Process a document using a Specialized processor

Sends an online processing request to a Specialized processor and parses the response. Extracts and prints entities, normalized values, confidence, and properties.

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• Handle processing response

Code sample

Java

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import com.google.cloud.documentai.v1beta3.Document;
import com.google.cloud.documentai.v1beta3.DocumentProcessorServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.documentai.v1beta3.DocumentProcessorServiceSettings;
import com.google.cloud.documentai.v1beta3.ProcessRequest;
import com.google.cloud.documentai.v1beta3.ProcessResponse;
import com.google.cloud.documentai.v1beta3.RawDocument;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;

public class ProcessSpecializedDocument {
  public static void processSpecializedDocument()
      throws IOException, InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String location = "your-project-location"; // Format is "us" or "eu".
    String processerId = "your-processor-id";
    String filePath = "path/to/input/file.pdf";
    processSpecializedDocument(projectId, location, processerId, filePath);
  }

  public static void processSpecializedDocument(
      String projectId, String location, String processorId, String filePath)
      throws IOException, InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs
    // to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your
    // requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background
    // resources.
    String endpoint = String.format("%s-documentai.googleapis.com:443", location);
    DocumentProcessorServiceSettings settings =
        DocumentProcessorServiceSettings.newBuilder().setEndpoint(endpoint).build();
    try (DocumentProcessorServiceClient client = DocumentProcessorServiceClient.create(settings)) {
      // The full resource name of the processor, e.g.:
      // projects/project-id/locations/location/processor/processor-id
      // You must create new processors in the Cloud Console first
      String name =
          String.format("projects/%s/locations/%s/processors/%s", projectId, location, processorId);

      // Read the file.
      byte[] imageFileData = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(filePath));

      // Convert the image data to a Buffer and base64 encode it.
      ByteString content = ByteString.copyFrom(imageFileData);

      RawDocument document =
          RawDocument.newBuilder().setContent(content).setMimeType("application/pdf").build();

      // Configure the process request.
      ProcessRequest request =
          ProcessRequest.newBuilder().setName(name).setRawDocument(document).build();

      // Recognizes text entities in the PDF document
      ProcessResponse result = client.processDocument(request);
      Document documentResponse = result.getDocument();

      System.out.println("Document processing complete.");

      // Read fields specificly from the specalized US drivers license processor:
      // https://cloud.google.com/document-ai/docs/processors-list#processor_us-driver-license-parser
      // retriving data from other specalized processors follow a similar pattern.
      // For a complete list of processors see:
      // https://cloud.google.com/document-ai/docs/processors-list
      //
      // OCR and other data is also present in the quality processor's response.
      // Please see the OCR and other samples for how to parse other data in the
      // response.
      for (Document.Entity entity : documentResponse.getEntitiesList()) {
        // Fields detected. For a full list of fields for each processor see
        // the processor documentation:
        // https://cloud.google.com/document-ai/docs/processors-list
        String entityType = entity.getType();
        // some other value formats in addition to text are availible
        // e.g. dates: `entity.getNormalizedValue().getDateValue().getYear()`
        // check for normilized value with `entity.hasNormalizedValue()`
        String entityTextValue = escapeNewlines(entity.getTextAnchor().getContent());
        float entityConfidence = entity.getConfidence();
        System.out.printf(
            "    * %s: %s (%.2f%% confident)\n",
            entityType, entityTextValue, entityConfidence * 100.0);
      }
    }
  }

  private static String escapeNewlines(String s) {
    return s.replace("\n", "\\n").replace("\r", "\\r");
  }
}

Node.js

For more information, see the Document AI Node.js API reference documentation.

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/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID';
// const location = 'YOUR_PROJECT_LOCATION'; // Format is 'us' or 'eu'
// const processorId = 'YOUR_PROCESSOR_ID'; // Create processor in Cloud Console
// const filePath = '/path/to/local/pdf';

const {DocumentProcessorServiceClient} =
  require('@google-cloud/documentai').v1beta3;

// Instantiates a client
const client = new DocumentProcessorServiceClient();

async function processDocument() {
  // The full resource name of the processor, e.g.:
  // projects/project-id/locations/location/processor/processor-id
  // You must create new processors in the Cloud Console first
  const name = `projects/${projectId}/locations/${location}/processors/${processorId}`;

  // Read the file into memory.
  const fs = require('fs').promises;
  const imageFile = await fs.readFile(filePath);

  // Convert the image data to a Buffer and base64 encode it.
  const encodedImage = Buffer.from(imageFile).toString('base64');

  const request = {
    name,
    rawDocument: {
      content: encodedImage,
      mimeType: 'application/pdf',
    },
  };

