"""Shared loader for the sae_embed nanobind module (SCRFD + ArcFace). sae_embed.FaceEmbedder loads both ONNX sessions once and exposes an embed(path) -> FaceResult method, avoiding the per-process model reload cost of spawning the embed_faces CLI binary for every image. """ import sys from pathlib import Path def load_embedder(build_dir: str, models_dir: str, arcface: str | None = None, conf: float = 0.5, nms: float = 0.4, max_side: int = 500): """Import sae_embed from build_dir and construct a FaceEmbedder. Exits with a clear error if the module or models are missing — there is no subprocess fallback. """ build_path = Path(build_dir).resolve() sys.path.insert(0, str(build_path)) try: import sae_embed except ImportError as e: sys.exit( f"sae_embed module not found in {build_path}: {e}\n" f"Build it first: cmake --build {build_dir} --target sae_embed" ) models_path = Path(models_dir) detector_path = str(models_path / "scrfd_500m_bnkps.onnx") arcface_path = arcface if arcface else str(models_path / "arcface_w600k_r50.onnx") for model, name in [(detector_path, "SCRFD"), (arcface_path, "ArcFace")]: if not Path(model).is_file(): sys.exit(f"{name} model not found: {model}\nRun: bash scripts/download_models.sh") return sae_embed.FaceEmbedder(detector_path, arcface_path, conf, nms, max_side)