How to use Video Object Tracking API with Python in 5 minutes?
Tags: ai, api, python, objecttracking
Published: 2023-03-22 16:17:25

*In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Video Object Tracking API in 5 minutes using Python. Eden AI provides an easy and developer-friendly API that allows you to track objects in videos.*

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## **What is [Video Object Tracking](https://www.edenai.co/feature/object-tracking?referral=how-to-video-object-tracking-python) API?**

Video Object Tracking API is a technology that uses Computer Vision algorithms to detect and track specific objects in a video. These APIs can be integrated into existing systems, making it easy to obtain valuable information from pre-recorded or real-time video.


![‍Object Tracking API result on Eden AI](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/l5mf0ekoqwkj4zee1kgo.png)

Video Object Tracking is used in a variety of applications, such as security and surveillance, robotics, autonomous vehicles, gaming, video editing, and video analytics.

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## **Get Started with Object Tracking API using Python**

The first step is to install Python's requests package, that will allow you to call Eden AI API.

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/re4318gad33jkplmv0yg.png)

Next, you'll need to install Python's JSON package in order to read and print the result of the API request.

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/sejo4ksdv2cwlot9r0qn.png)

## **How to use Object Tracking API with Python**

You are now ready to process your video file into Eden AI Object Tracking API.

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### **1. Get an Video Object Tracking API Key on Eden AI**

To perform Video Object Tracking in videos, you'll need to create an account on [Eden AI](https://app.edenai.run/user/register?referral=how-to-video-object-tracking-python) for free. Then, you will be able to get your **API key** directly from the homepage with free credits offered by Eden AI.

![Get your API key for FREE on Eden AI](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/2h4ikb246c8wmiast7h6.png)

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### **2. Let’s Track Objects in your Video File**

Now that you have imported packages on Python and got your API key, you will be able to track objects in videos. With Eden AI, you can choose from a wide range of engines you want for Video Object Tracking. You can access the list of Object Tracking providers available on Eden AI directly on our [documentation](https://docs.edenai.co/reference/video_object_tracking_async_create?referral=how-to-video-object-tracking-python).

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Here is the Python script you need to write on your notebook:

![https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61e7d259b7746e3f63f0b6be/634693a4d6b5a25fe8c68153_tracking-video-post.png](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61e7d259b7746e3f63f0b6be/634693a4d6b5a25fe8c68153_tracking-video-post.png)

For example, we called two different Object Tracking engines. Eden AI API will then return in its JSON response results of those providers.

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Eden AI Object Tracking API is an asynchronous API. It means that you will get in response an ID:

![https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61e7d259b7746e3f63f0b6be/634693b898cfacf79d55c7f9_tracking-video-post-response.png](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61e7d259b7746e3f63f0b6be/634693b898cfacf79d55c7f9_tracking-video-post-response.png)

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Then you will need to perform a GET request to check the status of the API request (success, processing, failed):

![https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61e7d259b7746e3f63f0b6be/634693d9f202f82750a0755b_tracking-video-get.png](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61e7d259b7746e3f63f0b6be/634693d9f202f82750a0755b_tracking-video-get.png)

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You will first get this response:

![https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61e7d259b7746e3f63f0b6be/634693d15254d842c7499924_tracking-video-process.png](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61e7d259b7746e3f63f0b6be/634693d15254d842c7499924_tracking-video-process.png)

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Once the request is done (status : finished), you will be able to get the result with this print:

![https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61e7d259b7746e3f63f0b6be/634693da27d32776481aba55_tracking-video-get-result.png](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61e7d259b7746e3f63f0b6be/634693da27d32776481aba55_tracking-video-get-result.png)

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Here is an example of a result for Video Object Tracking task:

![https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61e7d259b7746e3f63f0b6be/634693e88ed69a6af249f425_tracking-video-get-response.png](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61e7d259b7746e3f63f0b6be/634693e88ed69a6af249f425_tracking-video-get-response.png)

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## **Benefits of using Video Object Tracking API with Eden AI**

As you can see, using Video Object Tracking with Eden AI API is quick and easy.


![Multiple AI engines in one API](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/37uyp6qgheu0sy05b6tu.gif)

### **Save time and cost**

We offer a unified API for all providers: simple and standard to use, with a quick switch between providers and an access to the specific features of each provider.

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### **Easy to integrate**

The JSON output format is the same for all suppliers thanks to Eden AI's standardisation work. The response elements are also standardised thanks to Eden AI's powerful matching algorithms.

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### **Customization**

With Eden AI you have the possibility to integrate a third-party platform: we can quickly develop connectors. To go further and customize your Video Object Tracking request with specific parameters, check out our [documentation.](https://docs.edenai.co/reference/video_object_tracking_async_create?referral=how-to-video-object-tracking-python)



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