Generate a smart-cropped thumbnail

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You can use Image Analysis 3.2 to generate a thumbnail with smart cropping. You specify the desired height and width, which can differ in aspect ratio from the input image. Image Analysis uses smart cropping to intelligently identify the area of interest and generate cropping coordinates around that region.

Call the Generate Thumbnail API

To call the API, do the following steps:

  1. Copy the following command into a text editor.

  2. Make the following changes in the command where needed:

    1. Replace the value of <subscriptionKey> with your key.
    2. Replace the value of <thumbnailFile> with the path and name of the file in which to save the returned thumbnail image.
    3. Replace the <endpoint> part of the request URL with your own endpoint URL.

      Note

      New resources created after July 1, 2019, will use custom subdomain names. For more information and a complete list of regional endpoints, see Custom subdomain names for Azure AI services.

    4. Optionally, change the image URL in the request body (https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/computer-vision/media/quickstarts/presentation.png) to the URL of a different image from which to generate a thumbnail.

  3. Open a command prompt window.

  4. Paste the command from the text editor into the command prompt window.

  5. Press enter to run the program.

    curl -H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: <subscriptionKey>" -o <thumbnailFile> -H "Content-Type: application/json" "<endpoint>/vision/v3.2/generateThumbnail?width=100&height=100&smartCropping=true" -d "{\"url\":\"https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/computer-vision/media/quickstarts/presentation.png\"}"

Examine the response

A successful response writes the thumbnail image to the file specified in <thumbnailFile>. If the request fails, the response contains an error code and a message to help determine what went wrong. If the request seems to succeed but the created thumbnail isn't a valid image file, it's possible that your key is not valid.

Next steps

If you'd like to call Image Analysis APIs using a native SDK in the language of your choice, follow the quickstart to get set up.