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Amazon Rekognition - Detect Text in an Image

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Detects text in the input image and converts it into machine-readable text. This example passes theimage as base64-encoded image bytes.

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Local $bSuccess = False

$oRest = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Rest")

$oAuthAws = ObjCreate("Chilkat.AuthAws")
$oAuthAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
$oAuthAws.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.)
$oAuthAws.Region = "us-west-2"
$oAuthAws.ServiceName = "rekognition"
;  SetAuthAws causes Chilkat to automatically add the following headers: Authorization, X-Amz-Date
$oRest.SetAuthAws($oAuthAws)

;  URL: https://rekognition.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
Local $bTls = True
Local $iPort = 443
Local $bAutoReconnect = True
;  Don't forget to change the region domain (us-west-2.amazonaws.com) to your particular region.
$bSuccess = $oRest.Connect("rekognition.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",$iPort,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite("ConnectFailReason: " & $oRest.ConnectFailReason & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

;  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.
$oBdJpg = ObjCreate("Chilkat.BinData")
$bSuccess = $oBdJpg.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/monday_keep_smiling.jpg")
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Failed to load the input JPG file." & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

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

;  {
;    "Image": {
;        "Bytes": "base64_image_bytes"
;    }
;  }

;  Here is the image we used for testing:
;  (image:https://example-code.com/images/monday_keep_smiling.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.
$oSbJpg = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oBdJpg.GetEncodedSb("base64",$oSbJpg)

$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.UpdateSb("Image.Bytes",$oSbJpg)

$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/x-amz-json-1.1")
$oRest.AddHeader("X-Amz-Target","RekognitionService.DetectText")

$oSbRequestBody = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oJson.EmitSb($oSbRequestBody)
$oSbResponseBody = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$bSuccess = $oRest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",$oSbRequestBody,$oSbResponseBody)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

Local $iRespStatusCode = $oRest.ResponseStatusCode
ConsoleWrite("response status code = " & $iRespStatusCode & @CRLF)

If ($iRespStatusCode >= 400) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Response Status Code = " & $iRespStatusCode & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Response Header:" & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.ResponseHeader & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Response Body:" & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite($oSbResponseBody.GetAsString() & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oJResp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJResp.LoadSb($oSbResponseBody)

$oJResp.EmitCompact = False
ConsoleWrite($oJResp.Emit() & @CRLF)

