azure-ai-vision-face_1.0.0b1

1.0.0b1 (2024-05-28)

This is the first preview of the azure-ai-vision-face client library that follows the Azure Python SDK Design Guidelines.
This library replaces the package azure-cognitiveservices-vision-face.

This package's documentation and samples demonstrate the new API.

Features Added

• Added support for Liveness detection.
• Asynchronous APIs are added under azure.ai.vision.face.aio namespace.
• Authentication with Microsoft Entra ID is supported using DefaultAzureCredential() from azure.identity.

Breaking Changes

• This library only supports the API of the the operation groups below of Azure AI Face v1.1-preview.1:
  • Face Detection Operations
  • Face Recognition Operations: only Find Similiar, Group and Verify Face To Face.
  • Liveness Session Operations
• The namespace/package name for Azure AI Face has changed from azure.cognitiveservices.vision.face to azure.ai.vision.face.
• Two client design:
  • FaceClient to perform core Face functions such as face detection, verification, finding similar faces and grouping faces.
  • FaceSessionClient to interact with sessions which is used for Liveness detection.
• New function names that comply with Azure Python SDK Design Guidelines:
  • For example, the method person_group_person.create() is changed to create_person_group_person().
• The Snapshot operations are all removed as the Snapshot API is no longer supported.