Pastec notes

pastec-local-dev.md

Pastec.io is an OSS feature recognition project that provides an http interface to train and search for matches.

Setup on a Mac

Get pastec:

$ git clone git@github.com:Visu4link/pastec.git && cd pastec

Get dependencies:

$ brew install homebrew/science/opencv jsoncpp libmicrohttpd

Build:

$ mkdir build && cmake ../ && make

Get "visual words" datafile:

$ curl http://pastec.io/files/visualWordsORB.tar.gz | tar xvz

Run:

$ ./pastec -p 4242 visualWordsORB.dat

Add an image:

$ curl -X PUT --data-binary @/path/to/img.jpg http://localhost:4242/index/images/23

{
   "image_id" : 23,
   "type" : "IMAGE_ADDED"
}

Remove an image:

$ curl -X DELETE http://localhost:4242/index/images/23

{
   "image_id" : 23,
   "type" : "IMAGE_REMOVED"
}

Search:

$ curl -X POST --data-binary @/home/test/img/request.jpg http://localhost:4242/index/searcher

{
    "filepath":"./3107100095036_002.jpg",
    "rects":{"height":636,"width":421,"x":43,"y":62},
    "score":42
}

Save index:

curl -X POST -d '{"type":"WRITE", "index_path":"training-index.dat"}' http://localhost:4242/index/io

{
   "type" : "INDEX_WRITTEN"
}

Load index:

curl -X POST -d '{"type":"LOAD", "index_path":"training-index.dat"}' http://localhost:4242/index/io

{
   "type" : "INDEX_LOADED"
}

Clear index:

$ curl -X POST -d '{"type":"CLEAR"}' http://localhost:4242/index/io

{"type":"INDEX_CLEARED"}

Notes

• interactions are all over http, downstream of user-facing app
• web app needs to assign indexes & prevent id collisions

Links

• node wrapper
• @mdlincoln's 'r wrapper
• @ryanfb's notes