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-# test_cv2
+# Image Decode Implementation with CV2
+
+*author: Kaiyuan Hu, Rentong Guo*
+
+
+
+<br />
+
+
+
+## Description
+
+An image decode operator implementation with OpenCV.
+
+
+
+<br />
+
+
+
+## Code Example
+
+Load a image from path './dog.jpg'. 
+
+ *Write the pipeline in simplified style:*
+
+```python
+import towhee
+
+towhee.glob('./dog.jpg') \
+  .image_decode.cv2() \
+  .show()
+```
+
+*Write a same pipeline with explicit inputs/outputs name specifications:*
+
+```python
+import towhee
+
+towhee.glob['path']('./dog.jpg') \
+  .image_decode.cv2['path', 'img']() \
+  .select['img']() \
+  .show()
+```
+
+
+
+<img src="./show_result.jpg" height="150px"/>
+
+
+
+<br />
+
+
+
+## Factory Constructor
+
+Create the operator via the following factory method:
+
+***image_decode.cv2()***
+
+
+
+<br />
+
+
+
+## Interface
+
+An image decode operator takes an image path as input. It decodes the image back to ndarray.
+
+
+
+**Parameters:**
+
+**img**: *str*
+
+​	Image file path.
+
+
+
+**Returns**: *towhee.types.Image (a sub-class of numpy.ndarray)* 
+
+​	The decoded image data as numpy.ndarray.
+
+
+
+
 
diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
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+# Copyright 2021 Zilliz. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from .image_decode_cv2 import ImageDecodeCV2
+
+
+# The factory method
+def test_cv2():
+    return ImageDecodeCV2()
diff --git a/image_decode_cv2.py b/image_decode_cv2.py
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+# Copyright 2021 Zilliz. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+import logging
+import cv2
+import requests
+import numpy as np
+
+from towhee import register
+from towhee.operator import PyOperator, OperatorFlag
+from towhee._types import Image
+
+log = logging.getLogger()
+
+
+@register(output_schema=['img'],
+          flag=OperatorFlag.STATELESS | OperatorFlag.REUSEABLE)
+class ImageDecodeCV2(PyOperator):
+    @staticmethod
+    def _load_from_remote(image_url: str) -> np.ndarray:
+        try:
+            r = requests.get(image_url, timeout=(20, 20))
+            if r.status_code // 100 != 2:
+                log.error('Download image from %s failed, error msg: %s, request code: %s ',
+                          image_url, r.text, r.status_code)
+                return None
+            arr = np.asarray(bytearray(r.content), dtype=np.uint8)
+            return cv2.imdecode(arr, -1)
+        except Exception as e:
+            log.error('Download image from %s failed, error msg: %s', image_url, str(e))
+            return False
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _load_from_local(image_path: str) -> np.ndarray:
+        return cv2.imread(image_path)
+
+    def __call__(self, image_path: str):
+        if image_path.startswith('http'):
+            bgr_cv_image = ImageDecodeCV2._load_from_remote(image_path)
+        else:
+            bgr_cv_image = ImageDecodeCV2._load_from_local(image_path)
+        if bgr_cv_image is None:
+            err = 'Read image %s failed' % image_path
+            log.error(err)
+            raise RuntimeError(err)
+
+        rgb = cv2.cvtColor(bgr_cv_image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
+        return Image(rgb, 'RGB')
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+opencv-python
+requests
+numpy