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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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integer li_rc
long li_Success
oleobject loo_Rest
oleobject loo_AuthAws
long li_BTls
long li_Port
long li_BAutoReconnect
oleobject loo_BdJpg
oleobject loo_SbJpg
oleobject loo_Json
oleobject loo_SbRequestBody
oleobject loo_SbResponseBody
long li_RespStatusCode
oleobject loo_JResp
string ls_Confidence
string ls_DetectedText
string ls_GeometryBoundingBoxHeight
string ls_GeometryBoundingBoxLeft
string ls_GeometryBoundingBoxTop
string ls_GeometryBoundingBoxWidth
long li_Id
string ls_V_Type
long li_ParentId
long j
long li_Count_j
string X
string Y
string ls_TextModelVersion
long i
long li_Count_i

li_Success = 0

loo_Rest = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Rest.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Rest")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Rest
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

loo_AuthAws = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_AuthAws.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.AuthAws")

loo_AuthAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
loo_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.)
loo_AuthAws.Region = "us-west-2"
loo_AuthAws.ServiceName = "rekognition"
//  SetAuthAws causes Chilkat to automatically add the following headers: Authorization, X-Amz-Date
loo_Rest.SetAuthAws(loo_AuthAws)

//  URL: https://rekognition.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
li_BTls = 1
li_Port = 443
li_BAutoReconnect = 1
//  Don't forget to change the region domain (us-west-2.amazonaws.com) to your particular region.
li_Success = loo_Rest.Connect("rekognition.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",li_Port,li_BTls,li_BAutoReconnect)
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug "ConnectFailReason: " + string(loo_Rest.ConnectFailReason)
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Rest
    destroy loo_AuthAws
    return
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.
loo_BdJpg = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_BdJpg.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.BinData")

li_Success = loo_BdJpg.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/monday_keep_smiling.jpg")
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug "Failed to load the input JPG file."
    destroy loo_Rest
    destroy loo_AuthAws
    destroy loo_BdJpg
    return
end if

//  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.
loo_SbJpg = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbJpg.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

loo_BdJpg.GetEncodedSb("base64",loo_SbJpg)

loo_Json = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_Json.UpdateSb("Image.Bytes",loo_SbJpg)

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

loo_SbRequestBody = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbRequestBody.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

loo_Json.EmitSb(loo_SbRequestBody)
loo_SbResponseBody = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbResponseBody.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

li_Success = loo_Rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",loo_SbRequestBody,loo_SbResponseBody)
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Rest
    destroy loo_AuthAws
    destroy loo_BdJpg
    destroy loo_SbJpg
    destroy loo_Json
    destroy loo_SbRequestBody
    destroy loo_SbResponseBody
    return
end if

li_RespStatusCode = loo_Rest.ResponseStatusCode
Write-Debug "response status code = " + string(li_RespStatusCode)

if li_RespStatusCode >= 400 then
    Write-Debug "Response Status Code = " + string(li_RespStatusCode)
    Write-Debug "Response Header:"
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.ResponseHeader
    Write-Debug "Response Body:"
    Write-Debug loo_SbResponseBody.GetAsString()
    destroy loo_Rest
    destroy loo_AuthAws
    destroy loo_BdJpg
    destroy loo_SbJpg
    destroy loo_Json
    destroy loo_SbRequestBody
    destroy loo_SbResponseBody
    return
end if

loo_JResp = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_JResp.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_JResp.LoadSb(loo_SbResponseBody)

loo_JResp.EmitCompact = 0
Write-Debug loo_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

ls_TextModelVersion = loo_JResp.StringOf("TextModelVersion")
i = 0
li_Count_i = loo_JResp.SizeOfArray("TextDetections")
do while i < li_Count_i
    loo_JResp.I = i
    ls_Confidence = loo_JResp.StringOf("TextDetections[i].Confidence")
    ls_DetectedText = loo_JResp.StringOf("TextDetections[i].DetectedText")
    ls_GeometryBoundingBoxHeight = loo_JResp.StringOf("TextDetections[i].Geometry.BoundingBox.Height")
    ls_GeometryBoundingBoxLeft = loo_JResp.StringOf("TextDetections[i].Geometry.BoundingBox.Left")
    ls_GeometryBoundingBoxTop = loo_JResp.StringOf("TextDetections[i].Geometry.BoundingBox.Top")
    ls_GeometryBoundingBoxWidth = loo_JResp.StringOf("TextDetections[i].Geometry.BoundingBox.Width")
    li_Id = loo_JResp.IntOf("TextDetections[i].Id")
    ls_V_Type = loo_JResp.StringOf("TextDetections[i].Type")
    li_ParentId = loo_JResp.IntOf("TextDetections[i].ParentId")
    j = 0
    li_Count_j = loo_JResp.SizeOfArray("TextDetections[i].Geometry.Polygon")
    do while j < li_Count_j
        loo_JResp.J = j
        X = loo_JResp.StringOf("TextDetections[i].Geometry.Polygon[j].X")
        Y = loo_JResp.StringOf("TextDetections[i].Geometry.Polygon[j].Y")
        j = j + 1
    loop
    i = i + 1
loop


destroy loo_Rest
destroy loo_AuthAws
destroy loo_BdJpg
destroy loo_SbJpg
destroy loo_Json
destroy loo_SbRequestBody
destroy loo_SbResponseBody
destroy loo_JResp