Extract Text from Image with Azure AI Vision API on New Package Version from npm API

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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a npm trigger and Azure AI Vision action. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Select this integration
Configure the New Package Version trigger
1. Connect your npm account
2. Configure timer
3. Configure Package
Configure the Extract Text from Image action
1. Connect your Azure AI Vision account
2. Configure Image URL
3. Optional- Select a Language
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

Details#

This integration uses pre-built, source-available components from Pipedream's GitHub repo. These components are 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.

Trigger#

New Package Version on npm

Description:Emit new event when a new version of an npm package is published. [See the documentation](https://github.com/npm/registry/blob/main/docs/responses/package-metadata.md)

Version:0.0.1

Key:npm-new-package-version

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Trigger Code#

import { DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL } from "@pipedream/platform";
import app from "../../npm.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "npm-new-package-version",
  name: "New Package Version",
  description: "Emit new event when a new version of an npm package is published. [See the documentation](https://github.com/npm/registry/blob/main/docs/responses/package-metadata.md)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    app,
    db: "$.service.db",
    timer: {
      type: "$.interface.timer",
      default: {
        intervalSeconds: DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL,
      },
    },
    packageName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Package",
      description: "Enter an npm package name. Leave blank for all",
      default: "@pipedream/platform",
    },
  },
  async run() {
    const {
      app,
      packageName,
    } = this;

    const response = await app.getPackageMetadata({
      debug: true,
      packageName,
    });

    const { "dist-tags": { latest: latestVersion } } = response;

    this.$emit(response, {
      id: latestVersion,
      summary: `New Package Version ${latestVersion}`,
      ts: Date.parse(response.modified),
    });
  },
};

Trigger 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
npm	`app`	`app`	This component uses the npm app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`
Package	`packageName`	`string`	Enter an npm package name. Leave blank for all

Trigger Authentication#

The npm API does not require authentication.

About npm#

Node package manager

Action#

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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Azure AI Vision Overview#

The Azure AI Vision API provides powerful image analysis capabilities, enabling you to extract information and insights from your visual data. With this API, you can perform tasks like image classification, object detection, and OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to recognize text within images. Leveraging Pipedream, you can integrate these AI-powered insights into your workflows to create dynamic and automated processes.

Action 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;
  },
};

Action Configuration#

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

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" }`

Action 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.