Huawei Cloud Face Recognition Service (FRS)

Since Camel 3.15

Only producer is supported

Huawei Cloud Face Recognition Service component allows you to integrate with Face Recognition Service provided by Huawei Cloud.

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml for this component:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-huaweicloud-frs</artifactId>
    <version>x.x.x</version>
    <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

URI format

hwcloud-frs:operation[?options]

Configuring Options

Camel components are configured on two separate levels:

  • component level

  • endpoint level

Configuring Component Options

At the component level, you set general and shared configurations that are, then, inherited by the endpoints. It is the highest configuration level.

For example, a component may have security settings, credentials for authentication, urls for network connection and so forth.

Some components only have a few options, and others may have many. Because components typically have pre-configured defaults that are commonly used, then you may often only need to configure a few options on a component; or none at all.

You can configure components using:

  • the Component DSL.

  • in a configuration file (application.properties, *.yaml files, etc).

  • directly in the Java code.

Configuring Endpoint Options

You usually spend more time setting up endpoints because they have many options. These options help you customize what you want the endpoint to do. The options are also categorized into whether the endpoint is used as a consumer (from), as a producer (to), or both.

Configuring endpoints is most often done directly in the endpoint URI as path and query parameters. You can also use the Endpoint DSL and DataFormat DSL as a type safe way of configuring endpoints and data formats in Java.

A good practice when configuring options is to use Property Placeholders.

Property placeholders provide a few benefits:

  • They help prevent using hardcoded urls, port numbers, sensitive information, and other settings.

  • They allow externalizing the configuration from the code.

  • They help the code to become more flexible and reusable.

The following two sections list all the options, firstly for the component followed by the endpoint.

Component Options

The Huawei Cloud Face Recognition Service (FRS) component supports 2 options, which are listed below.

Name Description Default Type

lazyStartProducer (producer)

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

boolean

autowiredEnabled (advanced)

Whether autowiring is enabled. This is used for automatic autowiring options (the option must be marked as autowired) by looking up in the registry to find if there is a single instance of matching type, which then gets configured on the component. This can be used for automatic configuring JDBC data sources, JMS connection factories, AWS Clients, etc.

true

boolean

Endpoint Options

The Huawei Cloud Face Recognition Service (FRS) endpoint is configured using URI syntax:

hwcloud-frs:operation

With the following path and query parameters:

Path Parameters (1 parameters)

Name Description Default Type

operation (producer)

Required Name of Face Recognition operation to perform, including faceDetection, faceVerification and faceLiveDetection.

String

Query Parameters (23 parameters)

Name Description Default Type

accessKey (producer)

Required Access key for the cloud user.

String

actions (producer)

This param is mandatory when the operation is faceLiveDetection, indicating the action code sequence list. Actions are separated by commas (,). Currently, the following actions are supported: 1: Shake the head to the left. 2: Shake the head to the right. 3: Nod the head. 4: Mouth movement.

String

actionTimes (producer)

This param can be used when the operation is faceLiveDetection, indicating the action time array. The length of the array is the same as the number of actions. Each item contains the start time and end time of the action in the corresponding sequence. The unit is the milliseconds from the video start time.

String

anotherImageBase64 (producer)

This param can be used when operation is faceVerification, indicating the Base64 character string converted from the other image. It needs to be configured if imageBase64 is set. The image size cannot exceed 10 MB. The image resolution of the narrow sides must be greater than 15 pixels, and that of the wide sides cannot exceed 4096 pixels. The supported image formats include JPG, PNG, and BMP.

String

anotherImageFilePath (producer)

This param can be used when operation is faceVerification, indicating the local file path of the other image. It needs to be configured if imageFilePath is set. Image size cannot exceed 8 MB, and it is recommended that the image size be less than 1 MB.

String

anotherImageUrl (producer)

This param can be used when operation is faceVerification, indicating the URL of the other image. It needs to be configured if imageUrl is set. The options are as follows: 1.HTTP/HTTPS URLs on the public network 2.OBS URLs. To use OBS data, authorization is required, including service authorization, temporary authorization, and anonymous public authorization. For details, see Configuring the Access Permission of OBS.

String

endpoint (producer)

Fully qualified Face Recognition service url. Carries higher precedence than region based configuration.

String

imageBase64 (producer)

This param can be used when operation is faceDetection or faceVerification, indicating the Base64 character string converted from an image. Any one of imageBase64, imageUrl and imageFilePath needs to be set, and the priority is imageBase64 imageUrl imageFilePath. The Image size cannot exceed 10 MB. The image resolution of the narrow sides must be greater than 15 pixels, and that of the wide sides cannot exceed 4096 pixels. The supported image formats include JPG, PNG, and BMP.

String

imageFilePath (producer)

This param can be used when operation is faceDetection or faceVerification, indicating the local image file path. Any one of imageBase64, imageUrl and imageFilePath needs to be set, and the priority is imageBase64 imageUrl imageFilePath. Image size cannot exceed 8 MB, and it is recommended that the image size be less than 1 MB.

