# How to use ml5js + face-api to do face recognition?

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**Created:** [January 11, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-use-ml5js-face-api-to-do-face-recognition/26985 "2021-01-11T19:48:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-use-ml5js-face-api-to-do-face-recognition/26985/1 "2021-01-11T19:48:33Z")

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Hello.

I know ml5js gives access to faceapi as this example shows:  
[https://learn.ml5js.org/#/reference/face-api](https://learn.ml5js.org/#/reference/face-api)

But this shows you how to use face detection - knowing if and where a face is. I am hoping to also do the recognition part - know who this face belongs to.  
I know that [face-api.js](https://github.com/justadudewhohacks/face-api.js/blob/master/README.md) can do this but I guess the ml5js API does not yet ??

Thank you for any advice.