detect-document-text¶

Description¶

Detects text in the input document. Amazon Textract can detect lines of text and the words that make up a line of text. The input document must be in one of the following image formats: JPEG, PNG, PDF, or TIFF. DetectDocumentText returns the detected text in an array of Block objects.

Each document page has as an associated Block of type PAGE. Each PAGE Block object is the parent of LINE Block objects that represent the lines of detected text on a page. A LINE Block object is a parent for each word that makes up the line. Words are represented by Block objects of type WORD.

DetectDocumentText is a synchronous operation. To analyze documents asynchronously, use StartDocumentTextDetection .

For more information, see Document Text Detection .

Synopsis¶

  detect-document-text
--document <value>
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
[--cli-binary-format <value>]
[--no-cli-pager]
[--cli-auto-prompt]
[--no-cli-auto-prompt]

Options¶

--document (structure)

The input document as base64-encoded bytes or an Amazon S3 object. If you use the AWS CLI to call Amazon Textract operations, you can’t pass image bytes. The document must be an image in JPEG or PNG format.

If you’re using an AWS SDK to call Amazon Textract, you might not need to base64-encode image bytes that are passed using the Bytes field.

Bytes -> (blob)

A blob of base64-encoded document bytes. The maximum size of a document that’s provided in a blob of bytes is 5 MB. The document bytes must be in PNG or JPEG format.

If you’re using an AWS SDK to call Amazon Textract, you might not need to base64-encode image bytes passed using the Bytes field.

S3Object -> (structure)

Identifies an S3 object as the document source. The maximum size of a document that’s stored in an S3 bucket is 5 MB.

Bucket -> (string)

The name of the S3 bucket. Note that the # character is not valid in the file name.

Name -> (string)

The file name of the input document. Synchronous operations can use image files that are in JPEG or PNG format. Asynchronous operations also support PDF and TIFF format files.

Version -> (string)

If the bucket has versioning enabled, you can specify the object version.

Shorthand Syntax:

Bytes=blob,S3Object={Bucket=string,Name=string,Version=string}

JSON Syntax:

{
  "Bytes": blob,
  "S3Object": {
    "Bucket": "string",
    "Name": "string",
    "Version": "string"
  }
}

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and there are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.

Global Options¶

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command’s default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

json
text
table
yaml
yaml-stream

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

on
off
auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-binary-format (string)

The formatting style to be used for binary blobs. The default format is base64. The base64 format expects binary blobs to be provided as a base64 encoded string. The raw-in-base64-out format preserves compatibility with AWS CLI V1 behavior and binary values must be passed literally. When providing contents from a file that map to a binary blob fileb:// will always be treated as binary and use the file contents directly regardless of the cli-binary-format setting. When using file:// the file contents will need to properly formatted for the configured cli-binary-format.

base64
raw-in-base64-out

--no-cli-pager (boolean)

Disable cli pager for output.

--cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

--no-cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Disable automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

Examples¶

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal’s quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

To detect text in a document

The following detect-document-text The following example shows how to detect text in a document.

Linux/macOS:

aws textract detect-document-text \
    --document '{"S3Object":{"Bucket":"bucket","Name":"document"}}'

Windows:

aws textract detect-document-text \
    --document "{\"S3Object\":{\"Bucket\":\"bucket\",\"Name\":\"document\"}}" \
    --region region-name

Output:

