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Send and receive images using Flask, Numpy and OpenCV
from __future__ import print_function
import requests
import json
import cv2
addr = 'http://localhost:5000'
test_url = addr + '/api/test'
# prepare headers for http request
content_type = 'image/jpeg'
headers = {'content-type': content_type}
img = cv2.imread('lena.jpg')
# encode image as jpeg
_, img_encoded = cv2.imencode('.jpg', img)
# send http request with image and receive response
response = requests.post(test_url, data=img_encoded.tostring(), headers=headers)
# decode response
print(json.loads(response.text))
# expected output: {u'message': u'image received. size=124x124'}
from flask import Flask, request, Response
import jsonpickle
import numpy as np
import cv2
# Initialize the Flask application
app = Flask(__name__)
# route http posts to this method
@app.route('/api/test', methods=['POST'])
def test():
r = request
# convert string of image data to uint8
nparr = np.fromstring(r.data, np.uint8)
# decode image
img = cv2.imdecode(nparr, cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
# do some fancy processing here....
# build a response dict to send back to client
response = {'message': 'image received. size={}x{}'.format(img.shape[1], img.shape[0])
}
# encode response using jsonpickle
response_pickled = jsonpickle.encode(response)
return Response(response=response_pickled, status=200, mimetype="application/json")
# start flask app
app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=5000)
@jeetu2312
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Hi, is it possible to send some more information like roi, image_name, etc. with the encoded image using the same server client method.

@fjolublar
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fjolublar commented Oct 23, 2020

how can i get image in flask api responce?

frame = analyze_and_modify_frame( frame )  
_, frame  = cv.imencode('.jpg', frame)
response_pickled  = jsonpickle.encode( frame )
return Response(response=response_pickled, status=200, mimetype="application/json") 

and on receiving client:

frame = jsonpickle.decode( response.text ) 
frame = frame.tobytes()

@atinesh-s
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How can we send and receive multiple images, is it possible to encapsulate images and other data in a dictionary object and send

@MaybeSHAH
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it tooks more time to send image to flask, if i tried on localhost it works well but got issue when trying to post image to hosted app. any suggestions?

@MarcelAdamski
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MarcelAdamski commented Apr 21, 2021

r = request
nparr = np.fromstring(r.data, np.uint8)
# decode image
img = cv2.imdecode(nparr, cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)

img = cv2.rotate(img, cv2.ROTATE_90_COUNTERCLOCKWISE)

img = cv2.imencode('.png', img)

response_pickled = jsonpickle.encode(img)

return Response(response=response_pickled, status=200, mimetype="application

How to get this image rotated back as a response? Any suggestions?
cv2.imencode function not work properly to receive image for example in postman

@amarnathreddy0201
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how can I use cv2.imshow() in server.
Please let us.

@reddytocode
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@amarnathreddy0201 you can't use cv2.imshow in server
What imshow does, is open a window and display the image in there right?
And from a server side you don't usually have a user interface ... what I would do
1: generate the image using cv2 saving it on a file o just keeping it on memory
2: Find out how to share that image to someone outside the server (Make a RESt API maybe or generate something with sockets)

Maybe this will help https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55822414/how-to-display-an-encoded-opencv-image-on-a-flask-web-server

@Arnold-git
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Thanks for this @kylehounslow passing cv2.IMREAD_COLOR to cv2.imdecode was where I was missing it.[ np.fromstring ](https://numpy.org/devdocs/reference/generated/numpy.fromstring.html) is deprecated tho. np.drombuffer should be used

@Arnold-git
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Arnold-git commented Mar 15, 2022

Anyone that wants to get image from client and store in buffer can use this snippet below for flask

       ```
        original_image = request.files.get('original image')
        compare_image = request.files.get('compare image')
        original_img = cv2.imdecode(np.frombuffer(original_image.read(), np.uint8), cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
        compare_img = cv2.imdecode(np.frombuffer(compare_image.read(), np.uint8), cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
        known_encoding = face_recognition.face_encodings(original_img)[0]
        unknown_encoding = face_recognition.face_encodings(compare_img)[0]

        results = face_recognition.compare_faces([known_encoding], unknown_encoding)

@kulkarnikeerti
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@kylehounslow Thanks for the this understandable scripts.
I would like to pass some more additional information along with image to server. Something like below

meta = {'camera': 'camera', 'distance': 'distance'}
response = requests.post(test_url, data=img_encoded.tostring(), headers=headers, json=meta)

And I access this meta information on the server as input_json = r.get_json(force=True)

But this results in error in client side as below.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/keerti/PycharmProjects/Flask_Api/client.py", line 21, in <module>
    print(json.loads(response.text))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/json/__init__.py", line 346, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

Could you please help me with this? If this is the right way to pass additional information

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