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

;  {
;    "TextDetections": [
;      {
;        "Confidence": 95.99308776855469,
;        "DetectedText": "( MONDAY IT'S",
;        "Geometry": {
;          "BoundingBox": {
;            "Height": 0.6399821043014526,
;            "Left": 0.219133198261261,
;            "Top": 0.08677978068590164,
;            "Width": 0.7433173656463623
;          },
;          "Polygon": [
;            {
;              "X": 0.219133198261261,
;              "Y": 0.3588336706161499
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.8984103798866272,
;              "Y": 0.08677978068590164
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.9624505639076233,
;              "Y": 0.4547080099582672
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.2831733524799347,
;              "Y": 0.7267619371414185
;            }
;          ]
;        },
;        "Id": 0,
;        "Type": "LINE"
;      },
;      {
;        "Confidence": 99.70352172851562,
;        "DetectedText": "but keep",
;        "Geometry": {
;          "BoundingBox": {
;            "Height": 0.09703556448221207,
;            "Left": 0.6335319876670837,
;            "Top": 0.5153074264526367,
;            "Width": 0.21070890128612518
;          },
;          "Polygon": [
;            {
;              "X": 0.6355597376823425,
;              "Y": 0.5153074264526367
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.8442409038543701,
;              "Y": 0.5266726613044739
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.8422132134437561,
;              "Y": 0.6123430132865906
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.6335319876670837,
;              "Y": 0.6009777784347534
;            }
;          ]
;        },
;        "Id": 1,
;        "Type": "LINE"
;      },
;      {
;        "Confidence": 99.92333984375,
;        "DetectedText": "Smiling",
;        "Geometry": {
;          "BoundingBox": {
;            "Height": 0.31578224897384644,
;            "Left": 0.5070608258247375,
;            "Top": 0.6086956262588501,
;            "Width": 0.4795433282852173
;          },
;          "Polygon": [
;            {
;              "X": 0.5070608258247375,
;              "Y": 0.6298336386680603
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.9808917045593262,
;              "Y": 0.6086956262588501
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.9866041541099548,
;              "Y": 0.9033399224281311
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.5127732157707214,
;              "Y": 0.9244779348373413
;            }
;          ]
;        },
;        "Id": 2,
;        "Type": "LINE"
;      },
;      {
;        "Confidence": 99.77294158935547,
;        "DetectedText": "IT'S",
;        "Geometry": {
;          "BoundingBox": {
;            "Height": 0.09903381764888763,
;            "Left": 0.668789803981781,
;            "Top": 0.17874395847320557,
;            "Width": 0.1449044644832611
;          },
;          "Polygon": [
;            {
;              "X": 0.668789803981781,
;              "Y": 0.17874395847320557
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.8136942386627197,
;              "Y": 0.17874395847320557
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.8136942386627197,
;              "Y": 0.2777777910232544
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.668789803981781,
;              "Y": 0.2777777910232544
;            }
;          ]
;        },
;        "Id": 5,
;        "ParentId": 0,
;        "Type": "WORD"
;      },
;      {
;        "Confidence": 98.44307708740234,
;        "DetectedText": "MONDAY",
;        "Geometry": {
;          "BoundingBox": {
;            "Height": 0.11112251877784729,
;            "Left": 0.5541401505470276,
;            "Top": 0.3526569902896881,
;            "Width": 0.39013487100601196
;          },
;          "Polygon": [
;            {
;              "X": 0.5541401505470276,
;              "Y": 0.3526569902896881
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.9442675113677979,
;              "Y": 0.3502415418624878
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.9458598494529724,
;              "Y": 0.4613526463508606
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.5541401505470276,
;              "Y": 0.4637681245803833
;            }
;          ]
;        },
;        "Id": 4,
;        "ParentId": 0,
;        "Type": "WORD"
;      },
;      {
;        "Confidence": 99.61898803710938,
;        "DetectedText": "but",
;        "Geometry": {
;          "BoundingBox": {
;            "Height": 0.06521739065647125,
;            "Left": 0.6353503465652466,
;            "Top": 0.5241546034812927,
;            "Width": 0.0843949019908905
;          },
;          "Polygon": [
;            {
;              "X": 0.6353503465652466,
;              "Y": 0.5241546034812927
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.7197452187538147,
;              "Y": 0.5241546034812927
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.7197452187538147,
;              "Y": 0.5893719792366028
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.6353503465652466,
;              "Y": 0.5893719792366028
;            }
;          ]
;        },
;        "Id": 6,
;        "ParentId": 1,
;        "Type": "WORD"
;      },
;      {
;        "Confidence": 99.78804779052734,
;        "DetectedText": "keep",
;        "Geometry": {
;          "BoundingBox": {
;            "Height": 0.07971014827489853,
;            "Left": 0.7308917045593262,
;            "Top": 0.5265700221061707,
;            "Width": 0.1114649698138237
;          },
;          "Polygon": [
;            {
;              "X": 0.7308917045593262,
;              "Y": 0.5265700221061707
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.8423566818237305,
;              "Y": 0.5265700221061707
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.8423566818237305,
;              "Y": 0.6062802076339722
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.7308917045593262,
;              "Y": 0.6062802076339722
;            }
;          ]
;        },
;        "Id": 7,
;        "ParentId": 1,
;        "Type": "WORD"
;      },
;      {
;        "Confidence": 89.76324462890625,
;        "DetectedText": "(",
;        "Geometry": {
;          "BoundingBox": {
;            "Height": 0.16401274502277374,
;            "Left": 0.27229300141334534,
;            "Top": 0.6642512083053589,
;            "Width": 0.2850286066532135
;          },
;          "Polygon": [
;            {
;              "X": 0.27229300141334534,
;              "Y": 0.6642512083053589
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.2707006335258484,
;              "Y": 0.37922704219818115
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.43471336364746094,
;              "Y": 0.37922704219818115
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.4363057315349579,
;              "Y": 0.6642512083053589
;            }
;          ]
;        },
;        "Id": 3,
;        "ParentId": 0,
;        "Type": "WORD"
;      },
;      {
;        "Confidence": 99.92333984375,
;        "DetectedText": "Smiling",
;        "Geometry": {
;          "BoundingBox": {
;            "Height": 0.294724702835083,
;            "Left": 0.5079618096351624,
;            "Top": 0.6304348111152649,
;            "Width": 0.4734293222427368
;          },
;          "Polygon": [
;            {
;              "X": 0.5079618096351624,
;              "Y": 0.6304348111152649
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.9808917045593262,
;              "Y": 0.6086956262588501
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.9856687784194946,
;              "Y": 0.9033816456794739
;            },
;            {
;              "X": 0.512738823890686,
;              "Y": 0.9227052927017212
;            }
;          ]
;        },
;        "Id": 8,
;        "ParentId": 2,
;        "Type": "WORD"
;      }
;    ],
;    "TextModelVersion": "3.0"
;  }
;  
;  

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

Local $sConfidence
Local $sDetectedText
Local $sGeometryBoundingBoxHeight
Local $sGeometryBoundingBoxLeft
Local $sGeometryBoundingBoxTop
Local $sGeometryBoundingBoxWidth
Local $iId
Local $sV_Type
Local $iParentId
Local $iJ
Local $iCount_j
Local $sX
Local $sY

Local $sTextModelVersion = $oJResp.StringOf("TextModelVersion")
Local $i = 0
Local $iCount_i = $oJResp.SizeOfArray("TextDetections")
While $i < $iCount_i
    $oJResp.I = $i
    $sConfidence = $oJResp.StringOf("TextDetections[i].Confidence")
    $sDetectedText = $oJResp.StringOf("TextDetections[i].DetectedText")
    $sGeometryBoundingBoxHeight = $oJResp.StringOf("TextDetections[i].Geometry.BoundingBox.Height")
    $sGeometryBoundingBoxLeft = $oJResp.StringOf("TextDetections[i].Geometry.BoundingBox.Left")
    $sGeometryBoundingBoxTop = $oJResp.StringOf("TextDetections[i].Geometry.BoundingBox.Top")
    $sGeometryBoundingBoxWidth = $oJResp.StringOf("TextDetections[i].Geometry.BoundingBox.Width")
    $iId = $oJResp.IntOf("TextDetections[i].Id")
    $sV_Type = $oJResp.StringOf("TextDetections[i].Type")
    $iParentId = $oJResp.IntOf("TextDetections[i].ParentId")
    $iJ = 0
    $iCount_j = $oJResp.SizeOfArray("TextDetections[i].Geometry.Polygon")
    While $iJ < $iCount_j
        $oJResp.J = $iJ
        $sX = $oJResp.StringOf("TextDetections[i].Geometry.Polygon[j].X")
        $sY = $oJResp.StringOf("TextDetections[i].Geometry.Polygon[j].Y")
        $iJ = $iJ + 1
    Wend
    $i = $i + 1
Wend