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Amazon Rekognition - Detect Faces in an Image

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Detects faces within an image that is provided as input. This example passes theimage as base64-encoded image bytes.

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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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<%
success = 0

set rest = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

set authAws = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.AuthAws")
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
'  Don't forget to change the region to your particular region. (Also make the same change in the call to Connect below.)
authAws.Region = "us-west-2"
authAws.ServiceName = "rekognition"
'  SetAuthAws causes Chilkat to automatically add the following headers: Authorization, X-Amz-Date
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

'  URL: https://rekognition.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
bTls = 1
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = 1
'  Don't forget to change the region domain (us-west-2.amazonaws.com) to your particular region.
success = rest.Connect("rekognition.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "ConnectFailReason: " & rest.ConnectFailReason) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  Note: The above code does not need to be repeatedly called for each REST request.
'  The rest object can be setup once, and then many requests can be sent.  Chilkat will automatically
'  reconnect within a FullRequest* method as needed.  It is only the very first connection that is explicitly
'  made via the Connect method.

'  Load the JPG to be passed as base64 in the JSON.
set bdJpg = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
success = bdJpg.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/kid_blue_coat.jpg")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed to load the input JPG file.") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  We wish to send the following JSON in the body of our HTTP request:

'  {
'      "Image": {
'          "Bytes": "base64_image_bytes"
'      }
'      "Attributes": [
'          "ALL"
'      ]
'  }

'  Here is the image we used for testing:
'  (image:https://example-code.com/images/kid_blue_coat.jpg/endImage)

'  Convert binary image bytes to base64.
'  Note: We are explicitly keeping the data inside Chilkat to avoid having to pass large strings
'  as arguments to function calls.  This is important for some programming languages.
set sbJpg = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = bdJpg.GetEncodedSb("base64",sbJpg)

set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateSb("Image.Bytes",sbJpg)
success = json.UpdateString("Attributes[0]","ALL")

success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/x-amz-json-1.1")
success = rest.AddHeader("X-Amz-Target","RekognitionService.DetectFaces")

set sbRequestBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
set sbResponseBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "response status code = " & respStatusCode) & "</pre>"

If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Header:") & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.ResponseHeader) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Body:") & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sbResponseBody.GetAsString()) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

set jResp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)

jResp.EmitCompact = 0
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( jResp.Emit()) & "</pre>"

'  Sample JSON response:
'  (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

'  {
'    "FaceDetails": [
'      {
'        "AgeRange": {
'          "High": 18,
'          "Low": 8
'        },
'        "Beard": {
'          "Confidence": 98.06282806396484,
'          "Value": false
'        },
'        "BoundingBox": {
'          "Height": 0.327279269695282,
'          "Left": 0.5339247584342957,
'          "Top": 0.23660442233085632,
'          "Width": 0.35611653327941895
'        },
'        "Confidence": 99.99732971191406,
'        "Emotions": [
'          {
'            "Confidence": 99.5849380493164,
'            "Type": "HAPPY"
'          },
'          {
'            "Confidence": 0.15533843636512756,
'            "Type": "CALM"
'          },
'          {
'            "Confidence": 0.08864031732082367,
'            "Type": "SURPRISED"
'          },
'          {
'            "Confidence": 0.05476664379239082,
'            "Type": "SAD"
'          },
'          {
'            "Confidence": 0.042048510164022446,
'            "Type": "CONFUSED"
'          },
'          {
'            "Confidence": 0.038942769169807434,
'            "Type": "DISGUSTED"
'          },
'          {
'            "Confidence": 0.021463459357619286,
'            "Type": "FEAR"
'          },
'          {
'            "Confidence": 0.013858155347406864,
'            "Type": "ANGRY"
'          }
'        ],
'        "Eyeglasses": {
'          "Confidence": 98.5116195678711,
'          "Value": false
'        },
'        "EyesOpen": {
'          "Confidence": 99.65477752685547,
'          "Value": true
'        },
'        "Gender": {
'          "Confidence": 97.1164321899414,
'          "Value": "Female"
'        },
'        "Landmarks": [
'          {
'            "Type": "eyeLeft",
'            "X": 0.6554790735244751,
'            "Y": 0.35153862833976746
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "eyeRight",
'            "X": 0.7940073609352112,
'            "Y": 0.38292214274406433
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "mouthLeft",
'            "X": 0.6188991069793701,
'            "Y": 0.46431097388267517
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "mouthRight",
'            "X": 0.7352844476699829,
'            "Y": 0.490242063999176
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "nose",
'            "X": 0.7125006914138794,
'            "Y": 0.44607019424438477
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "leftEyeBrowLeft",
'            "X": 0.6096581220626831,
'            "Y": 0.3071737587451935
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "leftEyeBrowRight",
'            "X": 0.6628581285476685,
'            "Y": 0.3133310079574585
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "leftEyeBrowUp",
'            "X": 0.7027584314346313,
'            "Y": 0.33200803399086
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "rightEyeBrowLeft",
'            "X": 0.7813941240310669,
'            "Y": 0.35023579001426697
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "rightEyeBrowRight",
'            "X": 0.8213478922843933,
'            "Y": 0.34993964433670044
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "rightEyeBrowUp",
'            "X": 0.8495538234710693,
'            "Y": 0.36189284920692444
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "leftEyeLeft",
'            "X": 0.629088282585144,
'            "Y": 0.34286588430404663
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "leftEyeRight",
'            "X": 0.6820939183235168,
'            "Y": 0.3586524724960327
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "leftEyeUp",
'            "X": 0.6580297946929932,
'            "Y": 0.3468707501888275
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "leftEyeDown",
'            "X": 0.6537532210350037,
'            "Y": 0.35663917660713196
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "rightEyeLeft",
'            "X": 0.7655976414680481,
'            "Y": 0.3776427209377289
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "rightEyeRight",
'            "X": 0.8166338801383972,
'            "Y": 0.38544225692749023
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "rightEyeUp",
'            "X": 0.7969376444816589,
'            "Y": 0.37844377756118774
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "rightEyeDown",
'            "X": 0.7909533977508545,
'            "Y": 0.3877102732658386
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "noseLeft",
'            "X": 0.6727234721183777,
'            "Y": 0.44030481576919556
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "noseRight",
'            "X": 0.7237889170646667,
'            "Y": 0.45200300216674805
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "mouthUp",
'            "X": 0.6882695555686951,
'            "Y": 0.4740942418575287
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "mouthDown",
'            "X": 0.6720560789108276,
'            "Y": 0.5046101808547974
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "leftPupil",
'            "X": 0.6554790735244751,
'            "Y": 0.35153862833976746
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "rightPupil",
'            "X": 0.7940073609352112,
'            "Y": 0.38292214274406433
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "upperJawlineLeft",
'            "X": 0.5517005324363708,
'            "Y": 0.30355724692344666
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "midJawlineLeft",
'            "X": 0.5320234894752502,
'            "Y": 0.43352627754211426
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "chinBottom",
'            "X": 0.6419994831085205,
'            "Y": 0.5531964302062988
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "midJawlineRight",
'            "X": 0.7752369046211243,
'            "Y": 0.48957017064094543
'          },
'          {
'            "Type": "upperJawlineRight",
'            "X": 0.8515444397926331,
'            "Y": 0.37258899211883545
'          }
'        ],
'        "MouthOpen": {
'          "Confidence": 68.26280212402344,
'          "Value": false
'        },
'        "Mustache": {
'          "Confidence": 99.73213195800781,
'          "Value": false
'        },
'        "Pose": {
'          "Pitch": -11.299633026123047,
'          "Roll": 17.6924991607666,
'          "Yaw": 13.582314491271973
'        },
'        "Quality": {
'          "Brightness": 83.72581481933594,
'          "Sharpness": 67.22731018066406
'        },
'        "Smile": {
'          "Confidence": 98.4793930053711,
'          "Value": true
'        },
'        "Sunglasses": {
'          "Confidence": 99.3582992553711,
'          "Value": false
'        }
'      }
'    ]
'  }

'  Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
'  Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
'  Generate Parsing Code from JSON

i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("FaceDetails")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    AgeRangeHigh = jResp.IntOf("FaceDetails[i].AgeRange.High")
    AgeRangeLow = jResp.IntOf("FaceDetails[i].AgeRange.Low")
    BeardConfidence = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].Beard.Confidence")
    BeardValue = jResp.BoolOf("FaceDetails[i].Beard.Value")
    BoundingBoxHeight = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].BoundingBox.Height")
    BoundingBoxLeft = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].BoundingBox.Left")
    BoundingBoxTop = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].BoundingBox.Top")
    BoundingBoxWidth = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].BoundingBox.Width")
    Confidence = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].Confidence")
    EyeglassesConfidence = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].Eyeglasses.Confidence")
    EyeglassesValue = jResp.BoolOf("FaceDetails[i].Eyeglasses.Value")
    EyesOpenConfidence = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].EyesOpen.Confidence")
    EyesOpenValue = jResp.BoolOf("FaceDetails[i].EyesOpen.Value")
    GenderConfidence = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].Gender.Confidence")
    GenderValue = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].Gender.Value")
    MouthOpenConfidence = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].MouthOpen.Confidence")
    MouthOpenValue = jResp.BoolOf("FaceDetails[i].MouthOpen.Value")
    MustacheConfidence = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].Mustache.Confidence")
    MustacheValue = jResp.BoolOf("FaceDetails[i].Mustache.Value")
    PosePitch = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].Pose.Pitch")
    PoseRoll = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].Pose.Roll")
    PoseYaw = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].Pose.Yaw")
    QualityBrightness = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].Quality.Brightness")
    QualitySharpness = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].Quality.Sharpness")
    SmileConfidence = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].Smile.Confidence")
    SmileValue = jResp.BoolOf("FaceDetails[i].Smile.Value")
    SunglassesConfidence = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].Sunglasses.Confidence")
    SunglassesValue = jResp.BoolOf("FaceDetails[i].Sunglasses.Value")
    j = 0
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("FaceDetails[i].Emotions")
    Do While j < count_j
        jResp.J = j
        Confidence = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].Emotions[j].Confidence")
        v_Type = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].Emotions[j].Type")
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    j = 0
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("FaceDetails[i].Landmarks")
    Do While j < count_j
        jResp.J = j
        v_Type = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].Landmarks[j].Type")
        X = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].Landmarks[j].X")
        Y = jResp.StringOf("FaceDetails[i].Landmarks[j].Y")
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    i = i + 1
Loop

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