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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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let rest = chilkat::Rest::new();

let auth_aws = chilkat::AuthAws::new();
auth_aws.set_access_key("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
auth_aws.set_secret_key("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.)
auth_aws.set_region("us-west-2");
auth_aws.set_service_name("rekognition");
// SetAuthAws causes Chilkat to automatically add the following headers: Authorization, X-Amz-Date
let _ = rest.set_auth_aws(&auth_aws);

// URL: https://rekognition.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
let b_tls = true;
let port = 443;
let b_auto_reconnect = true;
// Don't forget to change the region domain (us-west-2.amazonaws.com) to your particular region.
if rest.connect("rekognition.us-west-2.amazonaws.com", port, b_tls, b_auto_reconnect).is_err() {
    println!("ConnectFailReason: {}", rest.connect_fail_reason());
    println!("{}", rest.last_error_text());
    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.
let bd_jpg = chilkat::BinData::new();
if bd_jpg.load_file("qa_data/jpg/monday_keep_smiling.jpg").is_err() {
    println!("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.
let sb_jpg = chilkat::StringBuilder::new();
let _ = bd_jpg.get_encoded_sb("base64", &sb_jpg);

let json = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
let _ = json.update_sb("Image.Bytes", &sb_jpg);

let _ = rest.add_header("Content-Type", "application/x-amz-json-1.1");
let _ = rest.add_header("X-Amz-Target", "RekognitionService.DetectText");

let sb_request_body = chilkat::StringBuilder::new();
let _ = json.emit_sb(&sb_request_body);
let sb_response_body = chilkat::StringBuilder::new();
if rest.full_request_sb("POST", "/", &sb_request_body, &sb_response_body).is_err() {
    println!("{}", rest.last_error_text());
    return;
}

let resp_status_code = rest.response_status_code();
println!("response status code = {}", resp_status_code);

if resp_status_code >= 400 {
    println!("Response Status Code = {}", resp_status_code);
    println!("Response Header:");
    println!("{}", rest.response_header());
    println!("Response Body:");
    println!("{}", sb_response_body.get_as_string().unwrap_or_default());
    return;
}

let j_resp = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
let _ = j_resp.load_sb(&sb_response_body);

j_resp.set_emit_compact(false);
println!("{}", j_resp.emit().unwrap_or_default());

// 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

let mut j: i32 = 0;
let mut count_j: i32 = 0;

let text_model_version = j_resp.string_of("TextModelVersion").unwrap_or_default();
let mut i = 0;
let count_i = j_resp.size_of_array("TextDetections");
while i < count_i {
    j_resp.set_i(i);
    let _ = j_resp.string_of("TextDetections[i].Confidence").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = j_resp.string_of("TextDetections[i].DetectedText").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = j_resp.string_of("TextDetections[i].Geometry.BoundingBox.Height").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = j_resp.string_of("TextDetections[i].Geometry.BoundingBox.Left").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = j_resp.string_of("TextDetections[i].Geometry.BoundingBox.Top").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = j_resp.string_of("TextDetections[i].Geometry.BoundingBox.Width").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = j_resp.int_of("TextDetections[i].Id");
    let _ = j_resp.string_of("TextDetections[i].Type").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = j_resp.int_of("TextDetections[i].ParentId");
    j = 0;
    count_j = j_resp.size_of_array("TextDetections[i].Geometry.Polygon");
    while j < count_j {
        j_resp.set_j(j);
        let _ = j_resp.string_of("TextDetections[i].Geometry.Polygon[j].X").unwrap_or_default();
        let _ = j_resp.string_of("TextDetections[i].Geometry.Polygon[j].Y").unwrap_or_default();
        j = j + 1;
    }

    i = i + 1;
}