Python API

The Python API is a light wrapper of the C API. It creates an object that has all the C functions. Here is a fictional example that, given a MagicalImageURLGenerator and a CatFaceRecognitionModel, will find cat faces most similar to the cats in a query image.

from brpy import init_brpy
import requests # or whatever http request lib you prefer
import MagicalImageURLGenerator # made up

# br_loc is /usr/local/lib by default,
# you may change this by passing a different path to the shared objects
br = init_brpy(br_loc='/path/to/libopenbr')
br.br_initialize_default()
br.br_set_property('algorithm','CatFaceRecognitionModel') # also made up
br.br_set_property('enrollAll','true')

mycatsimg = open('mycats.jpg', 'rb').read() # cat picture not provided =^..^=
mycatstmpl = br.br_load_img(mycatsimg, len(mycatsimg))
query = br.br_enroll_template(mycatstmpl)
nqueries = br.br_num_templates(query)

scores = []
for imurl in MagicalImageURLGenerator():
    # load and enroll image from URL
    img = requests.get(imurl).content
    tmpl = br.br_load_img(img, len(img))
    targets = br.br_enroll_template(tmpl)
    ntargets = br.br_num_templates(targets)

    # compare and collect scores
    scoresmat = br.br_compare_template_lists(targets, query)
    for r in range(ntargets):
        for c in range(nqueries):
            scores.append((imurl, br.br_get_matrix_output_at(scoresmat, r, c)))

    # clean up - no memory leaks
    br.br_free_template(tmpl)
    br.br_free_template_list(targets)

# print top 10 match URLs
scores.sort(key=lambda s: s[1])
for s in scores[:10]:
    print(s[0])

# clean up - no memory leaks
br.br_free_template(mycatstmpl)
br.br_free_template_list(query)
br.br_finalize()

Some functions were made more pythonic and thus differ slightly from the C API. In particular, the C functions that populate a string buffer have that logic abstracted away. For example, br_get_filename(char * buffer, int buffer_length, br_template tmpl) in C becomes filename = br.br_get_filename(tmpl) in Python. Here are the functions that differ from the C API:

• br_most_recent_message
• br_objects
• br_scratch_path
• br_get_filename
• br_get_metadata_string

To enable the module, add -DBR_INSTALL_BRPY=ON to your cmake command (or use the ccmake GUI - highly recommended).

Currently only OS X and Linux are supported.