String

imageUrl (producer)

This param can be used when operation is faceDetection or faceVerification, indicating the URL of an image. Any one of imageBase64, imageUrl and imageFilePath needs to be set, and the priority is imageBase64 imageUrl imageFilePath. The options are as follows: 1.HTTP/HTTPS URLs on the public network 2.OBS URLs. To use OBS data, authorization is required, including service authorization, temporary authorization, and anonymous public authorization. For details, see Configuring the Access Permission of OBS.

String

projectId (producer)

Required Cloud project ID.

String

proxyHost (producer)

Proxy server ip/hostname.

String

proxyPassword (producer)

Proxy authentication password.

String

proxyPort (producer)

Proxy server port.

int

proxyUser (producer)

Proxy authentication user.

String

region (producer)

Required Face Recognition service region. Currently only cn-north-1 and cn-north-4 are supported. This is lower precedence than endpoint based configuration.

String

secretKey (producer)

Required Secret key for the cloud user.

String

serviceKeys (producer)

Configuration object for cloud service authentication.

ServiceKeys

videoBase64 (producer)

This param can be used when operation is faceLiveDetection, indicating the Base64 character string converted from a video. Any one of videoBase64, videoUrl and videoFilePath needs to be set, and the priority is videoBase64 videoUrl videoFilePath. Requirements are as follows: 1.The video size after Base64 encoding cannot exceed 8 MB. It is recommended that the video file be compressed to 200 KB to 2 MB on the client. 2.The video duration must be 1 to 15 seconds. 3.The recommended frame rate is 10 fps to 30 fps. 4.The encapsulation format can be MP4, AVI, FLV, WEBM, ASF, or MOV. 5.The video encoding format can be H.261, H.263, H.264, HEVC, VC-1, VP8, VP9, or WMV3.

String

videoFilePath (producer)

This param can be used when operation is faceLiveDetection, indicating the local video file path. Any one of videoBase64, videoUrl and videoFilePath needs to be set, and the priority is videoBase64 videoUrl videoFilePath. The video requirements are as follows: 1.The size of a video file cannot exceed 8 MB. It is recommended that the video file be compressed to 200 KB to 2 MB on the client. 2.The video duration must be 1 to 15 seconds. 3.The recommended frame rate is 10 fps to 30 fps. 4.The encapsulation format can be MP4, AVI, FLV, WEBM, ASF, or MOV. 5.The video encoding format can be H.261, H.263, H.264, HEVC, VC-1, VP8, VP9, or WMV3.

String

videoUrl (producer)

This param can be used when operation is faceLiveDetection, indicating the URL of a video. Any one of videoBase64, videoUrl and videoFilePath needs to be set, and the priority is videoBase64 videoUrl videoFilePath. Currently, only the URL of an OBS bucket on HUAWEI CLOUD is supported and FRS must have the permission to read data in the OBS bucket. For details about how to enable the read permission, see Service Authorization. The video requirements are as follows: 1.The video size after Base64 encoding cannot exceed 8 MB. 2.The video duration must be 1 to 15 seconds. 3.The recommended frame rate is 10 fps to 30 fps. 4.The encapsulation format can be MP4, AVI, FLV, WEBM, ASF, or MOV. 5.The video encoding format can be H.261, H.263, H.264, HEVC, VC-1, VP8, VP9, or WMV3.

String

lazyStartProducer (producer (advanced))

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

boolean

ignoreSslVerification (security)

Ignore SSL verification.

false

boolean

When using imageBase64 or videoBase64 option, we suggest you use RAW(base64_value) to avoid encoding issue.

Usage

Message properties evaluated by the Face Recognition Service producer

Header Type Description

CamelHwCloudFrsImageBase64

String

The Base64 character string converted from an image. This property can be used when the operation is faceDetection or faceVerification.

CamelHwCloudFrsImageUrl

String

The URL of an image. This property can be used when the operation is faceDetection or faceVerification.

CamelHwCloudFrsImageFilePath

String

The local file path of an image. This property can be used when the operation is faceDetection or faceVerification.

CamelHwCloudFrsAnotherImageBase64

String

The Base64 character string converted from another image. This property can be used when the operation is faceVerification.

CamelHwCloudFrsAnotherImageUrl

String

The URL of another image. This property can be used when the operation is faceVerification.

CamelHwCloudFrsAnotherImageFilePath

String

The local file path of another image. This property can be used when the operation is faceVerification.

CamelHwCloudFrsVideoBase64

String

The Base64 character string converted from a video. This property can be used when the operation is faceLiveDetection.

CamelHwCloudFrsVideoUrl

String

The URL of a video. This property can be used when the operation is faceLiveDetection.

CamelHwCloudFrsVideoFilePath

String

The local file path of a video. This property can be used when the operation is faceLiveDetection.

CamelHwCloudFrsVideoActions

String

The action code sequence list. This property can be used when the operation is faceLiveDetection.

