Pixmatch

Pixmatch REST API client library for Pixmatch, automated image matching API by Idee. Given an image to look for, it locates identical or modified images within or between large scale image collections.

Using

gem install pixmatch

Example

require 'rubygems'
require 'pixmatch'

Pixmatch.configure do |config|
  config.username     = 'username'
  config.password     = 'password'
  config.url          = 'api.tineye.com'
end

# ping the server
response = Pixmatch.ping()
puts response['status']

# count the number of images in the collection
count = Pixmatch.count()

# add an image
Pixmatch.add('images/mona-lisa.jpg')
Pixmatch.add(File.new('images/mona-lisa.jpg')

# add a collection of images
Pixmatch.add(Dir.glob('images/*.jpg'))

# list images
images = Pixmatch.list()
images.each { |filename| puts filename }

# delete an image
Pixmatch.delete('mona-lisa.jpg')

# delete an array of images
Pixmatch.delete([ 'mona-lisa.jpg', 'mona-lisa-botero.jpg' ])

# search
found = Pixmatch.search('images/mona-lisa.jpg')
found.each { |find|
  puts "#{find['filename']}: #{find['score']}"
}

Contributing

  • Fork the project

  • Copy ‘config/pixmatch.yml.default’ to ‘config/pixmatch.yml’. Edit your pixmatch API credentials as follows.

    test:
  <<: *settings
  username: '<your username>'
  password: '<your password>'
  endpoint: '<your url>.tineye.com'

  • Run ‘bundle install’

  • Test with ‘rspec spec’

  • Send pull requests.

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