delete_faces

Rekognition.Client.delete_faces(**kwargs)

Deletes faces from a collection. You specify a collection ID and an array of face IDs to remove from the collection.

This operation requires permissions to perform the rekognition:DeleteFaces action.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.delete_faces(
    CollectionId='string',
    FaceIds=[
        'string',
    ]
)

Parameters

• CollectionId (string) --

  [REQUIRED]

  Collection from which to remove the specific faces.

• FaceIds (list) --

  [REQUIRED]

  An array of face IDs to delete.

  • (string) --

Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    'DeletedFaces': [
        'string',
    ]
}

Response Structure

• (dict) --

  • DeletedFaces (list) --

    An array of strings (face IDs) of the faces that were deleted.

    • (string) --

Exceptions

• Rekognition.Client.exceptions.InvalidParameterException
• Rekognition.Client.exceptions.AccessDeniedException
• Rekognition.Client.exceptions.InternalServerError
• Rekognition.Client.exceptions.ThrottlingException
• Rekognition.Client.exceptions.ProvisionedThroughputExceededException
• Rekognition.Client.exceptions.ResourceNotFoundException

Examples

This operation deletes one or more faces from a Rekognition collection.

response = client.delete_faces(
    CollectionId='myphotos',
    FaceIds=[
        'ff43d742-0c13-5d16-a3e8-03d3f58e980b',
    ],
)

print(response)

Expected Output:

{
    'DeletedFaces': [
        'ff43d742-0c13-5d16-a3e8-03d3f58e980b',
    ],
    'ResponseMetadata': {
        '...': '...',
    },
}