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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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use chilkat();

$success = 0;

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

$authAws = chilkat::CkAuthAws->new();
$authAws->put_AccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
$authAws->put_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->put_Region("us-west-2");
$authAws->put_ServiceName("rekognition");
#  SetAuthAws causes Chilkat to automatically add the following headers: Authorization, X-Amz-Date
$rest->SetAuthAws($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) {
    print "ConnectFailReason: " . $rest->get_ConnectFailReason() . "\r\n";
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  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 = chilkat::CkBinData->new();
$success = $bdJpg->LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/kid_blue_coat.jpg");
if ($success != 1) {
    print "Failed to load the input JPG file." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  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

#  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 = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$bdJpg->GetEncodedSb("base64",$sbJpg);

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->UpdateSb("Image.Bytes",$sbJpg);
$json->UpdateString("Attributes[0]","ALL");

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

$sbRequestBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$json->EmitSb($sbRequestBody);
$sbResponseBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$success = $rest->FullRequestSb("POST","/",$sbRequestBody,$sbResponseBody);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$respStatusCode = $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode();
print "response status code = " . $respStatusCode . "\r\n";

if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print "Response Status Code = " . $respStatusCode . "\r\n";
    print "Response Header:" . "\r\n";
    print $rest->responseHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "Response Body:" . "\r\n";
    print $sbResponseBody->getAsString() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$jResp = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);

$jResp->put_EmitCompact(0);
print $jResp->emit() . "\r\n";

#  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 = $jResp->SizeOfArray("FaceDetails");
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jResp->put_I($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 = $jResp->SizeOfArray("FaceDetails[i].Emotions");
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $jResp->put_J($j);
        $Confidence = $jResp->stringOf("FaceDetails[i].Emotions[j].Confidence");
        $v_Type = $jResp->stringOf("FaceDetails[i].Emotions[j].Type");
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $jResp->SizeOfArray("FaceDetails[i].Landmarks");
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $jResp->put_J($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;
    }

    $i = $i + 1;
}