Cloud Vision API
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Integrates Google Vision features, including image labeling, face, logo, and landmark detection, optical character recognition (OCR), and detection of explicit content, into applications.
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Sample Requests
Service that performs image detection and annotation for a batch of files. Now only "application/pdf", "image/tiff" and "image/gif" are supported. This service will extract at most 5 (customers can specify which 5 in AnnotateFileRequest.pages) frames (gif) or pages (pdf or tiff) from each file provi
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curl -X POST "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vision/v1p1beta1/v1p1beta1/files:annotate?alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&fields=example&$.xgafv=1&callback=example"aUser=example&uploadType=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&access_token=example&upload_protocol=example"
import requests
params = {
"alt": "json",
"key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields": "example",
"$.xgafv": "1",
"callback": "example",
"quotaUser": "example",
"uploadType": "example",
"oauth_token": "example",
"prettyPrint": "true",
"access_token": "example",
"upload_protocol": "example"
}
response = requests.post(
"https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vision/v1p1beta1/v1p1beta1/files:annotate",
params=params,
)
print(response.json())const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vision/v1p1beta1/v1p1beta1/files:annotate');
url.searchParams.set('alt', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('fields', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('$.xgafv', '1');
url.searchParams.set('callback', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('quotaUser', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('uploadType', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('oauth_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('prettyPrint', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('access_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('upload_protocol', 'example');
const response = await fetch(url, {
method: 'POST',
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"net/url"
)
func main() {
baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vision/v1p1beta1/v1p1beta1/files:annotate")
q := baseURL.Query()
q.Set("alt", "json")
q.Set("key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
q.Set("fields", "example")
q.Set("$.xgafv", "1")
q.Set("callback", "example")
q.Set("quotaUser", "example")
q.Set("uploadType", "example")
q.Set("oauth_token", "example")
q.Set("prettyPrint", "true")
q.Set("access_token", "example")
q.Set("upload_protocol", "example")
baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
targetURL := baseURL.String()
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", targetURL, nil)
client := &http.Client{}
resp, _ := client.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}require "net/http"
require "json"
uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vision/v1p1beta1/v1p1beta1/files:annotate")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
"alt" => "json",
"key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields" => "example",
"$.xgafv" => "1",
"callback" => "example",
"quotaUser" => "example",
"uploadType" => "example",
"oauth_token" => "example",
"prettyPrint" => "true",
"access_token" => "example",
"upload_protocol" => "example"
})
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"
req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vision/v1p1beta1/v1p1beta1/files:annotate?" . http_build_query([
"alt" => "json",
"key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields" => "example",
"$.xgafv" => "1",
"callback" => "example",
"quotaUser" => "example",
"uploadType" => "example",
"oauth_token" => "example",
"prettyPrint" => "true",
"access_token" => "example",
"upload_protocol" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
"method" => "POST",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));Run asynchronous image detection and annotation for a list of generic files, such as PDF files, which may contain multiple pages and multiple images per page. Progress and results can be retrieved through the `google.longrunning.Operations` interface. `Operation.metadata` contains `OperationMetadata
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curl -X POST "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vision/v1p1beta1/v1p1beta1/files:asyncBatchAnnotate?alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&fields=example&$.xgafv=1&callback=example"aUser=example&uploadType=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&access_token=example&upload_protocol=example"
import requests
params = {
"alt": "json",
"key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields": "example",
"$.xgafv": "1",
"callback": "example",
"quotaUser": "example",
"uploadType": "example",
"oauth_token": "example",
"prettyPrint": "true",
"access_token": "example",
"upload_protocol": "example"
}
response = requests.post(
"https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vision/v1p1beta1/v1p1beta1/files:asyncBatchAnnotate",
params=params,
)
print(response.json())const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vision/v1p1beta1/v1p1beta1/files:asyncBatchAnnotate');
url.searchParams.set('alt', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('fields', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('$.xgafv', '1');
url.searchParams.set('callback', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('quotaUser', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('uploadType', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('oauth_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('prettyPrint', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('access_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('upload_protocol', 'example');
