Facial recognition system backend (FastAPI&OpenCV)

▶️ Quick Start

1. Go to project directory and configure environment variables:

export FRS_MONGODB_URL="<YOUR_MONGODB_URL>"
export FRS_GLOBAL_SALT="<YOUR_GLOBAL_SALT>"
export FRS_JWT_SECRET_KEY="<YOUR_SSL_SECRET_KEY>"
export PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH}:${PWD}"

2. Create and activate Python environment:

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip3 install -r requirements-base.txt

3. Start application:

python3 src/facial_recognition_system/main.py

🍎 Errors on Apple silicon (M1, M2, etc.)

1. Install official PNG reference library.

brew install libpng
export C_INCLUDE_PATH=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/libpng/<YOUR_VERSION>/include
export LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/libpng/<YOUR_VERSION>/lib

2. Reinstall all packages using PIP with flags --force-reinstall and --no-cache-dir. For example:

pip install --upgrade wheel
pip install cmake --force-reinstall --no-cache-dir
pip install dlib --force-reinstall --no-cache-dir
pip install opencv-python --force-reinstall --no-cache-dir
pip install face-recognition --force-reinstall --no-cache-dir

👁️ OpenCV highlighting problem in PyCharm Professional

• PyCharm;
• Settings...;
• Project: <project_name>;
• Python Interpreter;
• Show all... in list of interpreters;
• select your interpreter;
• press "Show Interpreter Paths";
• add OpenCV-path.

OpenCV path example:

/Users/admin/PycharmProjects/facial_recognition_system/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/cv2