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description: Access object detection capabilities of YOLOv8 via our RESTful API. Learn how to use the YOLO Inference API with Python or cURL for swift object detection. |
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keywords: Ultralytics, YOLOv8, Inference API, object detection, RESTful API, Python, cURL, Quickstart |
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# YOLO Inference API |
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The YOLO Inference API allows you to access the YOLOv8 object detection capabilities via a RESTful API. This enables you to run object detection on images without the need to install and set up the YOLOv8 environment locally. |
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![Inference API Screenshot](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/assets/19519529/a8c00e55-1590-403b-bdee-ed456c60af4d) Screenshot of the Inference API section in the trained model Preview tab. |
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<strong>Watch:</strong> Ultralytics HUB Inference API Walkthrough |
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## API URL |
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The API URL is the address used to access the YOLO Inference API. In this case, the base URL is: |
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https://api.ultralytics.com/v1/predict |
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## Example Usage in Python |
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To access the YOLO Inference API with the specified model and API key using Python, you can use the following code: |
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```python |
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import requests |
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# API URL, use actual MODEL_ID |
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url = f"https://api.ultralytics.com/v1/predict/MODEL_ID" |
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# Headers, use actual API_KEY |
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headers = {"x-api-key": "API_KEY"} |
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# Inference arguments (optional) |
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data = {"size": 640, "confidence": 0.25, "iou": 0.45} |
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# Load image and send request |
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with open("path/to/image.jpg", "rb") as image_file: |
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files = {"image": image_file} |
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response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, files=files, data=data) |
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print(response.json()) |
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``` |
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In this example, replace `API_KEY` with your actual API key, `MODEL_ID` with the desired model ID, and `path/to/image.jpg` with the path to the image you want to analyze. |
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## Example Usage with cURL |
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You can use the YOLO Inference API with client URL (cURL) by utilizing the `curl` command. Replace `API_KEY` with your actual API key, `MODEL_ID` with the desired model ID, and `image.jpg` with the path to the image you want to analyze: |
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```bash |
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curl -X POST "https://api.ultralytics.com/v1/predict/MODEL_ID" \ |
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-H "x-api-key: API_KEY" \ |
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-F "image=@/path/to/image.jpg" \ |
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-F "size=640" \ |
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-F "confidence=0.25" \ |
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-F "iou=0.45" |
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``` |
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## Passing Arguments |
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This command sends a POST request to the YOLO Inference API with the specified `MODEL_ID` in the URL and the `API_KEY` in the request `headers`, along with the image file specified by `@path/to/image.jpg`. |
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Here's an example of passing the `size`, `confidence`, and `iou` arguments via the API URL using the `requests` library in Python: |
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```python |
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import requests |
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# API URL, use actual MODEL_ID |
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url = f"https://api.ultralytics.com/v1/predict/MODEL_ID" |
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# Headers, use actual API_KEY |
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headers = {"x-api-key": "API_KEY"} |
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# Inference arguments (optional) |
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data = {"size": 640, "confidence": 0.25, "iou": 0.45} |
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# Load image and send request |
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with open("path/to/image.jpg", "rb") as image_file: |
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files = {"image": image_file} |
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response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, files=files, data=data) |
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print(response.json()) |
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``` |
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In this example, the `data` dictionary contains the query arguments `size`, `confidence`, and `iou`, which tells the API to run inference at image size 640 with confidence and IoU thresholds of 0.25 and 0.45. |
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This will send the query parameters along with the file in the POST request. See the table below for a full list of available inference arguments. |
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| Inference Argument | Default | Type | Notes | |
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| `size` | `640` | `int` | valid range is `32` - `1280` pixels | |
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| `confidence` | `0.25` | `float` | valid range is `0.01` - `1.0` | |
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| `iou` | `0.45` | `float` | valid range is `0.0` - `0.95` | |
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| `url` | `''` | `str` | optional image URL if not image file is passed | |
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| `normalize` | `False` | `bool` | | |
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## Return JSON format |
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The YOLO Inference API returns a JSON list with the detection results. The format of the JSON list will be the same as the one produced locally by the `results[0].tojson()` command. |
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The JSON list contains information about the detected objects, their coordinates, classes, and confidence scores. |
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### Detect Model Format |
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YOLO detection models, such as `yolov8n.pt`, can return JSON responses from local inference, cURL inference, and Python inference. All of these methods produce the same JSON response format. |
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!!! Example "Detect Model JSON Response" |
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=== "`ultralytics`" |
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```python |
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from ultralytics import YOLO |
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# Load model |
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model = YOLO('yolov8n.pt') |
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# Run inference |
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results = model('image.jpg') |
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# Print image.jpg results in JSON format |
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print(results[0].tojson()) |
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``` |
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=== "cURL" |
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```bash |
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curl -X POST "https://api.ultralytics.com/v1/predict/MODEL_ID" \ |
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-H "x-api-key: API_KEY" \ |
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-F "image=@/path/to/image.jpg" \ |
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-F "size=640" \ |
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-F "confidence=0.25" \ |
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-F "iou=0.45" |
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``` |
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=== "Python" |
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```python |
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import requests |
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# API URL, use actual MODEL_ID |
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url = f"https://api.ultralytics.com/v1/predict/MODEL_ID" |
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# Headers, use actual API_KEY |
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headers = {"x-api-key": "API_KEY"} |
