Detect faces in an image

Draw boxes around detected faces in an image.

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For detailed documentation that includes this code sample, see the following:

• Face detection tutorial

Code sample

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.

/** Connects to the Vision API using Application Default Credentials. */
public static Vision getVisionService() throws IOException, GeneralSecurityException {
  GoogleCredentials credential =
      GoogleCredentials.getApplicationDefault().createScoped(VisionScopes.all());
  JsonFactory jsonFactory = GsonFactory.getDefaultInstance();
  return new Vision.Builder(
          GoogleNetHttpTransport.newTrustedTransport(),
          jsonFactory,
          new HttpCredentialsAdapter(credential))
      .setApplicationName(APPLICATION_NAME)
      .build();
}

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.

// Creates a client
const client = new vision.ImageAnnotatorClient();

const fs = require('fs');

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.

$imageAnnotator = new ImageAnnotatorClient();

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.

client = vision.ImageAnnotatorClient()

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