DeepFace

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Accepted image inputs

The API accepts uploaded files, local paths, URLs and base64-encoded image data.github.com · read 21 Oct 2026

Anti-spoofing

Face extraction and streaming can optionally enable anti-spoofing checks to distinguish real faces from spoof inputs.github.com · read 21 Oct 2026

API options

DeepFace can be served through REST or gRPC, and its API covers verification, facial attribute analysis, vector representation, registration, and search.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Attribute analysis

The analyze function predicts age, gender, emotion and race attributes.deepwiki.com · read 21 Oct 2026

Database integrations

Database-backed registration and search support PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Weaviate, Neo4j, PGVector and Pinecone, with additional backends listed in the project README.deepwiki.com · read 21 Oct 2026

Detection and alignment

Available detector backends include OpenCV, SSD, Dlib, MTCNN, RetinaFace, MediaPipe, YOLO, YuNet, and CenterFace, and alignment can be configured.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Detector choices

Documented detector backends include OpenCV, SSD, MTCNN, RetinaFace, MediaPipe, YOLO variants, Dlib, YuNet, CenterFace and FastMTCNN.deepwiki.com · read 21 Oct 2026

Documentation depth

Independent documentation indexes installation, quick start, core APIs, database integrations, models, REST deployment, Docker, benchmarking and testing.deepwiki.com · read 21 Oct 2026

Embeddings

The represent function converts faces into multidimensional embedding vectors.deepwiki.com · read 21 Oct 2026

Face search

The find function searches for an input face inside a file-based image database and returns matched identities.deepwiki.com · read 21 Oct 2026

Face tasks

Its functions support face verification, finding identities in a folder, image analysis, and producing face embeddings.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Face verification

The verify function determines whether two supplied face images belong to the same person and returns a verification result with distance information.github.com · read 21 Oct 2026

gRPC API

A gRPC service is available with a protobuf contract covering the same core operations as the REST service.github.com · read 21 Oct 2026

Hosted API

deepface.dev provides a managed API for verification, embedding generation and vector comparison while handling hosting, scaling and model updates.deepface.dev · read 21 Oct 2026

Hosted API authentication

The managed service uses account-created REST or MCP keys and exposes its REST gateway at api.deepface.dev.docs.deepface.dev · read 21 Oct 2026

Hosted API endpoints

The managed public API documents POST /verify, POST /represent, POST /compare and GET /capabilities.docs.deepface.dev · read 21 Oct 2026

Hosted API request controls

The hosted quickstart documents API keys, model allowlists, optional remote URL fetching checks and an x-request-id for troubleshooting.docs.deepface.dev · read 21 Oct 2026

Hosted inputs and access

The hosted API accepts files and base64 by default, provides REST and MCP access, and offers self-serve signup, API keys, usage, and billing.deepface.dev · read 4 Oct 2026

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