Amazon Rekognition

name: Amazon Rekognition
description: Amazon Rekognition is a cloud-based computer vision service that makes it easy to add image and video analysis to your applications, providing capabilities such as object and scene 
  detection, facial analysis, face comparison, celebrity recognition, text detection, content moderation, custom labels, face liveness detection, and streaming video analysis using deep learning 
  technology.
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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-rekognition/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-04-19'
specificationVersion: '0.18'
x-type: company

apis:

- name: Amazon Rekognition
  description: Amazon Rekognition provides image and video analysis APIs for label detection, facial analysis, face comparison, celebrity recognition, text detection, content moderation, custom 
    labels, face liveness detection, and streaming video analysis.
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/rekognition/
  baseURL: https://rekognition.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Computer Vision
  - Image Analysis
  - Video Analysis
  - Facial Recognition
  - Machine Learning
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/rekognition/latest/dg/what-is.html
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-rekognition-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/rekognition/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/rekognition/latest/dg/getting-started.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/rekognition/latest/dg/security_iam_service-with-iam.html
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/rekognition/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/rekognition/faqs/

common:

- type: Portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/

- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/rekognition/

- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/rekognition/

- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/rekognition/

- type: SignUp
  url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup

- type: Pricing
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/rekognition/pricing/

- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/

- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/

- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/support/

- type: FAQ
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/rekognition/faqs/

- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/

- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aws

- type: StatusPage
  url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status

- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmazonWebServices

- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/amazon-rekognition

- type: Contact
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/

- type: Security
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/security/

- type: Compliance
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/

- type: KnowledgeCenter
  url: https://repost.aws/knowledge-center

- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/amazon-rekognition-spectral-rules.yml

- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/amazon-rekognition-vocabulary.yaml

- type: NaftikoCapability
  url: capabilities/shared/rekognition.yaml

- type: NaftikoCapability
  url: capabilities/computer-vision-workflows.yaml

- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Object and Scene Detection
    description: Detect thousands of objects, scenes, and concepts in images and videos with high confidence scores using deep learning.
  - name: Facial Analysis
    description: Detect and analyze faces with attributes including age range, emotions, gender, and facial landmarks.
  - name: Face Comparison
    description: Compare faces across images to determine if they are the same person with a similarity score.
  - name: Face Collections
    description: Create searchable face collections to index and search millions of faces in near real-time.
  - name: Celebrity Recognition
    description: Identify thousands of celebrities in images and videos across categories like sports, entertainment, and politics.
  - name: Text Detection
    description: Detect and extract printed and handwritten text from images and videos in multiple languages.
  - name: Content Moderation
    description: Detect explicit, inappropriate, or violent content in images and videos for automated content moderation.
  - name: Custom Labels
    description: Build and train custom image classifiers using your own labeled images for domain-specific object detection.
  - name: Protective Equipment Detection
    description: Detect personal protective equipment such as face covers, hand covers, and head covers on persons in images.
  - name: Face Liveness Detection
    description: Verify that a user is physically present during identity verification to prevent spoofing attacks.
  - name: People Pathing
    description: Track and follow identified people across frames in stored video footage.
  - name: Video Segmentation
    description: Identify technical cues and segments such as black frames, end credits, and color bars in video content.
  - name: Streaming Video Analysis
    description: Analyze live streaming video in real-time using Amazon Kinesis Video Streams integration.
  - name: Image Properties Analysis
    description: Evaluate image quality attributes including sharpness, brightness, contrast, and dominant colors.

- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Identity Verification
    description: Verify user identities by comparing selfies to ID documents or previously stored face images for onboarding and authentication.
  - name: Content Moderation
    description: Automatically moderate user-generated content on platforms to detect and filter explicit or inappropriate imagery.
  - name: Searchable Media Libraries
    description: Build searchable image and video archives by automatically tagging media with detected labels, faces, and text.
  - name: Workplace Safety Compliance
    description: Monitor camera feeds to detect whether workers are wearing required personal protective equipment in industrial settings.
  - name: Fraud Prevention
    description: Prevent identity fraud during digital onboarding by using face liveness detection to confirm real users.
  - name: Smart Retail Analytics
    description: Analyze in-store camera feeds to track customer behavior, measure foot traffic, and optimize product placement.
  - name: Public Safety and Security
    description: Search video archives for persons of interest by comparing faces against a known collection.
  - name: Media and Entertainment
    description: Automatically tag celebrities in photos and videos for media companies to improve content discoverability.
  - name: Custom Object Detection
    description: Train custom classifiers to detect proprietary products, logos, brand assets, or industry-specific objects.

- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Amazon S3
    description: Process images and videos stored in Amazon S3 buckets directly without downloading content.
  - name: Amazon Kinesis Video Streams
    description: Analyze live video streams in real-time by integrating with Kinesis Video Streams for streaming analysis.
  - name: AWS Lambda
    description: Trigger serverless analysis pipelines by invoking Rekognition from Lambda functions in event-driven architectures.
  - name: Amazon SNS
    description: Receive asynchronous notifications when stored video analysis jobs complete via Amazon SNS.
  - name: AWS IAM
    description: Control access to Rekognition APIs using AWS Identity and Access Management policies and roles.
  - name: Amazon CloudWatch
    description: Monitor Rekognition API usage, latency, and error metrics through CloudWatch dashboards and alarms.
  - name: AWS Step Functions
    description: Orchestrate multi-step computer vision workflows using Step Functions to chain Rekognition operations.
  - name: Amazon Augmented AI (A2I)
    description: Route low-confidence Rekognition predictions to human reviewers using Amazon Augmented AI for quality control.

- type: JSON-LD
  url: json-ld/amazon-rekognition-context.jsonld
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-bounding-box-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-compare-faces-request-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-compare-faces-response-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-create-collection-request-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-create-collection-response-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-create-face-liveness-session-request-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-create-face-liveness-session-response-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-detect-custom-labels-request-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-detect-custom-labels-response-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-detect-faces-request-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-detect-faces-response-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-detect-labels-request-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-detect-labels-response-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-detect-moderation-labels-request-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-detect-moderation-labels-response-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-detect-text-response-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-detectlabelsresponse-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-face-detail-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-get-face-liveness-session-results-request-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-get-face-liveness-session-results-response-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-get-label-detection-response-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-get-video-job-result-request-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-image-only-request-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-image-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-index-faces-request-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-index-faces-response-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-label-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-list-collections-response-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-notification-channel-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-recognize-celebrities-response-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-s3-object-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-search-faces-by-image-request-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-search-faces-by-image-response-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-start-label-detection-request-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-start-video-job-response-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-rekognition-video-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-bounding-box-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-compare-faces-request-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-compare-faces-response-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-create-collection-request-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-create-collection-response-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-create-face-liveness-session-request-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-create-face-liveness-session-response-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-detect-custom-labels-request-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-detect-custom-labels-response-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-detect-faces-request-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-detect-faces-response-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-detect-labels-request-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-detect-labels-response-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-detect-moderation-labels-request-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-detect-moderation-labels-response-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-detect-text-response-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-detectlabelsresponse-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-face-detail-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-get-face-liveness-session-results-request-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-get-face-liveness-session-results-response-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-get-label-detection-response-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-get-video-job-result-request-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-image-only-request-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-image-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-index-faces-request-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-index-faces-response-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-label-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-list-collections-response-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-notification-channel-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-recognize-celebrities-response-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-s3-object-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-search-faces-by-image-request-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-search-faces-by-image-response-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-start-label-detection-request-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-start-video-job-response-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-rekognition-video-structure.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-bounding-box-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-compare-faces-request-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-compare-faces-response-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-create-collection-request-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-create-collection-response-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-create-face-liveness-session-request-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-create-face-liveness-session-response-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-detect-custom-labels-request-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-detect-custom-labels-response-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-detect-faces-request-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-detect-faces-response-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-detect-labels-request-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-detect-labels-response-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-detect-moderation-labels-request-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-detect-moderation-labels-response-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-detect-text-response-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-detectlabelsresponse-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-face-detail-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-get-face-liveness-session-results-request-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-get-face-liveness-session-results-response-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-get-label-detection-response-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-get-video-job-result-request-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-image-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-image-only-request-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-index-faces-request-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-index-faces-response-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-label-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-list-collections-response-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-notification-channel-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-recognize-celebrities-response-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-s3-object-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-search-faces-by-image-request-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-search-faces-by-image-response-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-start-label-detection-request-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-start-video-job-response-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/amazon-rekognition-video-example.json
- type: Integrations
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/partners/
maintainer:
  name: Kin Lane
  email: [email protected]

tags:
- AWS
- Celebrity Recognition
- Computer Vision
- Content Moderation
- Custom Labels
- Deep Learning
- Face Liveness
- Facial Recognition
- Image Analysis
- Machine Learning
- Object Detection
- Text Detection
- Video Analysis
integrations:
  - name: Partner Programs
  - name: Resources
  - name: Success Stories
  - name: Work with an AWS Partner
  - name: AWS Marketplace
  - name: AWS Partner Central
  - name: Partner Paths
  - name: co-sell with AWS