---
title: "Add a new face to person."
method: POST
path: "/persons/{personId}/recognitionModels/{recognitionModel}/persistedFaces"
tags: ["PersonDirectory"]
---

# Add a new face to person.

`POST /persons/{personId}/recognitionModels/{recognitionModel}/persistedFaces`

## Path parameters

- `personId` string, uuid, required
- `recognitionModel` string, required

## Query parameters

- `detectionModel` string
- `userData` string
- `targetFace` string

## Parameters

- `../../../Common/Parameters.json#/components/parameters/ImageUrl` — unresolved $ref

## Response `202`

Success

- EnrollmentPrintResponse
  - `persistedFaceId` string, uuid
  - `recognitionModel` string
  - `userData` string

## Other responses

- `default` — Response entity accompanying non-successful responses containing additional details about the error.

## Changes

- **2026-07-13** `8a19b734b92a` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2017-12-28** `e67414f9aeba` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/cognitiveservices-face/changes/persons/:personId/recognitionModels/:recognitionModel/persistedFaces/post.md)

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/cognitiveservices-face.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/cognitiveservices-face/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/azure/cognitiveservices-face/revisions/8a19b734b92a/schema)