Image Classification with Hugging Face API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Image Classification with the Hugging Face API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Image Classification action
1. Connect your Hugging Face account
2. Select a Model ID
3. Configure Image URL
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Image Classification on Hugging Face

Description:This task reads some image input and outputs the likelihood of classes. This action allows you to classify images into categories. [See the docs](https://huggingface.co/docs/huggingface.js/inference/classes/HfInference#imageclassification).

Version:0.0.1

Key:hugging_face-image-classification

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Code#

import app from "../../hugging_face.app.mjs";
import tag from "../common/tag.mjs";

export default {
  key: "hugging_face-image-classification",
  name: "Image Classification",
  description: "This task reads some image input and outputs the likelihood of classes. This action allows you to classify images into categories. [See the docs](https://huggingface.co/docs/huggingface.js/inference/classes/HfInference#imageclassification).",
  type: "action",
  version: "0.0.1",
  props: {
    app,
    modelId: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "modelId",
        () => ({
          tagFilter: tag.IMAGE_CLASSIFICATION,
        }),
      ],
    },
    imageUrl: {
      description: "The image url to use for classification.",
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "imageUrl",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $: step }) {
    const {
      modelId,
      imageUrl,
    } = this;

    const image = await this.app.getBinaryFromUrl(imageUrl);

    const response = await this.app.inference({
      step,
      modelId,
      data: {
        inputs: {
          image,
        },
      },
    });

    step.export("$summary", "Successfully classified image");

    return response;
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Hugging Face	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Hugging Face app.
Model ID	`modelId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Image URL	`imageUrl`	`string`	The image url to use for classification.

Authentication#

Hugging Face uses API keys for authentication. When you connect your Hugging Face account, Pipedream securely stores the keys so you can easily authenticate to Hugging Face APIs in both code and no-code steps.

To retrieve your Access Tokens,

Navigate to your Hugging Face account and sign in
Go to “Settings” > “Access Tokens”

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