vws-python

Important

This project is archived because PTC is retiring the Vuforia Engine Cloud Image Recognition service on May 2, 2027. Existing customers can continue using the service until that date. After that date, Cloud Image Recognition databases and associated services will no longer be available.

Python library for the Vuforia Web Services (VWS) API and the Vuforia Web Query API.

Installation

pip install vws-python

This is tested on Python 3.14+. Get in touch with adamdangoor@gmail.com if you would like to use this with another language.

Getting Started

"""Add a target to VWS and then query it."""

import os
import pathlib
import uuid

from vws import VWS, CloudRecoService

server_access_key = os.environ["VWS_SERVER_ACCESS_KEY"]
server_secret_key = os.environ["VWS_SERVER_SECRET_KEY"]
client_access_key = os.environ["VWS_CLIENT_ACCESS_KEY"]
client_secret_key = os.environ["VWS_CLIENT_SECRET_KEY"]

vws_client = VWS(
    server_access_key=server_access_key,
    server_secret_key=server_secret_key,
)

cloud_reco_client = CloudRecoService(
    client_access_key=client_access_key,
    client_secret_key=client_secret_key,
)

name = "my_image_name_" + uuid.uuid4().hex

image = pathlib.Path("high_quality_image.jpg")
with image.open(mode="rb") as my_image_file:
    target_id = vws_client.add_target(
        name=name,
        width=1,
        image=my_image_file,
        active_flag=True,
        application_metadata=None,
    )

vws_client.wait_for_target_processed(target_id=target_id)

with image.open(mode="rb") as my_image_file:
    matching_targets = cloud_reco_client.query(image=my_image_file)

assert matching_targets[0].target_id == target_id

Full Documentation

See the full documentation.