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# Inference arguments (optional) |
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data = {"size": 640, "confidence": 0.25, "iou": 0.45} |
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# Load image and send request |
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with open("path/to/image.jpg", "rb") as image_file: |
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files = {"image": image_file} |
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response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, files=files, data=data) |
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print(response.json()) |
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``` |
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=== "JSON Response" |
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```json |
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{ |
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"success": True, |
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"message": "Inference complete.", |
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"data": [ |
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{ |
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"name": "person", |
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"class": 0, |
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"confidence": 0.8359682559967041, |
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"box": { |
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"x1": 0.08974208831787109, |
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"y1": 0.27418340047200523, |
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"x2": 0.8706787109375, |
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"y2": 0.9887352837456598 |
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} |
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}, |
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{ |
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"name": "person", |
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"class": 0, |
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"confidence": 0.8189555406570435, |
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"box": { |
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"x1": 0.5847355842590332, |
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"y1": 0.05813225640190972, |
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"x2": 0.8930277824401855, |
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"y2": 0.9903111775716146 |
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} |
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}, |
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{ |
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"name": "tie", |
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"class": 27, |
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"confidence": 0.2909725308418274, |
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"box": { |
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"x1": 0.3433395862579346, |
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"y1": 0.6070465511745877, |
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"x2": 0.40964522361755373, |
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"y2": 0.9849439832899306 |
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} |
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} |
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] |
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} |
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``` |
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### Segment Model Format |
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YOLO segmentation models, such as `yolov8n-seg.pt`, can return JSON responses from local inference, cURL inference, and Python inference. All of these methods produce the same JSON response format. |
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!!! Example "Segment Model JSON Response" |
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=== "`ultralytics`" |
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```python |
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from ultralytics import YOLO |
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# Load model |
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model = YOLO('yolov8n-seg.pt') |
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# Run inference |
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results = model('image.jpg') |
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# Print image.jpg results in JSON format |
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print(results[0].tojson()) |
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``` |
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=== "cURL" |
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```bash |
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curl -X POST "https://api.ultralytics.com/v1/predict/MODEL_ID" \ |
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-H "x-api-key: API_KEY" \ |
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-F "image=@/path/to/image.jpg" \ |
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-F "size=640" \ |
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-F "confidence=0.25" \ |
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-F "iou=0.45" |
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``` |
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=== "Python" |
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```python |
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import requests |
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# API URL, use actual MODEL_ID |
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url = f"https://api.ultralytics.com/v1/predict/MODEL_ID" |
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# Headers, use actual API_KEY |
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headers = {"x-api-key": "API_KEY"} |
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# Inference arguments (optional) |
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data = {"size": 640, "confidence": 0.25, "iou": 0.45} |
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# Load image and send request |
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with open("path/to/image.jpg", "rb") as image_file: |
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files = {"image": image_file} |
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response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, files=files, data=data) |
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print(response.json()) |
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``` |
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=== "JSON Response" |
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Note `segments` `x` and `y` lengths may vary from one object to another. Larger or more complex objects may have more segment points. |
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```json |
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{ |
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"success": True, |
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"message": "Inference complete.", |
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"data": [ |
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{ |
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"name": "person", |
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"class": 0, |
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"confidence": 0.856913149356842, |
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"box": { |
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"x1": 0.1064866065979004, |
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"y1": 0.2798851860894097, |
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"x2": 0.8738358497619629, |
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"y2": 0.9894873725043403 |
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}, |
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"segments": { |
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"x": [ |
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0.421875, |
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0.4203124940395355, |
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... |
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], |
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"y": [ |
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0.2888889014720917, |
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0.2916666567325592, |
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0.2916666567325592 |
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... |
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] |
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} |
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}, |
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{ |
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"name": "person", |
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"class": 0, |
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"confidence": 0.8512625694274902, |
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"box": { |
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"x1": 0.5757311820983887, |
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"y1": 0.053943040635850696, |
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"x2": 0.8960096359252929, |
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"y2": 0.985154045952691 |
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}, |
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"segments": { |
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"x": [ |
