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feature-match

Match local features between a pattern image and a larger image

A tool of VisionFlow Match

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Match local features between a pattern image and a larger image: detects ORB or SIFT keypoints in both, matches them with a brute-force matcher and Lowe's ratio test (OpenCV BFMatcher.knnMatch), and returns the good matches as point pairs sorted by distance. Use it to see which parts of a pattern are present and where, even when the pattern is scaled or rotated; for the pattern's outline use /v1/homography. Price: $0.004 a call (3 free calls a day without an API key).

Input schema

PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
imagestringyesBase64 of a PNG, JPEG, BMP or WebP file (a data: URI also works). At most 4 million pixels and about 2 MB. Alpha is dropped.
templatestringyesBase64 of the pattern to find, same formats. At most 1 million pixels and about 1 MB.
detectorstringnoKeypoint detector and descriptor: orb (default, fast, binary descriptors, Hamming distance) or sift (slower, better with scale changes, L2 distance)
max_featuresintegernoMost keypoints kept per image, 100-5000 (default 2000)
rationumbernoLowe's ratio test threshold, 0.5-0.95 (default 0.75): a match is kept when its distance is below ratio times the second-best distance
max_matchesintegernoMost matches listed, 1-200 (default 50); goodMatches always counts all of them
Raw JSON schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "image": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Base64 of a PNG, JPEG, BMP or WebP file (a data: URI also works). At most 4 million pixels and about 2 MB. Alpha is dropped."
    },
    "template": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Base64 of the pattern to find, same formats. At most 1 million pixels and about 1 MB."
    },
    "detector": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "orb",
        "sift"
      ],
      "description": "Keypoint detector and descriptor: orb (default, fast, binary descriptors, Hamming distance) or sift (slower, better with scale changes, L2 distance)"
    },
    "max_features": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Most keypoints kept per image, 100-5000 (default 2000)"
    },
    "ratio": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Lowe's ratio test threshold, 0.5-0.95 (default 0.75): a match is kept when its distance is below ratio times the second-best distance"
    },
    "max_matches": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Most matches listed, 1-200 (default 50); goodMatches always counts all of them"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "image",
    "template"
  ]
}

First seen 2026-10-04 · last seen 2026-10-19