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Python library for the Vuforia Web Services (VWS) API and the Vuforia Web Query API.
.. code-block:: shell
pip install vws-python
This is tested on Python |minimum-python-version|+. Get in touch with
adamdangoor@gmail.com if you would like to use this with another
language.
.. code-block:: python
"""Add a target to VWS and then query it."""
import os import pathlib import uuid
from vws import VWS, CloudRecoService
server_access_key = os.environ["VWS_SERVER_ACCESS_KEY"] server_secret_key = os.environ["VWS_SERVER_SECRET_KEY"] client_access_key = os.environ["VWS_CLIENT_ACCESS_KEY"] client_secret_key = os.environ["VWS_CLIENT_SECRET_KEY"]
vws_client = VWS( server_access_key=server_access_key, server_secret_key=server_secret_key, )
cloud_reco_client = CloudRecoService( client_access_key=client_access_key, client_secret_key=client_secret_key, )
name = "my_image_name_" + uuid.uuid4().hex
image = pathlib.Path("high_quality_image.jpg") with image.open(mode="rb") as my_image_file: target_id = vws_client.add_target( name=name, width=1, image=my_image_file, active_flag=True, application_metadata=None, )
vws_client.wait_for_target_processed(target_id=target_id)
with image.open(mode="rb") as my_image_file: matching_targets = cloud_reco_client.query(image=my_image_file)
assert matching_targets[0].target_id == target_id
See the full documentation <https://vws-python.github.io/vws-python/>__.
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We found that vws-python demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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