Azure AI Vision Image Analysis SDK for Java

Build image analysis applications using the Azure AI Vision Image Analysis SDK for Java.

Installation

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-ai-vision-imageanalysis</artifactId>
    <version>1.1.0-beta.1</version>
</dependency>

Client Creation

With API Key

import com.azure.ai.vision.imageanalysis.ImageAnalysisClient;
import com.azure.ai.vision.imageanalysis.ImageAnalysisClientBuilder;
import com.azure.core.credential.KeyCredential;

String endpoint = System.getenv("VISION_ENDPOINT");
String key = System.getenv("VISION_KEY");

ImageAnalysisClient client = new ImageAnalysisClientBuilder()
    .endpoint(endpoint)
    .credential(new KeyCredential(key))
    .buildClient();

Async Client

import com.azure.ai.vision.imageanalysis.ImageAnalysisAsyncClient;

ImageAnalysisAsyncClient asyncClient = new ImageAnalysisClientBuilder()
    .endpoint(endpoint)
    .credential(new KeyCredential(key))
    .buildAsyncClient();

With DefaultAzureCredential

import com.azure.identity.DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder;

ImageAnalysisClient client = new ImageAnalysisClientBuilder()
    .endpoint(endpoint)
    .credential(new DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder().build())
    .buildClient();

Visual Features

Feature	Description
CAPTION	Generate human-readable image description
DENSE_CAPTIONS	Captions for up to 10 regions
READ	OCR - Extract text from images
TAGS	Content tags for objects, scenes, actions
OBJECTS	Detect objects with bounding boxes
SMART_CROPS	Smart thumbnail regions
PEOPLE	Detect people with locations

Core Patterns

Generate Caption

import com.azure.ai.vision.imageanalysis.models.*;
import com.azure.core.util.BinaryData;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.Arrays;

// From file
BinaryData imageData = BinaryData.fromFile(new File("image.jpg").toPath());

ImageAnalysisResult result = client.analyze(
    imageData,
    Arrays.asList(VisualFeatures.CAPTION),
    new ImageAnalysisOptions().setGenderNeutralCaption(true));

System.out.printf("Caption: \"%s\" (confidence: %.4f)%n",
    result.getCaption().getText(),
    result.getCaption().getConfidence());

Generate Caption from URL

ImageAnalysisResult result = client.analyzeFromUrl(
    "https://example.com/image.jpg",
    Arrays.asList(VisualFeatures.CAPTION),
    new ImageAnalysisOptions().setGenderNeutralCaption(true));

System.out.printf("Caption: \"%s\"%n", result.getCaption().getText());

Extract Text (OCR)

ImageAnalysisResult result = client.analyze(
    BinaryData.fromFile(new File("document.jpg").toPath()),
    Arrays.asList(VisualFeatures.READ),
    null);

for (DetectedTextBlock block : result.getRead().getBlocks()) {
    for (DetectedTextLine line : block.getLines()) {
        System.out.printf("Line: '%s'%n", line.getText());
        System.out.printf("  Bounding polygon: %s%n", line.getBoundingPolygon());
        
        for (DetectedTextWord word : line.getWords()) {
            System.out.printf("  Word: '%s' (confidence: %.4f)%n",
                word.getText(),
                word.getConfidence());
        }
    }
}

Detect Objects

ImageAnalysisResult result = client.analyzeFromUrl(
    imageUrl,
    Arrays.asList(VisualFeatures.OBJECTS),
    null);

for (DetectedObject obj : result.getObjects()) {
    System.out.printf("Object: %s (confidence: %.4f)%n",
        obj.getTags().get(0).getName(),
        obj.getTags().get(0).getConfidence());
    
    ImageBoundingBox box = obj.getBoundingBox();
    System.out.printf("  Location: x=%d, y=%d, w=%d, h=%d%n",
        box.getX(), box.getY(), box.getWidth(), box.getHeight());
}

Get Tags

ImageAnalysisResult result = client.analyzeFromUrl(
    imageUrl,
    Arrays.asList(VisualFeatures.TAGS),
    null);

for (DetectedTag tag : result.getTags()) {
    System.out.printf("Tag: %s (confidence: %.4f)%n",
        tag.getName(),
        tag.getConfidence());
}

