Extract Text from Image with Azure AI Vision API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Extract Text from Image with the Azure AI Vision API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Extract Text from Image action
1. Connect your Azure AI Vision account
2. Configure Image URL
3. Optional- Select a Language
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Extract Text from Image on Azure AI Vision

Description:Extracts text from the provided image using Azure AI Vision OCR. [See the documentation](https://centraluseuap.dev.cognitive.microsoft.com/docs/services/unified-vision-apis-public-preview-2023-02-01-preview/operations/61d65934cd35050c20f73ab6)

Version:0.0.1

Key:azure_ai_vision-extract-text-from-image

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Code#

import azureAiVision from "../../azure_ai_vision.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "azure_ai_vision-extract-text-from-image",
  name: "Extract Text from Image",
  description: "Extracts text from the provided image using Azure AI Vision OCR. [See the documentation](https://centraluseuap.dev.cognitive.microsoft.com/docs/services/unified-vision-apis-public-preview-2023-02-01-preview/operations/61d65934cd35050c20f73ab6)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    azureAiVision,
    image: {
      propDefinition: [
        azureAiVision,
        "image",
      ],
    },
    language: {
      propDefinition: [
        azureAiVision,
        "language",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.azureAiVision.analyzeImage({
      $,
      data: {
        url: this.image,
      },
      params: {
        "features": "read",
        "language": this.language,
      },
    });

    $.export("$summary", "Successfully extracted text from image");
    return response;
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Azure AI Vision	`azureAiVision`	`app`	This component uses the Azure AI Vision app.
Image URL	`image`	`string`	The URL of the image from which you want to extract text.
Language	`language`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "English", "value": "en" }{ "label": "Chinese Simplified", "value": "zh-Hans" }{ "label": "French", "value": "fr" }{ "label": "German", "value": "de" }{ "label": "Italian", "value": "it" }{ "label": "Japanese", "value": "ja" }{ "label": "Korean", "value": "ko" }{ "label": "Portuguese", "value": "pt" }{ "label": "Spanish", "value": "es" }`

Authentication#

Azure AI Vision uses API keys for authentication. When you connect your Azure AI Vision account, Pipedream securely stores the keys so you can easily authenticate to Azure AI Vision APIs in both code and no-code steps.

To retrieve your Endpoint and Subscription Key,

Navigate to your Azure Portal and sign in,
Click on "All resources" and look for your Azure AI Vision resource
Go to "Resource Management" > "Keys and endpoint"
Hit "Show Keys" to display your subscription keys

About Azure AI Vision#

Azure AI Vision is a unified service that offers innovative computer vision capabilities. Give your apps the ability to analyze images, read text, and detect faces with prebuilt image tagging, text extraction with optical character recognition (OCR), and responsible facial recognition. Incorporate vision features into your projects with no machine learning experience required.