AI Focal Point Detection Operation

Determine an image focal point, powered by OpenAI.

This operation contains two required configuration options - an OpenAI API Key, and a link to a file. It returns a JSON object containing the focal point coordinates and the reason these were chosen.

You can use the operation to then save the result to a file.

Output

This operation outputs a JSON object with the following structure:

{
    "focal_point_x": 328,
    "focal_point_y": 250,
    "reason": "Centered between the two people on the beach, who are the main subjects of the image."
}

Use an Update Data operation to store the focal_point_x and focal_point_y values on the file object.

Flow Setup

Automatically Detect Focal Points For New Files

Create a Flow with an Event Hook action trigger and a scope of files.upload. Use the AI Focal Point detection operation, setting the File URL to https://your-directus-project-url/assets/{{ $trigger.key }}, being sure to provide your specific Directus Project URL.

This will work if your file is public, but if it isn’t, you can append ?access_token=token to the File URL, replacing the value with a valid user token that has access to the file.

This operation will trigger on every new file upload, regardless of location or filetype. You may wish to add a conditional step between the trigger and detection operation. The following condition rule will check that the file is an image:

{
    "$trigger": {
        "payload": {
            "type": {
                "_contains": "image"
            }
        }
    }
}

Detect On-Demand

Create a Flow with a Manual trigger and select a collection with a file field, which should contain an image file. Set the Location to Item Page Only. To receive the file ID create a Read Data operation for the same collection, setting IDs to {{ $trigger.body.keys[0] }}.

Use the AI Focal Point Detection operation, setting the File URL to https://your-directus-project-url/assets/{{ $last.file_field_name }}, being sure to provide your specific Directus Project URL and file field name.