Responses¶
All requests will be replied to with a JSON or XML string containing the documented variables for each method.
All JSON responses will contain a dictionary with keys while XML will contain elements under the root.
Key  | 
Description  | 
|---|---|
method  | 
A string containing the name of the method that was called.  | 
status  | 
A string containing one of ok, warn, fail.  | 
error  | 
A list of error strings, describing any errors if status is set to warn or fail.  | 
query_image  | 
Information about the query image. This will appear for search calls.  | 
result  | 
A list of response numbers, strings or response dictionaries.  | 
stats  | 
A list of request stats contain timing info and some counters if applicable. All timing stats are in milliseconds.  | 
result is a list of dictionaries containing multiple keys for a search call:
Key  | 
Description  | 
|---|---|
filepath  | 
The collection image’s file path.  | 
score  | 
How closely the query image matches the collection image.  | 
query_overlap_percent  | 
How much the query image overlaps the collection image, as a percentage.  | 
target_overlap_percent  | 
How much the collection image overlaps the query image, as a percentage.  | 
overlay  | 
A URL pointing to the overlay for a search.  | 
Example response to a search request¶
JSON¶
{
    "method": "search",
    "status": "ok",
    "error": [],
    "query_image": {
        "filepath": "query.jpg"
    },
    "result": [
        {
            "score": 100,
            "target_overlap_percent": 100,
            "match_percent": 100,
            "overlay": "overlay/?query=example1.jpg&target=example2.jpg&sc_2=1.00139&tr_2_x=0.0580673&tr_2_y=-0.612057&fd_2_z=1401.39&fd_2_x=400.446&fd_2_y=300.0&rot_1_y=0.349066&rot_1_x=0.0&rot_1_z=0.0&rot_2_z=0.00134855&rot_2_x=0.00343397&rot_2_y=0.35174&fd_1_y=300.0&fd_1_x=400.446&fd_1_z=1400.89",
            "query_overlap_percent": 99.99,
            "filepath": "example2.jpg"
        },
        {
            "score": 20.20,
            "target_overlap_percent": 83.59,
            "match_percent": 29.22,
            "overlay": "overlay/?query=example1.jpg&target=example3.jpg&sc_2=0.990622&tr_2_x=-139.649&tr_2_y=-103.786&fd_2_z=1171.51&fd_2_x=400.446&fd_2_y=300.0&rot_1_y=0.0&rot_1_x=0.0&rot_1_z=0.0&rot_2_z=-0.00281038&rot_2_x=-0.00213862&rot_2_y=0.00861092&fd_1_y=236.0&fd_1_x=290.786&fd_1_z=1053.57",
            "query_overlap_percent": 68.43,
            "filepath": "example3.jpg"
        }
    ],
    "stats": {
        "total_results": 2,
        "total_filtered_results": 2,
        "total_returned_results": 2
        "time_resize": 43.78,
        "time_search": 265.11,
        "time_total": 310.04
    }
}
XML¶
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<data>
    <method>search</method>
    <status>ok</status>
    <error/>
    <query_image>
        <filepath>query.jpg</filepath>
    </query_image>
    <result>
        <item>
            <filepath>example2.jpg</filepath>
            <match_percent>100.0</match_percent>
            <overlay>overlay/?query=example1.jpg&target=example2.jpg&sc_2=1.00139&tr_2_x=0.0580673&tr_2_y=-0.612057&fd_2_z=1401.39&fd_2_x=400.446&fd_2_y=300.0&rot_1_y=0.349066&rot_1_x=0.0&rot_1_z=0.0&rot_2_z=0.00134855&rot_2_x=0.00343397&rot_2_y=0.35174&fd_1_y=300.0&fd_1_x=400.446&fd_1_z=1400.89</overlay>
            <query_overlap_percent>99.99</query_overlap_percent>
            <score>100.0</score>
            <target_overlap_percent>100.0</target_overlap_percent>
        </item>
        <item>
            <filepath>example3.jpg</filepath>
            <match_percent>29.22</match_percent>
            <overlay>overlay/?query=example1.jpg&target=example3.jpg&sc_2=0.990622&tr_2_x=-139.649&tr_2_y=-103.786&fd_2_z=1171.51&fd_2_x=400.446&fd_2_y=300.0&rot_1_y=0.0&rot_1_x=0.0&rot_1_z=0.0&rot_2_z=-0.00281038&rot_2_x=-0.00213862&rot_2_y=0.00861092&fd_1_y=236.0&fd_1_x=290.786&fd_1_z=1053.57</overlay>
            <query_overlap_percent>68.43</query_overlap_percent>
            <score>20.20</score>
            <target_overlap_percent>83.59</target_overlap_percent>
        </item>
    </result>
    <stats>
        <total_results>2</total_results>
        <total_filtered_results>2</total_filtered_results>
        <total_returned_results>2</total_returned_results>
        <time_resize>43.78</time_resize>
        <time_search>265.11</time_search>
        <time_total>310.04</time_total>
    </stats>
</data>