{
    "Blocks": [
        {
            "Geometry": {
                "BoundingBox": {
                    "Width": 1.0,
                    "Top": 0.0,
                    "Left": 0.0,
                    "Height": 1.0
                },
                "Polygon": [
                    {
                        "Y": 0.0,
                        "X": 0.0
                    },
                    {
                        "Y": 0.0,
                        "X": 1.0
                    },
                    {
                        "Y": 1.0,
                        "X": 1.0
                    },
                    {
                        "Y": 1.0,
                        "X": 0.0
                    }
                ]
            },
            "Relationships": [
                {
                    "Type": "CHILD",
                    "Ids": [
                        "896a9f10-9e70-4412-81ce-49ead73ed881",
                        "0da18623-dc4c-463d-a3d1-9ac050e9e720",
                        "167338d7-d38c-4760-91f1-79a8ec457bb2"
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "BlockType": "PAGE",
            "Id": "21f0535e-60d5-4bc7-adf2-c05dd851fa25"
        },
        {
            "Relationships": [
                {
                    "Type": "CHILD",
                    "Ids": [
                        "62490c26-37ea-49fa-8034-7a9ff9369c9c",
                        "1e4f3f21-05bd-4da9-ba10-15d01e66604c"
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "Confidence": 89.11581420898438,
            "Geometry": {
                "BoundingBox": {
                    "Width": 0.33642634749412537,
                    "Top": 0.17169663310050964,
                    "Left": 0.13885067403316498,
                    "Height": 0.49159330129623413
                },
                "Polygon": [
                    {
                        "Y": 0.17169663310050964,
                        "X": 0.13885067403316498
                    },
                    {
                        "Y": 0.17169663310050964,
                        "X": 0.47527703642845154
                    },
                    {
                        "Y": 0.6632899641990662,
                        "X": 0.47527703642845154
                    },
                    {
                        "Y": 0.6632899641990662,
                        "X": 0.13885067403316498
                    }
                ]
            },
            "Text": "He llo,",
            "BlockType": "LINE",
            "Id": "896a9f10-9e70-4412-81ce-49ead73ed881"
        },
        {
            "Relationships": [
                {
                    "Type": "CHILD",
                    "Ids": [
                        "19b28058-9516-4352-b929-64d7cef29daf"
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "Confidence": 85.5694351196289,
            "Geometry": {
                "BoundingBox": {
                    "Width": 0.33182239532470703,
                    "Top": 0.23131252825260162,
                    "Left": 0.5091826915740967,
                    "Height": 0.3766750991344452
                },
                "Polygon": [
                    {
                        "Y": 0.23131252825260162,
                        "X": 0.5091826915740967
                    },
                    {
                        "Y": 0.23131252825260162,
                        "X": 0.8410050868988037
                    },
                    {
                        "Y": 0.607987642288208,
                        "X": 0.8410050868988037
                    },
                    {
                        "Y": 0.607987642288208,
                        "X": 0.5091826915740967
                    }
                ]
            },
            "Text": "worlc",
            "BlockType": "LINE",
            "Id": "0da18623-dc4c-463d-a3d1-9ac050e9e720"
        }
    ],
    "DocumentMetadata": {
        "Pages": 1
    }
}

For more information, see Detecting Document Text with Amazon Textract in the Amazon Textract Developers Guide

Output¶

DocumentMetadata -> (structure)

Metadata about the document. It contains the number of pages that are detected in the document.

Pages -> (integer)

The number of pages that are detected in the document.

Blocks -> (list)

An array of Block objects that contain the text that’s detected in the document.

(structure)

A Block represents items that are recognized in a document within a group of pixels close to each other. The information returned in a Block object depends on the type of operation. In text detection for documents (for example DetectDocumentText ), you get information about the detected words and lines of text. In text analysis (for example AnalyzeDocument ), you can also get information about the fields, tables, and selection elements that are detected in the document.

An array of Block objects is returned by both synchronous and asynchronous operations. In synchronous operations, such as DetectDocumentText , the array of Block objects is the entire set of results. In asynchronous operations, such as GetDocumentAnalysis , the array is returned over one or more responses.

For more information, see How Amazon Textract Works .

BlockType -> (string)

The type of text item that’s recognized. In operations for text detection, the following types are returned:

PAGE - Contains a list of the LINE Block objects that are detected on a document page.

WORD - A word detected on a document page. A word is one or more ISO basic Latin script characters that aren’t separated by spaces.

LINE - A string of tab-delimited, contiguous words that are detected on a document page.

In text analysis operations, the following types are returned:

PAGE - Contains a list of child Block objects that are detected on a document page.

KEY_VALUE_SET - Stores the KEY and VALUE Block objects for linked text that’s detected on a document page. Use the EntityType field to determine if a KEY_VALUE_SET object is a KEY Block object or a VALUE Block object.

WORD - A word that’s detected on a document page. A word is one or more ISO basic Latin script characters that aren’t separated by spaces.

LINE - A string of tab-delimited, contiguous words that are detected on a document page.

TABLE - A table that’s detected on a document page. A table is grid-based information with two or more rows or columns, with a cell span of one row and one column each.

CELL - A cell within a detected table. The cell is the parent of the block that contains the text in the cell.

SELECTION_ELEMENT - A selection element such as an option button (radio button) or a check box that’s detected on a document page. Use the value of SelectionStatus to determine the status of the selection element.

SIGNATURE - The location and confidene score of a signature detected on a document page. Can be returned as part of a Key-Value pair or a detected cell.

QUERY - A question asked during the call of AnalyzeDocument. Contains an alias and an ID that attaches it to its answer.

QUERY_RESULT - A response to a question asked during the call of analyze document. Comes with an alias and ID for ease of locating in a response. Also contains location and confidence score.

Confidence -> (float)

The confidence score that Amazon Textract has in the accuracy of the recognized text and the accuracy of the geometry points around the recognized text.

Text -> (string)

The word or line of text that’s recognized by Amazon Textract.

