Hugging Face

Hugging Face Computer Vision API

Image classification, object detection, and segmentation tasks

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POST /models/{model_id}/image-classification Image Classification Inference #

POST /models/{model_id}/object-detection Object Detection Inference #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Hugging Face Inference Computer Vision API
  description: Run inference on 200,000+ machine learning models hosted on the Hugging Face Hub with a simple HTTP request. Supports text generation, image classification, object detection, speech recognition, and many more tasks.
  version: 1.0.0
  termsOfService: https://huggingface.co/terms-of-service
  contact:
    name: Hugging Face Support
    url: https://huggingface.co/support
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: https://api-inference.huggingface.co
  description: Hugging Face Inference API production server
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Computer Vision
  description: Image classification, object detection, and segmentation tasks
paths:
  /models/{model_id}/image-classification:
    post:
      summary: Image Classification Inference
      description: Classify an image into predefined categories.
      operationId: imageClassification
      tags:
      - Computer Vision
      parameters:
      - name: model_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        example: google/vit-base-patch16-224
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/octet-stream:
            schema:
              type: string
              format: binary
            examples:
              ImageclassificationRequestExample:
                summary: Default imageClassification request
                x-microcks-default: true
                value: example_value
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                inputs:
                  type: string
                  description: URL of the image to classify
            examples:
              ImageclassificationRequestExample:
                summary: Default imageClassification request
                x-microcks-default: true
                value:
                  inputs: example_value
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Classification results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClassificationResult'
              examples:
                Imageclassification200Example:
                  summary: Default imageClassification 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                  - label: Example Title
                    score: 42.5
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /models/{model_id}/object-detection:
    post:
      summary: Object Detection Inference
      description: Detect objects in an image and return bounding boxes with labels.
      operationId: objectDetection
      tags:
      - Computer Vision
      parameters:
      - name: model_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        example: facebook/detr-resnet-50
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/octet-stream:
            schema:
              type: string
              format: binary
            examples:
              ObjectdetectionRequestExample:
                summary: Default objectDetection request
                x-microcks-default: true
                value: example_value
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Detected objects with bounding boxes
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ObjectDetectionResult'
              examples:
                Objectdetection200Example:
                  summary: Default objectDetection 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                  - label: Example Title
                    score: 42.5
                    box:
                      xmin: 10
                      ymin: 10
                      xmax: 10
                      ymax: 10
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    ObjectDetectionResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        label:
          type: string
          description: Detected object label
          example: Example Title
        score:
          type: number
          format: float
          description: Detection confidence score
          example: 42.5
        box:
          type: object
          properties:
            xmin:
              type: integer
            ymin:
              type: integer
            xmax:
              type: integer
            ymax:
              type: integer
          example: example_value
    ClassificationResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        label:
          type: string
          description: The predicted label
          example: POSITIVE
        score:
          type: number
          format: float
          description: Confidence score for the label
          example: 0.9998
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: HF Token
      description: Hugging Face API token. Generate one from https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens

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