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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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import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

void main() {
  final rest = CkRest();

  final authAws = CkAuthAws();
  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);

  // URL: https://rekognition.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
  final bTls = true;
  final port = 443;
  final bAutoReconnect = true;
  // Don't forget to change the region domain (us-west-2.amazonaws.com) to your particular region.
  try {
    rest.connect('rekognition.us-west-2.amazonaws.com', port, bTls, bAutoReconnect);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print('ConnectFailReason: ${rest.connectFailReason}');
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // 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.
  final bdJpg = CkBinData();
  try {
    bdJpg.loadFile('qa_data/jpg/monday_keep_smiling.jpg');
  } on ChilkatException {
    print('Failed to load the input JPG file.');
    return;
  }

  // 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.
  final sbJpg = CkStringBuilder();
  bdJpg.getEncodedSb('base64', sbJpg);

  final json = CkJsonObject();
  json.updateSb('Image.Bytes', sbJpg);

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

  final sbRequestBody = CkStringBuilder();
  json.emitSb(sbRequestBody);
  final sbResponseBody = CkStringBuilder();
  try {
    rest.fullRequestSb('POST', '/', sbRequestBody, sbResponseBody);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  final respStatusCode = rest.responseStatusCode;
  print('response status code = $respStatusCode');

  if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print('Response Status Code = $respStatusCode');
    print('Response Header:');
    print(rest.responseHeader);
    print('Response Body:');
    print(sbResponseBody.getAsString());
    return;
  }

  final jResp = CkJsonObject();
  jResp.loadSb(sbResponseBody);

  jResp.emitCompact = false;
  print(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

  var confidence = '';
  var detectedText = '';
  var geometryBoundingBoxHeight = '';
  var geometryBoundingBoxLeft = '';
  var geometryBoundingBoxTop = '';
  var geometryBoundingBoxWidth = '';
  var id = 0;
  var vType = '';
  var parentId = 0;
  var j = 0;
  var countJ = 0;
  var x = '';
  var y = '';

  final textModelVersion = jResp.stringOf('TextModelVersion');
  var i = 0;
  final countI = jResp.sizeOfArray('TextDetections');
  while (i < countI) {
    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');
    vType = jResp.stringOf('TextDetections[i].Type');
    parentId = jResp.intOf('TextDetections[i].ParentId');
    j = 0;
    countJ = jResp.sizeOfArray('TextDetections[i].Geometry.Polygon');
    while (j < countJ) {
      jResp.j = j;
      x = jResp.stringOf('TextDetections[i].Geometry.Polygon[j].X');
      y = jResp.stringOf('TextDetections[i].Geometry.Polygon[j].Y');
      j++;
    }

    i++;
  }
}