const response = await fetch(url, {
method: 'POST',
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"net/url"
)
func main() {
baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vision/v1p1beta1/v1p1beta1/files:asyncBatchAnnotate")
q := baseURL.Query()
q.Set("alt", "json")
q.Set("key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
q.Set("fields", "example")
q.Set("$.xgafv", "1")
q.Set("callback", "example")
q.Set("quotaUser", "example")
q.Set("uploadType", "example")
q.Set("oauth_token", "example")
q.Set("prettyPrint", "true")
q.Set("access_token", "example")
q.Set("upload_protocol", "example")
baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
targetURL := baseURL.String()
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", targetURL, nil)
client := &http.Client{}
resp, _ := client.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}require "net/http"
require "json"
uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vision/v1p1beta1/v1p1beta1/files:asyncBatchAnnotate")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
"alt" => "json",
"key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields" => "example",
"$.xgafv" => "1",
"callback" => "example",
"quotaUser" => "example",
"uploadType" => "example",
"oauth_token" => "example",
"prettyPrint" => "true",
"access_token" => "example",
"upload_protocol" => "example"
})
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"
req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vision/v1p1beta1/v1p1beta1/files:asyncBatchAnnotate?" . http_build_query([
"alt" => "json",
"key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields" => "example",
"$.xgafv" => "1",
"callback" => "example",
"quotaUser" => "example",
"uploadType" => "example",
"oauth_token" => "example",
"prettyPrint" => "true",
"access_token" => "example",
"upload_protocol" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
"method" => "POST",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));Run image detection and annotation for a batch of images.
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curl -X POST "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vision/v1p1beta1/v1p1beta1/images:annotate?alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&fields=example&$.xgafv=1&callback=example"aUser=example&uploadType=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&access_token=example&upload_protocol=example"
import requests
params = {
"alt": "json",
"key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields": "example",
"$.xgafv": "1",
"callback": "example",
"quotaUser": "example",
"uploadType": "example",
"oauth_token": "example",
"prettyPrint": "true",
"access_token": "example",
"upload_protocol": "example"
}
response = requests.post(
"https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vision/v1p1beta1/v1p1beta1/images:annotate",
params=params,
)
print(response.json())const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vision/v1p1beta1/v1p1beta1/images:annotate');
url.searchParams.set('alt', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('fields', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('$.xgafv', '1');
url.searchParams.set('callback', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('quotaUser', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('uploadType', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('oauth_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('prettyPrint', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('access_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('upload_protocol', 'example');
const response = await fetch(url, {
method: 'POST',
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"net/url"
)
func main() {
baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vision/v1p1beta1/v1p1beta1/images:annotate")
q := baseURL.Query()
q.Set("alt", "json")
q.Set("key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
q.Set("fields", "example")
q.Set("$.xgafv", "1")
q.Set("callback", "example")
q.Set("quotaUser", "example")
q.Set("uploadType", "example")
q.Set("oauth_token", "example")
q.Set("prettyPrint", "true")
q.Set("access_token", "example")
q.Set("upload_protocol", "example")
baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
targetURL := baseURL.String()
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", targetURL, nil)
client := &http.Client{}
resp, _ := client.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}require "net/http"
require "json"
uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vision/v1p1beta1/v1p1beta1/images:annotate")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
"alt" => "json",
"key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields" => "example",
"$.xgafv" => "1",
"callback" => "example",
"quotaUser" => "example",
"uploadType" => "example",
"oauth_token" => "example",
"prettyPrint" => "true",
"access_token" => "example",
"upload_protocol" => "example"
})
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"
req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vision/v1p1beta1/v1p1beta1/images:annotate?" . http_build_query([
"alt" => "json",
"key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields" => "example",
"$.xgafv" => "1",
"callback" => "example",
"quotaUser" => "example",
"uploadType" => "example",
"oauth_token" => "example",
"prettyPrint" => "true",
"access_token" => "example",
"upload_protocol" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
"method" => "POST",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));Postman Setup Guide
- See official documentation for authentication and setup.
What can you build with Cloud Vision API?
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- measuring marketing and campaign performance
- running funnel, retention, and cohort analysis
- aggregating metrics from multiple data sources
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