Build a face detection app usig AlchemyAPI service on Bluemix

This lab will show you how to build a Bluemix application that uses the Alchemy Vision service analyzing the contents of an image and extract features from it. The Face Detection service is able to identify multiple faces within the image, and determine their gender and age with a confidence score, and identify celebrities.

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  • change (x1)
  • http in (x1)
  • http response (x1)
  • switch (x1)
  • template (x2)
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  • alchemy-image-analysis (x1)

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  • Bluemix
  • Watson
  • AlchemyAPI
  • Node-RED
  • Armen
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