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Lua Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Google Cloud Vision Text Detection

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Demonstrates calling the Google Cloud Vision for text detection (performs Optical Character Recognition). "Detects and extracts text within an image with support for a broad range of languages. It also features automatic language identification." See https://cloud.google.com/vision/docs/detecting-text

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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
-- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

-- Build the following request:

-- {
--   "requests": [
--     {
--       "image": {
--         "content": "/9j/7QBEUGhvdG9zaG9...base64-encoded-image-content...fXNWzvDEeYxxxzj/Coa6Bax//Z"
--       },
--       "features": [
--         {
--           "type": "TEXT_DETECTION"
--         }
--       ]
--     }
--   ]
-- }

-- Use this online tool to generate the code from sample JSON:
-- Generate Code to Create JSON

-- Load an image file.
local imageData = chilkat.BinData.new()
-- This image file contains some text...
local success = imageData:load_file("qa_data/jpg/text.jpg")
if not success then
    print("Failed to load image file.")
    return
end

-- Create the above JSON.
local json = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
json:update_bd("requests[0].image.content", "base64", imageData)
json:update_string("requests[0].features[0].type", "TEXT_DETECTION")

-- Send the following POST with the HTTP request body containing the above JSON.
-- POST https://vision.googleapis.com/v1/images:annotate?key=YOUR_API_KEY

local http = chilkat.Http.new()
http.session_log_filename = "c:/aaworkarea/sessionLog.txt"

local sb = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()
local url = "https://vision.googleapis.com/v1/images:annotate?key=YOUR_API_KEY"
local resp = chilkat.HttpResponse.new()
success = http:http_json("POST", url, json, "application/json", resp)
if not success then
    print(http.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("status = " .. resp.status_code)

-- A 200 response status indicate success.
if resp.status_code ~= 200 then
    print(resp.body_str)
    print("Failed.")
    return
end

local sbResponseBody = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()
resp:get_body_sb(sbResponseBody)
sbResponseBody:write_file("qa_output/textDetectResponse.json", "utf-8", false)
json:load_sb(sbResponseBody)

-- The response is a JSON document like this:

-- Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
-- Generate Parsing Code from JSON

-- {
--   "responses": [
--     {
--       "textAnnotations": [
--         {
--           "locale": "en",
--           "description": "Chilkat is a cross-language, cross-platform\nAPl providing 90+ classes for many Internet\nprotocols, formats, and algorithms.\n",
--           "boundingPoly": {
--             "vertices": [
--               {
--                 "x": 17,
--                 "y": 14
--               },
--     ...
--             ]
--           }
--         ],
--         "text": "Chilkat is a cross-language, cross-platform\nAPl providing 90+ classes for many Internet\nprotocols, formats, and algorithms.\n"
--       }
--     }
--   ]
-- }

-- The parsing code generated from the online tool:

local fullTextAnnotationText = ""
local j = 0
local count_j = 0
local locale = ""
local description = ""
local k = 0
local count_k = 0
local x = 0
local y = 0
local width = 0
local height = 0
local languageCode = ""
local blockType = ""
local i1 = 0
local count_i1 = 0
local j1 = 0
local count_j1 = 0
local k1 = 0
local count_k1 = 0
local text = ""
local propertyDetectedBreakType = ""
local i2 = 0
local count_i2 = 0
local json1 = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
local json2 = chilkat.JsonObject.new()

local i = 0
local count_i = json:size_of_array("responses")
while i < count_i do
    json.i = i
    fullTextAnnotationText = json:string_of("responses[i].fullTextAnnotation.text")
    j = 0
    count_j = json:size_of_array("responses[i].textAnnotations")
    while j < count_j do
        json.j = j
        locale = json:string_of("responses[i].textAnnotations[j].locale")
        description = json:string_of("responses[i].textAnnotations[j].description")
        k = 0
        count_k = json:size_of_array("responses[i].textAnnotations[j].boundingPoly.vertices")
        while k < count_k do
            json.k = k
            x = json:int_of("responses[i].textAnnotations[j].boundingPoly.vertices[k].x")
            y = json:int_of("responses[i].textAnnotations[j].boundingPoly.vertices[k].y")
            k = k + 1
        end

        j = j + 1
    end

    j = 0
    count_j = json:size_of_array("responses[i].fullTextAnnotation.pages")
    while j < count_j do
        json.j = j
        width = json:int_of("responses[i].fullTextAnnotation.pages[j].width")
        height = json:int_of("responses[i].fullTextAnnotation.pages[j].height")
        k = 0
        count_k = json:size_of_array("responses[i].fullTextAnnotation.pages[j].property.detectedLanguages")
        while k < count_k do
            json.k = k
            languageCode = json:string_of("responses[i].fullTextAnnotation.pages[j].property.detectedLanguages[k].languageCode")
            k = k + 1
        end

