For developers who need to develop software for common users so as to get fast and reliable dog breed classification the best tool is an API.
AI and Deep Learning add efficiency to the service. The databases are constantly being updated, and in this way even mongrel dogs can be identified with a percentage of each breed.
How Can An API Help Identify A Dog?
Recognize Dog Breed API is a reliable and accurate tool. This image identifier API allows to quickly and easily identify dog physical traits, to understand the breed`s purpose, to provide proper training and health treatment. Previously, dog breed recognition was done by human experts. However, some dog breeds might be challenging to evaluate due to the unavailability of experts and the difficulty of breeds’ patterns themselves. It also takes time for each evaluation.
Recognize Dog Breed API is integrated with a suite of APIs by Zyla Labs, which optimize its efficiency, ease of use and celerity of response. These APIs are: Dog Breed Data API, Dog Breed Detector API, Dog Breed Information API, Dog Breed JSON API, Dog Breeds List API, and many others.
How To Get A Dog Breed Using This API
There are attempts to extend studies from human to animal recognition. In particular, dogs are one of the most common animals. Since there are more than 180 dog breeds, dog breed recognition can be an essential task in order to provide proper training and health treatment. Previously, dog breed recognition used to be done by human experts. However, some dog breeds might be challenging to evaluate due to the lack of experts and the difficulty of breeds’ patterns themselves. It also takes time for each evaluation.
The proposed method applies a deep learning based approach in order to recognize their breeds. The method begins with a transfer learning by retraining existing pre-trained convolutional neural networks (CNNs) on the public dog breed dataset. Then, the image augmentation with various settings is also applied on the training dataset, in order to improve the classification performance.
To get started, subscribe and get an API key. Add the bearer token in the Authorization header. To identify the object (dog) in the image, enter its URL and make the call. Recognize Dog Breed API will respond with a list of tags it has identified in the image. The response can also be downloaded in a JSON file to store it somewhere. Or else once the URL of the picture/s is/are input, the response will look like this:
{
"results": [
{
"score": 0.9873785376548767,
"label": "German shepherd, German shepherd dog, German police dog, alsatian"
},
{
"score": 0.0025157087948173285,
"label": "kelpie"
},
{
"score": 0.0009707494755275548,
"label": "malinois"
},
{
"score": 0.0008986197062768042,
"label": "dingo, warrigal, warragal, Canis dingo"
},
{
"score": 0.0005087173776701093,
"label": "bloodhound, sleuthhound"
}
]
}
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