Update app.py

app.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from PIL import Image
 import numpy as np
 import cv2
 import dlib
+from io import BytesIO
 
 # Get the current working directory
 current_directory = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
@@ -62,15 +63,28 @@ def create_user(email, password):
         return False, None
         
 # Update load_and_encode function to return encodings for all detected faces
-def load_and_encode(image_path):
+def load_and_encode(image_file):
     try:
-        aligned_face = detect_and_align_faces(image_path)
-
-        if aligned_face is not None:
-            encoding = face_recognition.face_encodings(aligned_face)
-
-            if encoding:
-                return encoding
+        # Read the uploaded file as bytes
+        image_bytes = image_file.read()
+
+        # Convert the bytes to a NumPy array
+        nparr = np.frombuffer(image_bytes, np.uint8)
+
+        # Decode the NumPy array as an image
+        image = cv2.imdecode(nparr, cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
+
+        aligned_faces = detect_and_align_faces(image)
+
+        if aligned_faces is not None:
+            encodings = []
+            for aligned_face in aligned_faces:
+                encoding = face_recognition.face_encodings(aligned_face)
+                if encoding:
+                    encodings.append(encoding[0])
+            
+            if encodings:
+                return encodings
             else:
                 return None
         else: