Azure AI Vision Imageanalysis Py

Azure AI Vision Image Analysis SDK for Python

Client library for Azure AI Vision 4.0 image analysis including captions, tags, objects, OCR, and more.

Installation

pip install azure-ai-vision-imageanalysis

Environment Variables

VISION_ENDPOINT=https://<resource>.cognitiveservices.azure.com
VISION_KEY=<your-api-key>  # If using API key

Authentication

API Key

import os
from azure.ai.vision.imageanalysis import ImageAnalysisClient
from azure.core.credentials import AzureKeyCredential

endpoint = os.environ["VISION_ENDPOINT"]
key = os.environ["VISION_KEY"]

client = ImageAnalysisClient(
    endpoint=endpoint,
    credential=AzureKeyCredential(key)
)

Entra ID (Recommended)

from azure.ai.vision.imageanalysis import ImageAnalysisClient
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

client = ImageAnalysisClient(
    endpoint=os.environ["VISION_ENDPOINT"],
    credential=DefaultAzureCredential()
)

Analyze Image from URL

from azure.ai.vision.imageanalysis.models import VisualFeatures

image_url = "https://example.com/image.jpg"

result = client.analyze_from_url(
    image_url=image_url,
    visual_features=[
        VisualFeatures.CAPTION,
        VisualFeatures.TAGS,
        VisualFeatures.OBJECTS,
        VisualFeatures.READ,
        VisualFeatures.PEOPLE,
        VisualFeatures.SMART_CROPS,
        VisualFeatures.DENSE_CAPTIONS
    ],
    gender_neutral_caption=True,
    language="en"
)

Analyze Image from File

with open("image.jpg", "rb") as f:
    image_data = f.read()

result = client.analyze(
    image_data=image_data,
    visual_features=[VisualFeatures.CAPTION, VisualFeatures.TAGS]
)

Image Caption

result = client.analyze_from_url(
    image_url=image_url,
    visual_features=[VisualFeatures.CAPTION],
    gender_neutral_caption=True
)

if result.caption:
    print(f"Caption: {result.caption.text}")
    print(f"Confidence: {result.caption.confidence:.2f}")

Dense Captions (Multiple Regions)

result = client.analyze_from_url(
    image_url=image_url,
    visual_features=[VisualFeatures.DENSE_CAPTIONS]
)

if result.dense_captions:
    for caption in result.dense_captions.list:
        print(f"Caption: {caption.text}")
        print(f"  Confidence: {caption.confidence:.2f}")
        print(f"  Bounding box: {caption.bounding_box}")

Tags

result = client.analyze_from_url(
    image_url=image_url,
    visual_features=[VisualFeatures.TAGS]
)

if result.tags:
    for tag in result.tags.list:
        print(f"Tag: {tag.name} (confidence: {tag.confidence:.2f})")

Object Detection

result = client.analyze_from_url(
    image_url=image_url,
    visual_features=[VisualFeatures.OBJECTS]
)

if result.objects:
    for obj in result.objects.list:
        print(f"Object: {obj.tags[0].name}")
        print(f"  Confidence: {obj.tags[0].confidence:.2f}")
        box = obj.bounding_box
        print(f"  Bounding box: x={box.x}, y={box.y}, w={box.width}, h={box.height}")

OCR (Text Extraction)

result = client.analyze_from_url(
    image_url=image_url,
    visual_features=[VisualFeatures.READ]
)

if result.read:
    for block in result.read.blocks:
        for line in block.lines:
            print(f"Line: {line.text}")
            print(f"  Bounding polygon: {line.bounding_polygon}")
            
            # Word-level details
            for word in line.words:
                print(f"  Word: {word.text} (confidence: {word.confidence:.2f})")

People Detection

result = client.analyze_from_url(
    image_url=image_url,
    visual_features=[VisualFeatures.PEOPLE]
)

if result.people:
    for person in result.people.list:
        print(f"Person detected:")
        print(f"  Confidence: {person.confidence:.2f}")
        box = person.bounding_box
        print(f"  Bounding box: x={box.x}, y={box.y}, w={box.width}, h={box.height}")

Smart Cropping

result = client.analyze_from_url(
    image_url=image_url,
    visual_features=[VisualFeatures.SMART_CROPS],
    smart_crops_aspect_ratios=[0.9, 1.33, 1.78]  # Portrait, 4:3, 16:9
)

if result.smart_crops:
    for crop in result.smart_crops.list:
        print(f"Aspect ratio: {crop.aspect_ratio}")
        box = crop.bounding_box
        print(f"  Crop region: x={box.x}, y={box.y}, w={box.width}, h={box.height}")

Async Client

from azure.ai.vision.imageanalysis.aio import ImageAnalysisClient
from azure.identity.aio import DefaultAzureCredential

async def analyze_image():
    async with ImageAnalysisClient(
        endpoint=endpoint,
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential()
    ) as client:
        result = await client.analyze_from_url(
            image_url=image_url,
            visual_features=[VisualFeatures.CAPTION]
        )
        print(result.caption.text)

Visual Features