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Analyzing Faces with Azure AI
In this hands-on lab, you’ll use a pre-provided command line application to utilize Azure AI Face to scan images with people in them and retrieve their facial attributes.

Lab Info
Table of Contents
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Challenge
Review the image to be analyzed
- Review the image provided for the lab (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pluralsight-cloud/AI-900-Artificial-Intelligence-Workloads-and-Considerations/main/images/image-analysis/2-azureface-couple.jpg)
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Challenge
Open and prepare the cloud shell
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If you are unfamiliar with the cloud shell, it is the first icon to the right of the search bar. It looks like a command prompt icon.
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When prompted for the environment, choose Bash.
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When prompted that no storage is mounted, click show advanced settings and configure settings to use the pre-provided storage account.
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Challenge
Prepare the application
Run the following command to clone the GitHub repository that contains the image analysis application:
git clone https://github.com/pluralsight-cloud/AI-900-Artificial-Intelligence-Workloads-and-Considerations.git
Change directory into the created folder and install application requirements by running the following command:
pip install -r requirements.txt
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Challenge
Modify the pre-provided command line application
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Copy KEY 1 from the Azure AI resource and paste it into the
2-face-analysis.py
python file replacing the text that says"Paste_key_here"
Make sure to keep the quotation marks around the key. -
Copy the Endpoint from the Azure AI resource and paste it into the
2-face-analysis.py
python file replacing the text that says"Paste_endpoint_here"
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Save the file by pressing Crtl+S or by clicking on the right hand side of the editor below the X and hit save.
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Challenge
Run the application and analyze faces
Run the application by using the following command:
python 2-face-analysis.py
Review results of the image analysis.
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