}`)
           console.log(`  Mustache.Value:         ${data.Mustache.Value}`)
           console.log(`  Mustache.Confidence:    ${data.Mustache.Confidence}`)
           console.log(`  EyesOpen.Value:         ${data.EyesOpen.Value}`)
           console.log(`  EyesOpen.Confidence:    ${data.EyesOpen.Confidence}`)
           console.log(`  MouthOpen.Value:        ${data.MouthOpen.Value}`)
           console.log(`  MouthOpen.Confidence:   ${data.MouthOpen.Confidence}`)
           console.log(`  Emotions[0].Type:       ${data.Emotions[0].Type}`)
           console.log(`  Emotions[0].Confidence: ${data.Emotions[0].Confidence}`)
           console.log(`  Landmarks[0].Type:      ${data.Landmarks[0].Type}`)
           console.log(`  Landmarks[0].X:         ${data.Landmarks[0].X}`)
           console.log(`  Landmarks[0].Y:         ${data.Landmarks[0].Y}`)
           console.log(`  Pose.Roll:              ${data.Pose.Roll}`)
           console.log(`  Pose.Yaw:               ${data.Pose.Yaw}`)
           console.log(`  Pose.Pitch:             ${data.Pose.Pitch}`)
           console.log(`  Quality.Brightness:     ${data.Quality.Brightness}`)
           console.log(`  Quality.Sharpness:      ${data.Quality.Sharpness}`)
           console.log(`  Confidence:             ${data.Confidence}`)
           console.log("------------")
           console.log("")
         }) // for response.faceDetails
       } // if
     });

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   • Java
   • Java V2
   • AWS CLI
   • Python
   • .NET
   • Ruby
   • Node.js

   This example displays the estimated age range for detected faces, and lists the JSON for all detected facial attributes. Change the value of photo to the image file name. Change the value of amzn-s3-demo-bucket to the Amazon S3 bucket where the image is stored.

   //Copyright 2018 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
   //PDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 (For details, see https://github.com/awsdocs/amazon-rekognition-developer-guide/blob/master/LICENSE-SAMPLECODE.)
   
   package aws.example.rekognition.image;
   
   import com.amazonaws.services.rekognition.AmazonRekognition;
   import com.amazonaws.services.rekognition.AmazonRekognitionClientBuilder;
   import com.amazonaws.services.rekognition.model.AmazonRekognitionException;
   import com.amazonaws.services.rekognition.model.Image;
   import com.amazonaws.services.rekognition.model.S3Object;
   import com.amazonaws.services.rekognition.model.AgeRange;
   import com.amazonaws.services.rekognition.model.Attribute;
   import com.amazonaws.services.rekognition.model.DetectFacesRequest;
   import com.amazonaws.services.rekognition.model.DetectFacesResult;
   import com.amazonaws.services.rekognition.model.FaceDetail;
   import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
   import java.util.List;
   
   
   public class DetectFaces {
      
      
      public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
   
         String photo = "input.jpg";
         String bucket = "bucket";
   
         AmazonRekognition rekognitionClient = AmazonRekognitionClientBuilder.defaultClient();
   
   
         DetectFacesRequest request = new DetectFacesRequest()
            .withImage(new Image()
               .withS3Object(new S3Object()
                  .withName(photo)
                  .withBucket(bucket)))
            .withAttributes(Attribute.ALL);
         // Replace Attribute.ALL with Attribute.DEFAULT to get default values.
   
         try {
            DetectFacesResult result = rekognitionClient.detectFaces(request);
            List < FaceDetail > faceDetails = result.getFaceDetails();
   
            for (FaceDetail face: faceDetails) {
               if (request.getAttributes().contains("ALL")) {
                  AgeRange ageRange = face.getAgeRange();
                  System.out.println("The detected face is estimated to be between "
                     + ageRange.getLow().toString() + " and " + ageRange.getHigh().toString()
                     + " years old.");
                  System.out.println("Here's the complete set of attributes:");
               } else { // non-default attributes have null values.
                  System.out.println("Here's the default set of attributes:");
               }
   
               ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
               System.out.println(objectMapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(face));
            }
   
         } catch (AmazonRekognitionException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
         }
   
      }
   
   }