clawID

Invisible & visible watermarking SDK for AI-generated images and video.

A research project by hawky.ai — the AI content provenance platform.

clawID embeds a UUID-based watermark into images and video frames — invisible to the human eye but detectable by the SDK. Inspired by Google SynthID. Built for AI-generated asset provenance tracking.

Links: PyPI · GitHub · Hugging Face Space · hawky.ai

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Features

• Invisible watermarking via DWT-QIM (Discrete Wavelet Transform + Quantization Index Modulation)
• Resize-robust mode (algorithm='fm') — survives ±35% resize, JPEG compression, and minor edits
• Visible watermarking — overlay text/logo with configurable opacity and position
• Video support — watermark every Nth frame; detect from any single watermarked frame
• REST API — FastAPI server with /embed and /detect endpoints
• Storage backends — SQLite, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
• CLI — clawid embed, clawid detect, clawid embed-video, clawid detect-video

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Installation

# Core (images only)
pip install clawid

# With video support
pip install "clawid[video]"

# With REST API
pip install "clawid[api]"

# Everything
pip install "clawid[all]"

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Quick Start

Images

from clawid import embed, detect

# Embed invisible watermark
meta = embed(
    source='photo.jpg',
    output_path='photo_wm.png',
    metadata={'uid': 'creator123', 'platform': 'hawky.ai'},
)
print(meta['clawid'])  # e.g. "3f2a1b4c-..."

# Detect
result = detect('photo_wm.png')
print(result['uid'])       # creator123
print(result['platform'])  # hawky.ai

Resize-robust mode

meta = embed(
    source='photo.jpg',
    output_path='photo_wm.png',
    metadata={'uid': 'creator123'},
    algorithm='fm',   # survives ±35% resize
)

Video

from clawid import embed_video, detect_video

meta = embed_video(
    'input.mp4',
    'output_wm.mp4',
    metadata={'uid': 'creator123', 'platform': 'hawky.ai'},
    frame_stride=5,   # watermark every 5th frame
)

result = detect_video('output_wm.mp4')
print(result['uid'])  # creator123

Visible watermark

meta = embed(
    source='photo.jpg',
    output_path='photo_wm.png',
    metadata={'uid': 'creator123'},
    mode='visible',     # or 'both' for invisible + visible
    opacity=0.6,
    position='bottom-right',
)

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CLI

# Embed
clawid embed -i photo.jpg -o photo_wm.png --uid creator123 --platform hawky.ai

# Embed (resize-robust)
clawid embed -i photo.jpg -o photo_wm.png --uid creator123 --algorithm fm

# Detect
clawid detect -i photo_wm.png

# Video
clawid embed-video -i input.mp4 -o output_wm.mp4 --uid creator123
clawid detect-video -i output_wm.mp4

# Save to SQLite store on embed, enrich on detect
clawid embed -i photo.jpg -o wm.png --uid creator123 --store sqlite:///clawid.db
clawid detect -i wm.png --store sqlite:///clawid.db

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REST API

pip install "clawid[api]"
clawid serve --store sqlite:///clawid.db --port 8000

Endpoints:

Method	Path	Description
POST	/embed	Upload image, get back watermarked image + metadata
POST	/detect	Upload image, get back detected metadata
GET	/docs	Interactive Swagger UI

# Embed via API
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/embed \
  -F "file=@photo.jpg" \
  -F "uid=creator123" \
  -F "platform=hawky.ai" \
  --output photo_wm.png

# Detect via API
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/detect \
  -F "file=@photo_wm.png"

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Storage Backends

from clawid.storage import from_uri

# SQLite (local)
with from_uri('sqlite:///clawid.db') as store:
    store.save(meta['clawid'], meta)
    record = store.get(meta['clawid'])

# PostgreSQL
with from_uri('postgresql://user:pass@localhost/mydb') as store:
    store.save(meta['clawid'], meta)

# MongoDB
with from_uri('mongodb://localhost:27017/mydb') as store:
    store.save(meta['clawid'], meta)

# Redis
with from_uri('redis://localhost:6379/0') as store:
    store.save(meta['clawid'], meta)

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How It Works

Invisible watermark (DWT-QIM)

The payload (UUID + metadata, CBOR-encoded + CRC-checked) is serialised to bits, then each bit is embedded by quantizing a coefficient in the Haar wavelet LL2 sub-band. Each LL2 coefficient represents a 4×4 pixel block, so a change of delta/16 ≈ 2+ pixels per block — above the uint8 quantization step — making the watermark survive JPEG compression and format round-trips.

Mode	Delta	PSNR	Survives
qim (default)	32	~51 dB	PNG/JPEG q≥75, minor edits
fm (resize-robust)	192	~36 dB	±35% resize, PNG/JPEG q≥75

Video watermarking

Each video is processed frame by frame. Every Nth frame (frame_stride, default 5) receives the same DWT-QIM watermark with the same clawid UUID. Detection samples up to 10 frames and uses majority vote — detection succeeds as long as at least one watermarked frame survives.

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Docker

docker compose up
# API available at http://localhost:8000

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Development

git clone https://github.com/Hawky-ai/clawID
cd clawid
pip install -e ".[dev,api,video]"
pytest

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Links

PyPI	https://pypi.org/project/clawid/
GitHub	https://github.com/Hawky-ai/clawID
Hugging Face	https://huggingface.co/spaces/Hawky-ai/clawID
hawky.ai	https://hawky.ai

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License

MIT — Copyright © 2024 hawky.ai