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Smart Image Classifier Web App
● What: Use a pre-trained model (like MobileNet or a CNN you trained) to classify
images uploaded by users.
● Stack: React frontend, Python backend, AWS Lambda or Google Cloud Functions
(serverless)
● Learn: Cloud Functions, S3/Cloud Storage, ML inference at scale
🧠 What Is a Smart Image Classifier Web App?
A web app where:
● The user uploads an image
● The image is sent to the backend
● A pre-trained ML model predicts what's in the image (e.g., cat, dog, car)
● The result is displayed (label, confidence score, maybe bounding boxes)
This is your own version of Google Lens or a mini Visual Recognition app!
🧰 Tools You Can Use
Component Technologies
Frontend React, Tailwind, Axios, File Upload UI
Backend Python (FastAPI / Flask)
ML Model Pretrained CNN (e.g. MobileNet, ResNet, EfficientNet)
Storage Firebase / Cloudinary (for images if needed)
Deployment Render / Railway / GCP / Vercel
📈 What You'll Learn
✅ Frontend:
● File input & form handling in React
● API calls with Axios
● Displaying predictions dynamically
✅ Backend:
● Image processing using Pillow or OpenCV
● Inference using PyTorch, TensorFlow or Keras
● Sending JSON results to frontend
✅ ML:
● How image classification works
● Using transfer learning
● Preprocessing and confidence scores
✅ Cloud:
● Hosting frontend & backend
● (Optional) Store uploaded images
● (Optional) Deploy the model in a Docker container
🛣️ Suggested Roadmap
🔹 Phase 1: Setup ML Inference (Locally)
1. Pick a pre-trained model:
○ MobileNetV2 (Keras)
○ ResNet (PyTorch)
○ Or HuggingFace Vision model
2. Write Python code to:
○ Load model
○ Accept image input
○ Preprocess image
○ Predict label + score
○ Return JSON
✅ Deliverable: A working function that takes an image and returns predictions.
🔹 Phase 2: Create REST API
1. Use FastAPI or Flask
2. Expose /predict endpoint
○ Accepts image via POST
○ Returns label + score
3. Test with Postman or curl
✅ Deliverable: A working image classification API.
🔹 Phase 3: Build React Frontend
1. File upload UI (drag and drop or input)
2. Use Axios to send image to /predict
3. Display:
○ Label (e.g., “Pineapple”)
○ Confidence (e.g., 97%)
○ Image preview
✅ Deliverable: A clean, functional frontend connected to backend.
🔹 Phase 4: Deploy to Cloud
● Backend: Render, Railway, or GCP Cloud Run
● Frontend: Vercel or Netlify
● Optional: Use Cloudinary to store uploaded images (if needed)
✅ Deliverable: A live image classifier you can share!
🔧 Bonus Features
● Show top 3 predictions
● Add bounding box with object detection (YOLOv5 or DETR)
● Let users choose model (MobileNet vs ResNet)
● Dark mode / animations
● Keep a history of uploaded images & results
🧩 Project Folder Structure
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smart-image-classifier/
├── backend/
│ ├── main.py
│ ├── model_utils.py
│ └── requirements.txt
├── frontend/
│ ├── src/
│ │ ├── App.jsx
│ │ ├── components/
│ │ └── api.js
🏆 Why It’s Great for You
Skill / Interest ✔
Match?
ML: Classification ✅
React & frontend ✅✅
Backend + API building ✅
Project that’s visual & cool ✅✅✅
Cloud-ready ✅
Great for portfolio ✅✅
✅ Summary
The Smart Image Classifier Web App is:
● Beginner-friendly in ML and deployment
● Visually impressive
● Super relevant to real-world AI
● A full-stack project you can finish in 1–2 weeks
