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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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Delphi ActiveX
uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
rest: TChilkatRest;
authAws: TChilkatAuthAws;
bTls: Integer;
port: Integer;
bAutoReconnect: Integer;
bdJpg: TChilkatBinData;
sbJpg: TChilkatStringBuilder;
json: TChilkatJsonObject;
sbRequestBody: TChilkatStringBuilder;
sbResponseBody: TChilkatStringBuilder;
respStatusCode: Integer;
jResp: TChilkatJsonObject;
Confidence: WideString;
DetectedText: WideString;
GeometryBoundingBoxHeight: WideString;
GeometryBoundingBoxLeft: WideString;
GeometryBoundingBoxTop: WideString;
GeometryBoundingBoxWidth: WideString;
Id: Integer;
v_Type: WideString;
ParentId: Integer;
j: Integer;
count_j: Integer;
X: WideString;
Y: WideString;
TextModelVersion: WideString;
i: Integer;
count_i: Integer;

begin
success := 0;

rest := TChilkatRest.Create(Self);

authAws := TChilkatAuthAws.Create(Self);
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
rest.SetAuthAws(authAws.ControlInterface);

// 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
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('ConnectFailReason: ' + IntToStr(rest.ConnectFailReason));
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// 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.
bdJpg := TChilkatBinData.Create(Self);
success := bdJpg.LoadFile('qa_data/jpg/monday_keep_smiling.jpg');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed to load the input JPG file.');
    Exit;
  end;

// 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.
sbJpg := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
bdJpg.GetEncodedSb('base64',sbJpg.ControlInterface);

json := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
json.UpdateSb('Image.Bytes',sbJpg.ControlInterface);

rest.AddHeader('Content-Type','application/x-amz-json-1.1');
rest.AddHeader('X-Amz-Target','RekognitionService.DetectText');

sbRequestBody := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody.ControlInterface);
sbResponseBody := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
success := rest.FullRequestSb('POST','/',sbRequestBody.ControlInterface,sbResponseBody.ControlInterface);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;
respStatusCode := rest.ResponseStatusCode;
Memo1.Lines.Add('response status code = ' + IntToStr(respStatusCode));

if (respStatusCode >= 400) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Status Code = ' + IntToStr(respStatusCode));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Header:');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.ResponseHeader);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Body:');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sbResponseBody.GetAsString());
    Exit;
  end;

jResp := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody.ControlInterface);

jResp.EmitCompact := 0;
Memo1.Lines.Add(jResp.Emit());

// 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

TextModelVersion := jResp.StringOf('TextModelVersion');
i := 0;
count_i := jResp.SizeOfArray('TextDetections');
while i < count_i do
  begin
    jResp.I := i;
    Confidence := jResp.StringOf('TextDetections[i].Confidence');
    DetectedText := jResp.StringOf('TextDetections[i].DetectedText');
    GeometryBoundingBoxHeight := jResp.StringOf('TextDetections[i].Geometry.BoundingBox.Height');
    GeometryBoundingBoxLeft := jResp.StringOf('TextDetections[i].Geometry.BoundingBox.Left');
    GeometryBoundingBoxTop := jResp.StringOf('TextDetections[i].Geometry.BoundingBox.Top');
    GeometryBoundingBoxWidth := jResp.StringOf('TextDetections[i].Geometry.BoundingBox.Width');
    Id := jResp.IntOf('TextDetections[i].Id');
    v_Type := jResp.StringOf('TextDetections[i].Type');
    ParentId := jResp.IntOf('TextDetections[i].ParentId');
    j := 0;
    count_j := jResp.SizeOfArray('TextDetections[i].Geometry.Polygon');
    while j < count_j do
      begin
        jResp.J := j;
        X := jResp.StringOf('TextDetections[i].Geometry.Polygon[j].X');
        Y := jResp.StringOf('TextDetections[i].Geometry.Polygon[j].Y');
        j := j + 1;
      end;

    i := i + 1;
  end;
end;