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Getting Started with ARSA Face Recognition API: Your First API Call in 5 Minutes

Quick start guide for ARSA Face Recognition API — create an account, get your API key, and make your first face recognition call in minutes.

Prerequisites

  • • An ARSA account (sign up free)
  • • Your API key (found in your dashboard)
  • • An image with a face
  • Step 1: Get Your API Key

  • Create an account (free, no credit card required)
  • Verify your email
  • Go to Dashboard → API Key
  • Copy your API key
  • Step 2: Detect and Analyze a Face

    The simplest call — detect faces and get age, gender, and liveness:

    bash
    curl -X POST "https://faceapi.arsa.technology/api/v1/face_analytics" \
    

    -H "x-key-secret: YOUR_API_KEY" \

    -F "face_image=@photo.jpg"

    Response:

    json
    {
    

    "status": "success",

    "face_count": 1,

    "faces": [{

    "bbox": {"x1": 0.12, "y1": 0.08, "x2": 0.45, "y2": 0.52},

    "passive_liveness": {"is_real_face": true, "liveness_probability": 0.97},

    "age": 28.7,

    "gender": "female",

    "gender_probability": 0.88

    }]

    }

    Step 3: Register a Face

    bash
    curl -X POST "https://faceapi.arsa.technology/api/v1/face_recognition/register_face" \
    

    -H "x-key-secret: YOUR_API_KEY" \

    -H "x-face-uid: john_doe" \

    -F "face_image=@john.jpg"

    Step 4: Recognize a Face

    bash
    curl -X POST "https://faceapi.arsa.technology/api/v1/face_recognition/recognize_face" \
    

    -H "x-key-secret: YOUR_API_KEY" \

    -F "face_image=@unknown.jpg"

    Step 5: Compare Two Faces

    bash
    curl -X POST "https://faceapi.arsa.technology/api/v1/face_recognition/validate_faces" \
    

    -H "x-key-secret: YOUR_API_KEY" \

    -F "image1=@selfie.jpg" \

    -F "image2=@id_photo.jpg"

    Next Steps

  • Integrate with Python
  • Add liveness detection
  • Build an attendance system
  • View full API documentation
  • See pricing for production plans
  • Ready to get started?

    Try ARSA Face Recognition API free with 100 API calls/month.

    Start Free Trial