POX: API calls using XML+HTTP

November 11, 2006 at 4:56 pm · Filed under API, Documentation

Among other remote procedure call technologies, the image similarity database daemon is capable of handling commands and queries through HTTP requests with POST payloads consisting of pure XML data.

WARNING: this communication interface is deprecated. New functionalities not listed below will not be available through the XML+HTTP interface on future versions .

Check the set of XML examples of API usage under docs/POX_details/pox-examples.txt for getting an idea of how to:

  • reply for a query for similar images
  • request for populating images found on the images repository on disk
  • reply for a request for populating the similarity database with new images
  • query the database for images similar to an image found on the database.

Notice that images are identified by a numeric ID supplied by you. These same IDs are used for replying back to you similarity search results.

If you want more details check the XML Schema for the API (docs/POX_details/isk.xsd)

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