Create a reference image

Create a reference image.

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For detailed documentation that includes this code sample, see the following:

• Creating your reference images & indexing
• Product Search Tutorial

Code sample

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Vision API Product Search, see Vision API Product Search client libraries. For more information, see the Vision API Product Search Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Vision API Product Search, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	vision "cloud.google.com/go/vision/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/vision/v2/apiv1/visionpb"
)

// createReferenceImage creates a reference image for a product.
func createReferenceImage(w io.Writer, projectID string, location string, productID string, referenceImageID string, gcsURI string) error {
	ctx := context.Background()
	c, err := vision.NewProductSearchClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("NewProductSearchClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer c.Close()

	req := &visionpb.CreateReferenceImageRequest{
		Parent: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/products/%s", projectID, location, productID),
		ReferenceImage: &visionpb.ReferenceImage{
			Uri: gcsURI,
		},
		ReferenceImageId: referenceImageID,
	}

	resp, err := c.CreateReferenceImage(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("CreateReferenceImage: %w", err)
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Reference image name: %s\n", resp.Name)
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Reference image uri: %s\n", resp.Uri)

	return nil
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Vision API Product Search, see Vision API Product Search client libraries. For more information, see the Vision API Product Search Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Vision API Product Search, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

/**
 * Create a reference image.
 *
 * @param projectId - Id of the project.
 * @param computeRegion - Region name.
 * @param productId - Id of the product.
 * @param referenceImageId - Id of the image.
 * @param gcsUri - Google Cloud Storage path of the input image.
 * @throws IOException - on I/O errors.
 */
public static void createReferenceImage(
    String projectId,
    String computeRegion,
    String productId,
    String referenceImageId,
    String gcsUri)
    throws IOException {
  try (ProductSearchClient client = ProductSearchClient.create()) {

    // Get the full path of the product.
    String formattedParent = ProductName.format(projectId, computeRegion, productId);
    // Create a reference image.
    ReferenceImage referenceImage = ReferenceImage.newBuilder().setUri(gcsUri).build();

    ReferenceImage image =
        client.createReferenceImage(formattedParent, referenceImage, referenceImageId);
    // Display the reference image information.
    System.out.println(String.format("Reference image name: %s", image.getName()));
    System.out.println(String.format("Reference image uri: %s", image.getUri()));
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Vision API Product Search, see Vision API Product Search client libraries. For more information, see the Vision API Product Search Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Vision API Product Search, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

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

const client = new vision.ProductSearchClient();

async function createReferenceImage() {
  /**
   * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following line before running the sample.
   */
  // const projectId = 'Your Google Cloud project Id';
  // const location = 'A compute region name';
  // const productId = 'Id of the product';
  // const referenceImageId = 'Id of the reference image';
  // const gcsUri = 'Google Cloud Storage path of the input image';

  const formattedParent = client.productPath(projectId, location, productId);

  const referenceImage = {
    uri: gcsUri,
  };

  const request = {
    parent: formattedParent,
    referenceImage: referenceImage,
    referenceImageId: referenceImageId,
  };

  const [response] = await client.createReferenceImage(request);
  console.log(`response.name: ${response.name}`);
  console.log(`response.uri: ${response.uri}`);
}
createReferenceImage();

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Vision API Product Search, see Vision API Product Search client libraries. For more information, see the Vision API Product Search Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Vision API Product Search, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

from google.cloud import vision

def create_reference_image(
    project_id, location, product_id, reference_image_id, gcs_uri
):
    """Create a reference image.
    Args:
        project_id: Id of the project.
        location: A compute region name.
        product_id: Id of the product.
        reference_image_id: Id of the reference image.
        gcs_uri: Google Cloud Storage path of the input image.
    """
    client = vision.ProductSearchClient()

    # Get the full path of the product.
    product_path = client.product_path(
        project=project_id, location=location, product=product_id
    )

    # Create a reference image.
    reference_image = vision.ReferenceImage(uri=gcs_uri)

    # The response is the reference image with `name` populated.
    image = client.create_reference_image(
        parent=product_path,
        reference_image=reference_image,
        reference_image_id=reference_image_id,
    )

    # Display the reference image information.
    print(f"Reference image name: {image.name}")
    print(f"Reference image uri: {image.uri}")

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