Image Analysis SDK overview

The Image Analysis SDK (preview) provides a convenient way to access the Image Analysis service using version 4.0 of the REST APIs.

Important

Breaking Changes in SDK version 1.0.0-beta.1

The Image Analysis SDK was rewritten in version 1.0.0-beta.1 to better align with other Azure SDKs. All APIs have changed. See the updated quickstart, samples and how-to-guides for information on how to use the new SDK.

Major changes:

• The SDK now calls the generally available Computer Vision REST API (2023-10-01), instead of the preview Computer Vision REST API (2023-04-01-preview).
• Support for JavaScript was added.
• C++ is no longer supported.
• Image Analysis with a custom model, and Image Segmentation (background removal) are no longer supported in the SDK, because the Computer Vision REST API (2023-10-01) does not yet support them. To use either feature, call the Computer Vision REST API (2023-04-01-preview) directly (using the Analyze and Segment operations respectively).

Supported languages

The Image Analysis SDK supports the following languages and platforms:

Programming language	Quickstart	API Reference	Platform support
C# 1	quickstart	reference	Windows, Linux, macOS
Python	quickstart	reference	Windows, Linux, macOS
Java	quickstart	reference	Windows, Linux, macOS
JavaScript	quickstart	reference	Windows, Linux, macOS

GitHub samples

Numerous samples are available in the SDK repositories on GitHub.

• C#
• Python
• Java
• JavaScript

Getting help

If you need assistance using the Image Analysis SDK or would like to report a bug or suggest new features, open a GitHub issue in the respective SDK repo. The SDK development team monitors these issues.

• C#
• Python
• Java
• JavaScript

Before you create a new issue:

• Make sure you first scan to see if a similar issue already exists.
• Find the sample closest to your scenario and run it to see if you see the same issue in the sample code.

Next steps

• Install the SDK
• Try the Image Analysis Quickstart