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What is the Reverse Image Search API?
A Reverse Image Search API is a software interface that allows developers to programmatically search the internet (or a specific image database) using an image instead of text. The API takes an image file or image URL as input and returns data about visually or contextually similar images.
Using an external API in your application means you're using a service provided by another platform or server to extend your app's functionality, without building that functionality yourself. For example, if you're using a Reverse Image Search API, your app sends an image to the API and receives results like matching images, sources, or metadata in return.
Image Search API on lenso.ai
Lenso.ai’s reverse image search and facial recognition API is one of the best reverse image search APIs out there. This API allows users to find people, places, duplicates, similar and related images, sort them, show results on specific websites and more.
What can a reverse image search API be used for?
There are hundreds of different applications of an image search API. Here are some leading examples:
- Identity Verification - Reverse image search can check whether a profile picture is unique or copied from elsewhere. This helps dating apps, recruitment sites, and social networks prevent fraud.
- Copyright Protection - many companies use image search APIs to search for their pictures online and detect copyright infringement.
- E-commerce and online shopping - an API can be used to find images of similar items on a shopping website, making it easy for users to find the exact item they’re looking for.
- OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) - a reverse image search API is a powerful tool for verifying, tracing, and analyzing visual content from open sources.
- Geolocation and Landmark Identification - an API can be used to find places from images, which can be useful to travel agencies and applications
How to get started with lenso.ai’s image search API?
To use lenso.ai’s API:
- Open lenso.ai and go to pricing
- Purchase the Developer plan
- Go into your user panel, and open the API tab
- Accept the face search agreement*
- You can now set up the API
*Only in certain regions
How to set lenso.ai’s API up?
You will find all the information needed in the documentation, which can be found in the API tab.
For the most accurate instructions, read Lenso.ai for Developers | How to integrate Reverse Image Search API into your platform?.
You can also watch this tutorial for more information:
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