        k = 0
        count_k = json:size_of_array("responses[i].fullTextAnnotation.pages[j].blocks")
        while k < count_k do
            json.k = k
            blockType = json:string_of("responses[i].fullTextAnnotation.pages[j].blocks[k].blockType")
            json:object_of2("responses[i].fullTextAnnotation.pages[j].blocks[k]", json1)

            i1 = 0
            count_i1 = json1:size_of_array("property.detectedLanguages")
            while i1 < count_i1 do
                json1.i = i1
                languageCode = json1:string_of("property.detectedLanguages[i].languageCode")
                i1 = i1 + 1
            end

            json:object_of2("responses[i].fullTextAnnotation.pages[j].blocks[k]", json1)

            i1 = 0
            count_i1 = json1:size_of_array("boundingBox.vertices")
            while i1 < count_i1 do
                json1.i = i1
                x = json1:int_of("boundingBox.vertices[i].x")
                y = json1:int_of("boundingBox.vertices[i].y")
                i1 = i1 + 1
            end

            json:object_of2("responses[i].fullTextAnnotation.pages[j].blocks[k]", json1)

            i1 = 0
            count_i1 = json1:size_of_array("paragraphs")
            while i1 < count_i1 do
                json1.i = i1
                j1 = 0
                count_j1 = json1:size_of_array("paragraphs[i].property.detectedLanguages")
                while j1 < count_j1 do
                    json1.j = j1
                    languageCode = json1:string_of("paragraphs[i].property.detectedLanguages[j].languageCode")
                    j1 = j1 + 1
                end

                j1 = 0
                count_j1 = json1:size_of_array("paragraphs[i].boundingBox.vertices")
                while j1 < count_j1 do
                    json1.j = j1
                    x = json1:int_of("paragraphs[i].boundingBox.vertices[j].x")
                    y = json1:int_of("paragraphs[i].boundingBox.vertices[j].y")
                    j1 = j1 + 1
                end

                j1 = 0
                count_j1 = json1:size_of_array("paragraphs[i].words")
                while j1 < count_j1 do
                    json1.j = j1
                    k1 = 0
                    count_k1 = json1:size_of_array("paragraphs[i].words[j].property.detectedLanguages")
                    while k1 < count_k1 do
                        json1.k = k1
                        languageCode = json1:string_of("paragraphs[i].words[j].property.detectedLanguages[k].languageCode")
                        k1 = k1 + 1
                    end

                    k1 = 0
                    count_k1 = json1:size_of_array("paragraphs[i].words[j].boundingBox.vertices")
                    while k1 < count_k1 do
                        json1.k = k1
                        x = json1:int_of("paragraphs[i].words[j].boundingBox.vertices[k].x")
                        y = json1:int_of("paragraphs[i].words[j].boundingBox.vertices[k].y")
                        k1 = k1 + 1
                    end

                    k1 = 0
                    count_k1 = json1:size_of_array("paragraphs[i].words[j].symbols")
                    while k1 < count_k1 do
                        json1.k = k1
                        text = json1:string_of("paragraphs[i].words[j].symbols[k].text")
                        propertyDetectedBreakType = json1:string_of("paragraphs[i].words[j].symbols[k].property.detectedBreak.type")
                        json1:object_of2("paragraphs[i].words[j].symbols[k]", json2)

                        i2 = 0
                        count_i2 = json2:size_of_array("property.detectedLanguages")
                        while i2 < count_i2 do
                            json2.i = i2
                            languageCode = json2:string_of("property.detectedLanguages[i].languageCode")
                            i2 = i2 + 1
                        end

                        json1:object_of2("paragraphs[i].words[j].symbols[k]", json2)

                        i2 = 0
                        count_i2 = json2:size_of_array("boundingBox.vertices")
                        while i2 < count_i2 do
                            json2.i = i2
                            x = json2:int_of("boundingBox.vertices[i].x")
                            y = json2:int_of("boundingBox.vertices[i].y")
                            i2 = i2 + 1
                        end

                        k1 = k1 + 1
                    end

                    j1 = j1 + 1
                end

                i1 = i1 + 1
            end

            k = k + 1
        end

        j = j + 1
    end

    i = i + 1
end

print("Success.")