Ascii2D
Classes
            Ascii2D
    
              Bases: BaseSearchEngine[Ascii2DResponse]
API client for the Ascii2D image search engine.
Ascii2D provides two search modes
- Color search: Finds images with similar color combinations (default mode)
- Feature search: Finds images with similar visual features (bovw mode)
Attributes:
| Name | Type | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| base_url | str | The base URL for Ascii2D searches. | 
| bovw | bool | A flag to enable feature search mode. | 
Note
- Color search (bovw=False) is recommended for finding visually similar images
- Feature search (bovw=True) is better for:- Cropped images
- Rotated images
- Images with different color schemes
 
- Feature search may be less accurate with heavily modified images
Source code in PicImageSearch/engines/ascii2d.py
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Attributes
            bovw = bovw
  
      instance-attribute
  
    Functions
            __init__(base_url='https://ascii2d.net', bovw=False, **request_kwargs)
    Initializes an Ascii2D API client with specified configurations.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default | 
|---|---|---|---|
| base_url | str | The base URL for Ascii2D searches. | 'https://ascii2d.net' | 
| bovw | bool | If True, use feature search; otherwise, use color combination search. | False | 
| **request_kwargs | Any | Additional arguments for network requests. | {} | 
Source code in PicImageSearch/engines/ascii2d.py
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            search(url=None, file=None, **kwargs)
  
      async
  
    Performs a reverse image search on Ascii2D.
This method supports two ways of searching
- Search by image URL
- Search by uploading a local image file
The search process involves
- Initial submission of the image (URL or file)
- Optional switch to feature search mode if bovw=True
- Parsing and returning the search results
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default | 
|---|---|---|---|
| url | Optional[str] | URL of the image to search. | None | 
| file | Union[str, bytes, Path, None] | Local image file, can be a path string, bytes data, or Path object. | None | 
| **kwargs | Any | Additional arguments passed to the parent class. | {} | 
Returns:
| Name | Type | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| Ascii2DResponse | Ascii2DResponse | An object containing: - Search results with similar images - Source information and metadata - The final search URL | 
Raises:
| Type | Description | 
|---|---|
| ValueError | If neither  | 
Note
- Only one of urlorfileshould be provided
- Feature search (bovw) may take longer to process
Source code in PicImageSearch/engines/ascii2d.py
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