  // Recognizes text entities in the PDF document
  const [result] = await client.processDocument(request);

  console.log('Document processing complete.');

  // Read fields specificly from the specalized US drivers license processor:
  // https://cloud.google.com/document-ai/docs/processors-list#processor_us-driver-license-parser
  // retriving data from other specalized processors follow a similar pattern.
  // For a complete list of processors see:
  // https://cloud.google.com/document-ai/docs/processors-list
  //
  // OCR and other data is also present in the quality processor's response.
  // Please see the OCR and other samples for how to parse other data in the
  // response.
  const {document} = result;
  for (const entity of document.entities) {
    // Fields detected. For a full list of fields for each processor see
    // the processor documentation:
    // https://cloud.google.com/document-ai/docs/processors-list
    const key = entity.type;
    // some other value formats in addition to text are availible
    // e.g. dates: `entity.normalizedValue.dateValue.year`
    const textValue =
      entity.textAnchor !== null ? entity.textAnchor.content : '';
    const conf = entity.confidence * 100;
    console.log(
      `* ${JSON.stringify(key)}: ${JSON.stringify(textValue)}(${conf.toFixed(
        2
      )}% confident)`
    );
  }
}

Python

For more information, see the Document AI Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Document AI, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

from typing import Optional, Sequence

from google.api_core.client_options import ClientOptions
from google.cloud import documentai

# TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
# project_id = "YOUR_PROJECT_ID"
# location = "YOUR_PROCESSOR_LOCATION" # Format is "us" or "eu"
# processor_id = "YOUR_PROCESSOR_ID" # Create processor before running sample
# processor_version = "rc" # Refer to https://cloud.google.com/document-ai/docs/manage-processor-versions for more information
# file_path = "/path/to/local/pdf"
# mime_type = "application/pdf" # Refer to https://cloud.google.com/document-ai/docs/file-types for supported file types


def process_document_entity_extraction_sample(
    project_id: str,
    location: str,
    processor_id: str,
    processor_version: str,
    file_path: str,
    mime_type: str,
) -> None:
    # Online processing request to Document AI
    document = process_document(
        project_id, location, processor_id, processor_version, file_path, mime_type
    )

    # Print extracted entities from entity extraction processor output.
    # For a complete list of processors see:
    # https://cloud.google.com/document-ai/docs/processors-list
    #
    # OCR and other data is also present in the processor's response.
    # Refer to the OCR samples for how to parse other data in the response.

    print(f"Found {len(document.entities)} entities:")
    for entity in document.entities:
        print_entity(entity)
        # Print Nested Entities (if any)
        for prop in entity.properties:
            print_entity(prop)




def print_entity(entity: documentai.Document.Entity) -> None:
    # Fields detected. For a full list of fields for each processor see
    # the processor documentation:
    # https://cloud.google.com/document-ai/docs/processors-list
    key = entity.type_

    # Some other value formats in addition to text are available
    # e.g. dates: `entity.normalized_value.date_value.year`
    text_value = entity.text_anchor.content or entity.mention_text
    confidence = entity.confidence
    normalized_value = entity.normalized_value.text
    print(f"    * {repr(key)}: {repr(text_value)} ({confidence:.1%} confident)")

    if normalized_value:
        print(f"    * Normalized Value: {repr(normalized_value)}")




def process_document(
    project_id: str,
    location: str,
    processor_id: str,
    processor_version: str,
    file_path: str,
    mime_type: str,
    process_options: Optional[documentai.ProcessOptions] = None,
) -> documentai.Document:
    # You must set the `api_endpoint` if you use a location other than "us".
    client = documentai.DocumentProcessorServiceClient(
        client_options=ClientOptions(
            api_endpoint=f"{location}-documentai.googleapis.com"
        )
    )

    # The full resource name of the processor version, e.g.:
    # `projects/{project_id}/locations/{location}/processors/{processor_id}/processorVersions/{processor_version_id}`
    # You must create a processor before running this sample.
    name = client.processor_version_path(
        project_id, location, processor_id, processor_version
    )

    # Read the file into memory
    with open(file_path, "rb") as image:
        image_content = image.read()

    # Configure the process request
    request = documentai.ProcessRequest(
        name=name,
        raw_document=documentai.RawDocument(content=image_content, mime_type=mime_type),
        # Only supported for Document OCR processor
        process_options=process_options,
    )

    result = client.process_document(request=request)

    # For a full list of `Document` object attributes, reference this page:
    # https://cloud.google.com/document-ai/docs/reference/rest/v1/Document
    return result.document

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