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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