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title: "Dlib Face Identify"
description: "Instructions on how to integrate Dlib Face Identify into Home Assistant."
date: 2017-01-25 00:00
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ha_category: Image Processing
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ha_release: 0.44
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The `dlib_face_identify` image processing platform allows you to use the [Dlib](http://www.dlib.net/) through Home Assistant. This platform allow you to identify persons on camera and fire an event with identify persons.

For using the result inside an automation rule, take a look at the [component](/components/image_processing/) page.

### {% linkable_title Configuration Home Assistant %}

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
image_processing:
 - platform: dlib_face_identify
   source:
    - entity_id: camera.door
   faces:
     Jon: /home/hass/jon.jpg
     Bob: /home/hass/bob.jpg
```

{% configuration %}
source:
  description: List of image sources.
  required: true
  type: list
  keys:
    entity_id:
      description: A camera entity id to get picture from.
      required: true
      type: string
    name:
      description: This parameter allows you to override the name of your `image_processing` entity.
      required: false
      type: string
faces:
  description: List of faces sources.
  required: true
  type: list
{% endconfiguration %}

<p class='note'>
If the platform fails to load because it could not install its requirement, install cmake: `sudo apt-get install cmake`.
</p>