TextType -> (string)

The kind of text that Amazon Textract has detected. Can check for handwritten text and printed text.

RowIndex -> (integer)

The row in which a table cell is located. The first row position is 1. RowIndex isn’t returned by DetectDocumentText and GetDocumentTextDetection .

ColumnIndex -> (integer)

The column in which a table cell appears. The first column position is 1. ColumnIndex isn’t returned by DetectDocumentText and GetDocumentTextDetection .

RowSpan -> (integer)

The number of rows that a table cell spans. Currently this value is always 1, even if the number of rows spanned is greater than 1. RowSpan isn’t returned by DetectDocumentText and GetDocumentTextDetection .

ColumnSpan -> (integer)

The number of columns that a table cell spans. Currently this value is always 1, even if the number of columns spanned is greater than 1. ColumnSpan isn’t returned by DetectDocumentText and GetDocumentTextDetection .

Geometry -> (structure)

The location of the recognized text on the image. It includes an axis-aligned, coarse bounding box that surrounds the text, and a finer-grain polygon for more accurate spatial information.

BoundingBox -> (structure)

An axis-aligned coarse representation of the location of the recognized item on the document page.

Width -> (float)

The width of the bounding box as a ratio of the overall document page width.

Height -> (float)

The height of the bounding box as a ratio of the overall document page height.

Left -> (float)

The left coordinate of the bounding box as a ratio of overall document page width.

Top -> (float)

The top coordinate of the bounding box as a ratio of overall document page height.

Polygon -> (list)

Within the bounding box, a fine-grained polygon around the recognized item.

(structure)

The X and Y coordinates of a point on a document page. The X and Y values that are returned are ratios of the overall document page size. For example, if the input document is 700 x 200 and the operation returns X=0.5 and Y=0.25, then the point is at the (350,50) pixel coordinate on the document page.

An array of Point objects, Polygon , is returned by DetectDocumentText . Polygon represents a fine-grained polygon around detected text. For more information, see Geometry in the Amazon Textract Developer Guide.

X -> (float)

The value of the X coordinate for a point on a Polygon .

Y -> (float)

The value of the Y coordinate for a point on a Polygon .

Id -> (string)

The identifier for the recognized text. The identifier is only unique for a single operation.

Relationships -> (list)

A list of child blocks of the current block. For example, a LINE object has child blocks for each WORD block that’s part of the line of text. There aren’t Relationship objects in the list for relationships that don’t exist, such as when the current block has no child blocks. The list size can be the following:

0 - The block has no child blocks.

1 - The block has child blocks.

(structure)

Information about how blocks are related to each other. A Block object contains 0 or more Relation objects in a list, Relationships . For more information, see Block .

The Type element provides the type of the relationship for all blocks in the IDs array.

Type -> (string)

The type of relationship that the blocks in the IDs array have with the current block. The relationship can be VALUE or CHILD . A relationship of type VALUE is a list that contains the ID of the VALUE block that’s associated with the KEY of a key-value pair. A relationship of type CHILD is a list of IDs that identify WORD blocks in the case of lines Cell blocks in the case of Tables, and WORD blocks in the case of Selection Elements.

Ids -> (list)

An array of IDs for related blocks. You can get the type of the relationship from the Type element.

(string)

EntityTypes -> (list)

The type of entity. The following can be returned:

KEY - An identifier for a field on the document.

VALUE - The field text.

EntityTypes isn’t returned by DetectDocumentText and GetDocumentTextDetection .

(string)

SelectionStatus -> (string)

The selection status of a selection element, such as an option button or check box.

Page -> (integer)

The page on which a block was detected. Page is returned by synchronous and asynchronous operations. Page values greater than 1 are only returned for multipage documents that are in PDF or TIFF format. A scanned image (JPEG/PNG) provided to an asynchronous operation, even if it contains multiple document pages, is considered a single-page document. This means that for scanned images the value of Page is always 1. Synchronous operations operations will also return a Page value of 1 because every input document is considered to be a single-page document.

Query -> (structure)

Text -> (string)

Question that Amazon Textract will apply to the document. An example would be “What is the customer’s SSN?”

Alias -> (string)

Alias attached to the query, for ease of location.

Pages -> (list)

Pages is a parameter that the user inputs to specify which pages to apply a query to. The following is a list of rules for using this parameter.

If a page is not specified, it is set to ["1"] by default.

The following characters are allowed in the parameter’s string: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - * . No whitespace is allowed.

When using * to indicate all pages, it must be the only element in the list.

You can use page intervals, such as [“1-3”, “1-1”, “4-*”] . Where * indicates last page of document.

Specified pages must be greater than 0 and less than or equal to the number of pages in the document.

(string)

DetectDocumentTextModelVersion -> (string)

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