Verify an image's digital watermark

By default, a digital watermark is added to any images generated by an Imagen model version that supports watermark generation. This sample demonstrates how to use the Imagen verification model to determine if an image contains this watermark.

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Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Java API reference documentation.

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


import com.google.api.gax.rpc.ApiException;
import com.google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.EndpointName;
import com.google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.PredictResponse;
import com.google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.PredictionServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.PredictionServiceSettings;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;
import com.google.protobuf.Value;
import com.google.protobuf.util.JsonFormat;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.Base64;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

public class VerifyImageWatermarkSample {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "my-project-id";
    String location = "us-central1";
    String inputPath = "/path/to/my-input.png";

    verifyImageWatermark(projectId, location, inputPath);
  }

  // Verify if an image contains a digital watermark. By default, a non-visible, digital watermark
  // (called a SynthID) is added to images generated by a model version that supports
  //  watermark generation.
  public static PredictResponse verifyImageWatermark(
      String projectId, String location, String inputPath) throws ApiException, IOException {
    final String endpoint = String.format("%s-aiplatform.googleapis.com:443", location);
    PredictionServiceSettings predictionServiceSettings =
        PredictionServiceSettings.newBuilder().setEndpoint(endpoint).build();

    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
    try (PredictionServiceClient predictionServiceClient =
        PredictionServiceClient.create(predictionServiceSettings)) {

      final EndpointName endpointName =
          EndpointName.ofProjectLocationPublisherModelName(
              projectId, location, "google", "imageverification@001");

      // Encode image to Base64
      String imageBase64 =
          Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(inputPath)));

      // Create the image map
      Map<String, String> imageMap = new HashMap<>();
      imageMap.put("bytesBase64Encoded", imageBase64);

      Map<String, Object> instancesMap = new HashMap<>();
      instancesMap.put("image", imageMap);
      Value instances = mapToValue(instancesMap);

      // Optional parameters
      Map<String, Object> paramsMap = new HashMap<>();
      Value parameters = mapToValue(paramsMap);

      PredictResponse predictResponse =
          predictionServiceClient.predict(
              endpointName, Collections.singletonList(instances), parameters);

      for (Value prediction : predictResponse.getPredictionsList()) {
        Map<String, Value> fieldsMap = prediction.getStructValue().getFieldsMap();
        if (fieldsMap.containsKey("decision")) {
          // "ACCEPT" if the image contains a digital watermark
          // "REJECT" if the image does not contain a digital watermark
          System.out.format(
              "Watermark verification result: %s", fieldsMap.get("decision").getStringValue());
        }
      }
      return predictResponse;
    }
  }

  private static Value mapToValue(Map<String, Object> map) throws InvalidProtocolBufferException {
    Gson gson = new Gson();
    String json = gson.toJson(map);
    Value.Builder builder = Value.newBuilder();
    JsonFormat.parser().merge(json, builder);
    return builder.build();
  }
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the Node.js setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Node.js API reference documentation.

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

/**
 * TODO(developer): Update these variables before running the sample.
 */
const projectId = process.env.CAIP_PROJECT_ID;
const location = 'us-central1';
const inputFile = 'resources/dog_newspaper.png'; // has watermark

const aiplatform = require('@google-cloud/aiplatform');

// Imports the Google Cloud Prediction Service Client library
const {PredictionServiceClient} = aiplatform.v1;

// Import the helper module for converting arbitrary protobuf.Value objects
const {helpers} = aiplatform;

// Specifies the location of the api endpoint
const clientOptions = {
  apiEndpoint: `${location}-aiplatform.googleapis.com`,
};

// Instantiates a client
const predictionServiceClient = new PredictionServiceClient(clientOptions);

async function verifyImageWatermark() {
  const fs = require('fs');
  // Configure the parent resource
  const endpoint = `projects/${projectId}/locations/${location}/publishers/google/models/imageverification@001`;

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

  const instance = {
    image: {
      bytesBase64Encoded: encodedImage,
    },
  };
  const instanceValue = helpers.toValue(instance);
  const instances = [instanceValue];

  const request = {
    endpoint,
    instances,
  };

  // Predict request
  const [response] = await predictionServiceClient.predict(request);
  const predictions = response.predictions;
  if (predictions.length === 0) {
    console.log('No decision was generated. Check the request image.');
  } else {
    predictions.forEach(prediction => {
      // "ACCEPT" if the image contains a digital watermark
      // "REJECT" if the image does not contain a digital watermark
      console.log(prediction.structValue.fields.decision.stringValue);
    });
  }
}
await verifyImageWatermark();

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Python API reference documentation.

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


import vertexai
from vertexai.preview.vision_models import (
    Image,
    WatermarkVerificationModel,
)

# TODO(developer): Update and un-comment below lines
# PROJECT_ID = "your-project-id"
# input_file = "input-image.png"

vertexai.init(project=PROJECT_ID, location="us-central1")

verification_model = WatermarkVerificationModel.from_pretrained(
    "imageverification@001"
)
image = Image.load_from_file(location=input_file)

watermark_verification_response = verification_model.verify_image(image)

print(
    f"Watermark verification result: {watermark_verification_response.watermark_verification_result}"
)
# Example response:
# Watermark verification result: ACCEPT
# or "REJECT" if the image does not contain a digital watermark.

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