▣ ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · IMAGE PROCESSING

AI Video Person Detection API

Hosted on ApyHub

What it does

The Person Detection API finds the people in a video. Upload a video or send its URL, choose whether to analyze it with Azure or Google video AI, and get back the detection results as JSON, including where people appear in the video.

Use it to find the scenes that contain people in large video libraries, flag content for review in moderation workflows, or tag footage so it's searchable by who appears in it.

Results come back in the format of the provider you choose, so if your team already works with Azure or Google video AI, you can use them without changing your code. For faces specifically, use the Video Face Detection API, and for other things in a video, the Video Object Detection API.

You can start on ApyHub's free tier with no card required.

To use it, you need an Azure Video Indexer account or a Google Cloud service account. Pass your credentials with each request, and ApyHub handles the upload, processing, and response.

Provider (requested_service)	Atoms
Azure	500
Google	500

▣ ENDPOINT 01 / 02

POST

Person Detection via URL

https://api.eu.apyhub.com/apyhub/detect-persons/url

QUICKSTART

GUIDE

Quickstart

Send the video URL and choose the detection service to get a person-detection result.

curl -X POST "https://api.eu.apyhub.com/apyhub/detect-persons/url" \
  -H "apy-token: $APY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://assets.apyhub.com/samples/sample.mp4",
    "requested_service": "azure",
    "azure": {
        "access_token": "your-access_token",
        "account_id": "your-account_id",
        "region": "your-region"
    }
  }'

What you'll get back

Returns a JSON object with a data object field. The data object may include an azure object when requested_service is azure, or a google object when requested_service is google.

{
  "data": {
    "azure": {}
  }
}

TRY ITLIVE · 500 ATOMS

API key

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About this endpoint

What it does

Detects persons in a media file provided by URL and returns a JSON object with a data object containing either an azure or google result, depending on the requested service.

Request Body

Parameter	Type	Description
url	String	Media URL to analyze. Must be a URI.
azure	Object	Azure-specific configuration object. Include the fields below when using Azure.
azure.region	String	Azure region.
azure.account_id	String	Azure account ID.
azure.access_token	String	Azure access token.
google	Object	Google-specific configuration object. Include the fields below when using Google.
google.google_language	String	Google language code.
google.google_credential_json	Object	Google Cloud service account JSON. The schema defines nested credential fields, but only one level is documented here; see schema for nested fields.
requested_service	ENUM	Service to use. Allowed values: `azure`, `google`.

Response

Returns a JSON object with a required data object field. The data object may include an azure object when requested_service is azure, or a google object when requested_service is google.

Parameter	Type	Description
data	Object	Wrapper object for the detection result.
data.azure	Object	Present when `requested_service` is `azure`. Additional properties are allowed.
data.google	Object	Present when `requested_service` is `google`. Additional properties are allowed.

▣ ENDPOINT 02 / 02

POST

Person Detection via file upload

https://api.eu.apyhub.com/apyhub/detect-persons/file

QUICKSTART

GUIDE

Quickstart

Upload an image and choose the backend service to detect persons.

curl -X POST "https://api.eu.apyhub.com/apyhub/detect-persons/file" \
  -H "apy-token: $APY_TOKEN" \
  -F "file=@/path/to/image.jpg" \
  -F "requested_service=azure" \
  -F 'azure_access_token="your-azure_access_token"' \
  -F 'azure_account_id="your-azure_account_id"' \
  -F 'azure_region="your-azure_region"'

What you'll get back

Returns a JSON object with a data object. The data object can include an azure object when requested_service is azure, or a google object when requested_service is google.

{
  "data": {
    "azure": {}
  }
}

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API key

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Max 100MB total per request (all files combined). Larger? Use this API's URL-based endpoint instead, if it has one.

About this endpoint

What it does

Uploads a file to run person detection using either the Azure or Google route, based on requested_service. The response is a JSON object containing a data object with a service-specific result object for the selected provider.

Request Body

Parameter	Type	Description
file	Binary	File to analyze, sent as binary (`format: binary`).
azure_region	String	Azure region. Example: `trial`.
azure_account_id	String	Azure account identifier.
requested_service	ENUM	Service route to use. Allowed values: `azure`, `google`. Example: `azure`.
azure_access_token	String	Azure access token.
google_credential_file	Binary	Google service account JSON, sent as binary (`format: binary`).

Response

Returns a JSON object with a required data object field. Inside data, the schema may include an azure object when requested_service is azure, or a google object when requested_service is google.

Parameter	Type	Description
data	Object	Response wrapper object. May contain provider-specific result data.
data.azure	Object	Present when `requested_service` is `azure`. Additional properties are allowed.
data.google	Object	Present when `requested_service` is `google`. Additional properties are allowed.

Max 100MB total per request (all files combined). Larger? Use this API's URL-based endpoint instead, if it has one.

▣ COMMON ERRORS

Errors any endpoint can return

400bad_request

Required parameter missing or malformed body.

401unauthorized

API key missing, revoked, or not authorized for this service.

429rate_limited

Your plan's per-second rate exceeded. Retry with exponential backoff.

503upstream_busy

Backend temporarily unavailable. Try again in a few seconds.

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From the blog

Reads that touch this API.

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