CamelHwCloudFrsVideoActionTimes

String

The action time array. This property is used when the operation is faceLiveDetection.

List of Supported Operations

  • faceDetection - detect, locate, and analyze the face in an input image, and output the key facial points and attributes.

  • faceVerification - compare two faces to verify whether they belong to the same person and return the confidence level

  • faceLiveDetection - determine whether a person in a video is alive by checking whether the person’s actions in the video are consistent with those in the input action list

Inline Configuration of route

faceDetection

Java DSL

from("direct:triggerRoute")
  .setProperty(FaceRecognitionProperties.FACE_IMAGE_URL, constant("https://xxxx"))
  .to("hwcloud-frs:faceDetection?accessKey=*********&secretKey=********&projectId=9071a38e7f6a4ba7b7bcbeb7d4ea6efc&region=cn-north-4")

XML DSL

<route>
   <from uri="direct:triggerRoute" />
   <setProperty name="CamelHwCloudFrsImageUrl">
      <constant>https://xxxx</constant>
   </setProperty>
   <to uri="hwcloud-frs:faceDetection?accessKey=*********&amp;secretKey=********&amp;projectId=9071a38e7f6a4ba7b7bcbeb7d4ea6efc&amp;region=cn-north-4" />
</route>

faceVerification

Java DSL

from("direct:triggerRoute")
  .setProperty(FaceRecognitionProperties.FACE_IMAGE_BASE64, constant("/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEASABIAAD/2wBDAA0JCgsKCA0LCgsODg0PEyAVExISEyccHhcgLikxMC4pLSwzOko+MzZGNywtQFdBRkxOUlNSMj5aYVpQYEpRUk..."))
  .setProperty(FaceRecognitionProperties.ANOTHER_FACE_IMAGE_BASE64, constant("/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wBDAAgFBgcGBQgHBgcJCAgJDBMMDAsLDBgREg4THBgdHRsYGxofIywlHyEqIRobJjQnKi4vMTIxHiU2Os..."))
  .to("hwcloud-frs:faceVerification?accessKey=*********&secretKey=********&projectId=9071a38e7f6a4ba7b7bcbeb7d4ea6efc&region=cn-north-4")

XML DSL

<route>
    <from uri="direct:triggerRoute" />
    <setProperty name="CamelHwCloudFrsImageBase64">
        <constant>/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEASABIAAD/2wBDAA0JCgsKCA0LCgsODg0PEyAVExISEyccHhcgLikxMC4pLSwzOko+MzZGNywtQFdBRkxOUlNSMj5aYVpQYEpRUk...</constant>
    </setProperty>
    <setProperty name="CamelHwCloudFrsAnotherImageBase64">
        <constant>/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wBDAAgFBgcGBQgHBgcJCAgJDBMMDAsLDBgREg4THBgdHRsYGxofIywlHyEqIRobJjQnKi4vMTIxHiU2Os...</constant>
    </setProperty>
    <to uri="hwcloud-frs:faceVerification?accessKey=*********&amp;secretKey=********&amp;projectId=9071a38e7f6a4ba7b7bcbeb7d4ea6efc&amp;region=cn-north-4" />
</route>

faceLiveDetection

Java DSL

from("direct:triggerRoute")
  .setProperty(FaceRecognitionProperties.FACE_VIDEO_FILE_PATH, constant("/tmp/video.mp4"))
  .setProperty(FaceRecognitionProperties.FACE_VIDEO_ACTIONS, constant("1,3,2"))
  .to("hwcloud-frs:faceLiveDetection?accessKey=*********&secretKey=********&projectId=9071a38e7f6a4ba7b7bcbeb7d4ea6efc&region=cn-north-4")

XML DSL

<route>
    <from uri="direct:triggerRoute" />
    <setProperty name="CamelHwCloudFrsVideoFilePath">
        <constant>/tmp/video.mp4</constant>
    </setProperty>
    <setProperty name="CamelHwCloudFrsVideoActions">
        <constant>1,3,2</constant>
    </setProperty>
    <to uri="hwcloud-frs:faceLiveDetection?accessKey=*********&amp;secretKey=********&amp;projectId=9071a38e7f6a4ba7b7bcbeb7d4ea6efc&amp;region=cn-north-4" />
</route>

Spring Boot Auto-Configuration

When using hwcloud-frs with Spring Boot make sure to use the following Maven dependency to have support for auto configuration:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-huaweicloud-frs-starter</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
  <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

The component supports 3 options, which are listed below.

Name Description Default Type

camel.component.hwcloud-frs.autowired-enabled

Whether autowiring is enabled. This is used for automatic autowiring options (the option must be marked as autowired) by looking up in the registry to find if there is a single instance of matching type, which then gets configured on the component. This can be used for automatic configuring JDBC data sources, JMS connection factories, AWS Clients, etc.

true

Boolean

camel.component.hwcloud-frs.enabled

Whether to enable auto configuration of the hwcloud-frs component. This is enabled by default.

Boolean

camel.component.hwcloud-frs.lazy-start-producer

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

Boolean