Detect People

ImageAnalysisResult result = client.analyzeFromUrl(
    imageUrl,
    Arrays.asList(VisualFeatures.PEOPLE),
    null);

for (DetectedPerson person : result.getPeople()) {
    ImageBoundingBox box = person.getBoundingBox();
    System.out.printf("Person at x=%d, y=%d (confidence: %.4f)%n",
        box.getX(), box.getY(), person.getConfidence());
}

Smart Cropping

ImageAnalysisResult result = client.analyzeFromUrl(
    imageUrl,
    Arrays.asList(VisualFeatures.SMART_CROPS),
    new ImageAnalysisOptions().setSmartCropsAspectRatios(Arrays.asList(1.0, 1.5)));

for (CropRegion crop : result.getSmartCrops()) {
    System.out.printf("Crop region: aspect=%.2f, x=%d, y=%d, w=%d, h=%d%n",
        crop.getAspectRatio(),
        crop.getBoundingBox().getX(),
        crop.getBoundingBox().getY(),
        crop.getBoundingBox().getWidth(),
        crop.getBoundingBox().getHeight());
}

Dense Captions

ImageAnalysisResult result = client.analyzeFromUrl(
    imageUrl,
    Arrays.asList(VisualFeatures.DENSE_CAPTIONS),
    new ImageAnalysisOptions().setGenderNeutralCaption(true));

for (DenseCaption caption : result.getDenseCaptions()) {
    System.out.printf("Caption: \"%s\" (confidence: %.4f)%n",
        caption.getText(),
        caption.getConfidence());
    System.out.printf("  Region: x=%d, y=%d, w=%d, h=%d%n",
        caption.getBoundingBox().getX(),
        caption.getBoundingBox().getY(),
        caption.getBoundingBox().getWidth(),
        caption.getBoundingBox().getHeight());
}

Multiple Features

ImageAnalysisResult result = client.analyzeFromUrl(
    imageUrl,
    Arrays.asList(
        VisualFeatures.CAPTION,
        VisualFeatures.TAGS,
        VisualFeatures.OBJECTS,
        VisualFeatures.READ),
    new ImageAnalysisOptions()
        .setGenderNeutralCaption(true)
        .setLanguage("en"));

// Access all results
System.out.println("Caption: " + result.getCaption().getText());
System.out.println("Tags: " + result.getTags().size());
System.out.println("Objects: " + result.getObjects().size());
System.out.println("Text blocks: " + result.getRead().getBlocks().size());

Async Analysis

asyncClient.analyzeFromUrl(
    imageUrl,
    Arrays.asList(VisualFeatures.CAPTION),
    null)
    .subscribe(
        result -> System.out.println("Caption: " + result.getCaption().getText()),
        error -> System.err.println("Error: " + error.getMessage()),
        () -> System.out.println("Complete")
    );

Error Handling

import com.azure.core.exception.HttpResponseException;

try {
    client.analyzeFromUrl(imageUrl, Arrays.asList(VisualFeatures.CAPTION), null);
} catch (HttpResponseException e) {
    System.out.println("Status: " + e.getResponse().getStatusCode());
    System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
}

Environment Variables

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

Image Requirements

• Formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, WEBP, ICO, TIFF, MPO
• Size: < 20 MB
• Dimensions: 50x50 to 16000x16000 pixels

Regional Availability

Caption and Dense Captions require GPU-supported regions. Check supported regions before deployment.

Trigger Phrases

• "image analysis Java"
• "Azure Vision SDK"
• "image captioning"
• "OCR image text extraction"
• "object detection image"
• "smart crop thumbnail"
• "detect people image"

When to Use

Build image analysis applications with Azure AI Vision SDK for Java. Use when implementing image captioning, OCR text extraction, object detection, tagging, or smart cropping.

Covers: Azure AI Vision Image Analysis SDK for Java, Client Creation, With API Key, Async Client, With DefaultAzureCredential.