face-detection-node-opencv

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Real-time face detection using OpenCV, Node.js, WebSockets and ngrok.

Click here to see it in action.

Requirements

• Node.js
• OpenCV 3.4.0
  • May also work with older versions of OpenCV, but most recently tested with OpenCV 3.4.0
• A webcam, e.g. laptop-integrated webcam, USB webcam

Installing Node.js packages

• Navigate to the project_root directory
• To install the packages: npm install

Running the demo

• Make sure you are still in the project_root directory
• To run the server: node server.js then you will get the ngrokURL in terminal
• To run the demo, open a browser and go to ngrokURL

The app should be up and running!

References

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24107378/socket-io-began-to-support-binary-stream-from-1-0-is-there-a-complete-example-e/24124966#24124966Ｖ
• https://gist.github.com/jonleighton/958841
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9267899/arraybuffer-to-base64-encoded-string/9458996#9458996ＶＶ