/facematch

Facebook Face Recognition wrapper. Submit an image, query Facebook to recognize your friends' faces.

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Hi

Here's Facematch, a wrapper for the Facebook Face Recognition feature. I coded it super quickly to recognize my friends when they ring at the door. This is very simple at the moment and there's much to improve (almost no error handlers).

How does it work?

When you upload a picture on Facebook, the /photos/tagging/recognition endpoint is called. This program uploads a private picture (using Facebook API) + calls the recognition endpoint (by simulating a browser using the user's information).

Requirements

Getting Started

I) Install
$ git clone https://github.com/louisondumont/facematch
$ cd facematch
$ npm install
II) Edit config.js

1) Insert your App ID and Secret

2) Go to Facebook, open DevTools > Network.

3) Upload any picture but don't press "Post".

4) Look for the "recognition" endpoint. Network screenshot

5) "Request" > copy-paste the entire "cookie" string in config.js

Cookie screenshot

6) "Form" (raw source) > copy-paste everything from "__user=" in config.js (req_params) Req screenshot

III) Start the server

You can change the http port in config.js

$ node index.js
IV) Get your access token

Navigate to http://localhost:3000/getAccessToken and give access to your Facebook account.

V) Recognize people

POST http://localhost:3000/recognize (accessToken = YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN, url = YOUR_IMG_URL)

Screenshot query

YAY! Now you can do like Mark and build your intelligent house.