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... |
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], |
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"y": [ |
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... |
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] |
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} |
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}, |
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{ |
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"name": "tie", |
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"class": 27, |
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"confidence": 0.6485961675643921, |
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"box": { |
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"x1": 0.33911995887756347, |
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"y1": 0.6057066175672743, |
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"x2": 0.4081430912017822, |
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"y2": 0.9916408962673611 |
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}, |
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"segments": { |
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"x": [ |
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0.37187498807907104, |
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... |
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], |
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"y": [ |
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0.6111111044883728, |
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... |
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] |
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} |
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} |
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] |
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} |
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``` |
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### Pose Model Format |
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YOLO pose models, such as `yolov8n-pose.pt`, can return JSON responses from local inference, cURL inference, and Python inference. All of these methods produce the same JSON response format. |
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!!! Example "Pose Model JSON Response" |
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=== "`ultralytics`" |
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```python |
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from ultralytics import YOLO |
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# Load model |
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model = YOLO('yolov8n-seg.pt') |
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# Run inference |
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results = model('image.jpg') |
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# Print image.jpg results in JSON format |
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print(results[0].tojson()) |
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``` |
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=== "cURL" |
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```bash |
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curl -X POST "https://api.ultralytics.com/v1/predict/MODEL_ID" \ |
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-H "x-api-key: API_KEY" \ |
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-F "image=@/path/to/image.jpg" \ |
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-F "size=640" \ |
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-F "confidence=0.25" \ |
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-F "iou=0.45" |
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``` |
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=== "Python" |
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```python |
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import requests |
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# API URL, use actual MODEL_ID |
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url = f"https://api.ultralytics.com/v1/predict/MODEL_ID" |
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# Headers, use actual API_KEY |
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headers = {"x-api-key": "API_KEY"} |
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# Inference arguments (optional) |
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data = {"size": 640, "confidence": 0.25, "iou": 0.45} |
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# Load image and send request |
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with open("path/to/image.jpg", "rb") as image_file: |
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files = {"image": image_file} |
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response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, files=files, data=data) |
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print(response.json()) |
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``` |
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=== "JSON Response" |
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Note COCO-keypoints pretrained models will have 17 human keypoints. The `visible` part of the keypoints indicates whether a keypoint is visible or obscured. Obscured keypoints may be outside the image or may not be visible, i.e. a person's eyes facing away from the camera. |
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{ |
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"success": True, |
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"message": "Inference complete.", |
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"data": [ |
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{ |
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"name": "person", |
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"class": 0, |
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"confidence": 0.8439509868621826, |
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"box": { |
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"x1": 0.1125, |
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"y1": 0.28194444444444444, |
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"x2": 0.7953125, |
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"y2": 0.9902777777777778 |
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}, |
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"keypoints": { |
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"x": [ |
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0.5058594942092896, |
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0.5103894472122192, |
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0.4920862317085266 |
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], |
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"y": [ |
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0.48964157700538635, |
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0.4643048942089081, |
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0.4465252459049225 |
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... |
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], |
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"visible": [ |
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0.8726999163627625, |
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0.9130823612213135 |
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] |
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} |
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}, |
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{ |
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"name": "person", |
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"class": 0, |
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"confidence": 0.7474289536476135, |
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"box": { |
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"x1": 0.58125, |
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"y1": 0.0625, |
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"x2": 0.8859375, |
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"y2": 0.9888888888888889 |
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}, |
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"keypoints": { |
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"x": [ |
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0.778544008731842, |
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0.7976160049438477, |
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0.7530890107154846 |
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], |
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"y": [ |
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0.27595141530036926, |
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0.2378823608160019, |
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0.23644638061523438 |
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... |
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], |
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"visible": [ |
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0.8900790810585022, |
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0.789978563785553, |
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0.8974530100822449 |
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... |
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] |
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} |
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} |
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] |
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} |
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```
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