🦜 001. AvIAry: AI-Powered Bird Identification
TL;DR
- AvIAry brings AI to bird-watching with a React PWA frontend, a PyTorch AI server, and a MongoDB backend; split into clear modules for UI, inference, data storage, and PWA features.
Ever snapped a photo of a feathered friend and wished you knew its name? AvIAry is a Progressive Web App that marries React, deep learning (CNNs & Transformers), and MongoDB to let anyone upload a bird image and get an instant species ID—no install required.
Under the hood, AvIAry is organized into three pillars:
- Front-End: A React + Bootstrap UI split into a dozen components—search bar, “Our Tech”, AI demo, FAQ, and more—each sketched in Excalidraw and coded for responsiveness.
- AI Server: A PyTorch service exposing a REST endpoint that takes an image, runs it through a fine-tuned CNN/Transformer ensemble, and returns the top identification with confidence.
- Back-End: A MongoDB-based API storing user uploads, inference logs, and community annotations for continual model improvement.
Sample upload & identify call
// uploads a bird image and gets an identification
async function identifyBird(file) {
const formData = new FormData();
formData.append('birdImage', file);
const res = await fetch('/api/identify', {
method: 'POST',
body: formData
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error('Identification failed');
return await res.json(); // { species: 'Northern Cardinal', confidence: 0.93 }
}
// Usage in a React component
function BirdUploader() {
const [result, setResult] = React.useState(null);
const onChange = async (e) => {
const file = e.target.files[0];
const data = await identifyBird(file);
setResult(data);
};
return (
<div>
<input type="file" accept="image/*" onChange={onChange} />
{result && (
<p>
Identified as <strong>{result.species}</strong> (
{(result.confidence*100).toFixed(1)}% confidence)
</p>
)}
</div>
);
}By structuring AvIAry into clear, testable layers and leaning on PWA capabilities—offline support, add-to-home, auto-updates—we delivered a seamless bird-watching companion that scales from web to mobile. Welcome to AvIAry: where AI meets ornithology, right in your browser.
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