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Finding faces in the Tribune collection¶

A simple demonstration of facial detection using images from the State Library of NSW's Tribune collection.

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import cv2
import pandas as pd
import os
from urllib.parse import urlparse
import requests
from IPython.display import display, HTML
import copy

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# Load Tribune images data
df = pd.read_csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GLAM-Workbench/ozglam-data-records-of-resistance/master/data/images.csv')

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# Link to the facial detection data file
face_cl = cv2.CascadeClassifier(cv2.data.haarcascades + 'haarcascade_frontalface_default.xml')

def select_images(sample):
    '''
    Get a random sample of images.
    '''
    images = []
    rows = df.sample(sample)
    for img_id in list(rows['images']):
        img_url = 'https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/wraggetribune/images/{0}.jpg'.format(img_id)
        images.append((img_id, img_url))
    return images


def download_image(img_url):
    '''
    Download and save the specified image.
    '''
    current_dir = os.getcwd()
    parsed = urlparse(img_url)
    filename = os.path.join(current_dir, os.path.basename(parsed.path))
    response = requests.get(img_url, stream=True)
    with open(filename, 'wb') as fd:
        for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=128):
            fd.write(chunk)
    return filename 


def detect_faces(img_file):
    '''
    Use OpenCV to find faces.
    '''
    faces = []
    f = 1
    print('Processing {}'.format(img_file))
    try:
        image = cv2.imread(img_file)
        # Create a copy to annotate
        results = image.copy()
        # Create a greyscale copy for face detection
        grey = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_RGB2GRAY)
        # Find faces!
        # Try adjusting scaleFactor and minNeighbors if results aren't what you expect.
        faces = face_cl.detectMultiScale(grey, scaleFactor=1.3, minNeighbors=4, minSize=(50, 50))
    except cv2.error:
        raise
    else:
        for (x, y, w, h) in faces:
            # Save a cropped version of the detected face
            face = image[y: y + h, x: x + w]
            cv2.imwrite('{}-{}.jpg'.format(os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(img_file))[0], f), face)
            # Draw a green box on the complete image
            cv2.rectangle(results, (x, y), (x + w, y + h), (0, 255, 0), 2)
            f += 1
        # Save the annotated image
        cv2.imwrite(img_file, results)
    return faces


def process_images(images):
    '''
    Find faces in a list of images.
    Displays the results
    '''
    for img_id, img_url in images:
        filename = download_image(img_url)
        faces = detect_faces(filename)
        html = '<image src="{}"><br><a target="_blank" href="http://digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid={}&embedded=true&toolbar=false">More details at SLNSW</a><br>'.format(os.path.basename(filename), img_id)
        print('I found {} faces...'.format(len(faces)))
        for i, face in enumerate(faces, 1):
            html += '<a target="_blank" href="{0}-{1}.jpg"><image style="width: 100px; height: 100px; float: left; margin: 10px; object-fit: scale-down;" src="{0}-{1}.jpg"></a>'.format(img_id, i)
    display(HTML(html))
    
    
def get_random_image(sample=1):
    '''
    Process a random sample of images.
    '''
    images = select_images(sample)
    process_images(images)
    
    
def get_image_by_id(img_id):
    '''
    Process a specific image.
    '''
    images = [(img_id, 'https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/wraggetribune/images/{0}.jpg'.format(img_id))]
    process_images(images)

Get a random image¶

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# Provide a number as a parameter for more than 1 images
get_random_image()

Get a particular image by it's identifier¶

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get_image_by_id('FL4578163')

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