# Face Search OSINT (`nkactors/face-search`) Actor

Search people across the web by face using a fast and simple API

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nkactors/face-search.md
- **Developed by:** [NK Actors](https://apify.com/nkactors) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Automation, Developer tools
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 400 total users, 10 monthly users, 69.8% runs succeeded, 4 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 2.36 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $0.05 / face search demo

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## 🔍 Face Search (OSINT)

Search the internet by face using a simple API.

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### 🚀 Features

- 🔎 Face search across public web sources
- ⚡ Simple API integration
- 🧠 Designed for OSINT workflows
- 🤖 Automation-ready (Apify pipelines, scraping workflows)
- 🧪 Demo mode (no credits used)

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### 🕵️ OSINT Use Cases

This actor is useful for:

- Identity verification
- Reverse image search (faces)
- Investigations & due diligence
- Social media discovery
- Lead enrichment
- Fraud detection

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### ⚙️ Input

| Field       | Description |
|------------|------------|
| imageUrl   | Direct link to image |
| maxResults | Number of results |
| demo       | Enable testing mode |

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### 📤 Output

````json
{
  "score": 92,
  "url": "https://example.com/profile",
  "image": {}
}



# Actor input Schema

## `imageUrl` (type: `string`):

Direct link to an image for face search (e.g. JPG/PNG). Example provided below.
## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of matched results to return
## `demo` (type: `boolean`):

In testing mode, only 100,000 faces are scanned. Searches run quickly, don't consume significant compute resources, and won't deduct credits—though results won't be meaningful. Costs 0.05$

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "imageUrl": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/P20260316MR-0406.jpg",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "demo": true
}
````

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "imageUrl": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/P20260316MR-0406.jpg"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nkactors/face-search").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "imageUrl": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/P20260316MR-0406.jpg" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nkactors/face-search").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "imageUrl": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/P20260316MR-0406.jpg"
}' |
apify call nkactors/face-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,nkactors/face-search"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/GLbXAHvdCm1DiVlsF/builds/Y5l8FLcMPZrzlhdqT/openapi.json