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- NAME
- gcloud alpha ml language analyze-entities - use Google Cloud Natural Language API to identify entities in text
- SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha ml language analyze-entities(--content=CONTENT|--content-file=CONTENT_FILE)[--content-type=CONTENT_TYPE; default="plain-text"][--encoding-type=ENCODING_TYPE; default="utf8"][--language=LANGUAGE][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
- DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA)Entity Analysis inspects the given text for common names orknown entities (proper nouns such as public figures, landmarks, etc.), andreturns information about those entities.Currently English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional),French, German, Italian, Korean, and Portuguese are supported.
- EXAMPLES
- To analyze entites in raw content 'puppies':
gcloudalphamllanguageanalyze-entities--content='puppies'To analyze entites in file 'myfile.txt':
gcloudalphamllanguageanalyze-entities--content-file='myfile.txt'To analyze entites in a remote file 'gs://bucket_name/mycontent.html' forJapanese language using UTF-8 encoding:
gcloudalphamllanguageanalyze-entities--content-file='gs://bucket_name/mycontent.html'--content-type=HTML--encoding-type=utf8--language=ja-JP - REQUIRED FLAGS
- Exactly one of these must be specified:
--content=CONTENT- Specify input text on the command line. Useful for experiments, or for extremelyshort text.
--content-file=CONTENT_FILE- Specify a local file or Google Cloud Storage (format
gs://bucket/object) file path containing the text to be analyzed.More useful for longer text or data output from another system.
- Exactly one of these must be specified:
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
--content-type=CONTENT_TYPE; default="plain-text"- Specify the format of the input text.
CONTENT_TYPEmustbe one of:html,plain-text. --encoding-type=ENCODING_TYPE; default="utf8"- The encoding type used by the API to calculate offsets. If set to
none, encoding-dependent offsets will be set at -1. This is anoptional flag only used for the entity mentions in results, and does not affecthow the input is read or analyzed.ENCODING_TYPEmust beone of:none,utf16,utf32,utf8. --language=LANGUAGE- Specify the language of the input text. If omitted, the server will attempt toauto-detect. Both ISO (such as
enores) and BCP-47(such asen-USorja-JP) language codes are accepted.
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
- These flags are available to all commands:
--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.Run
$gcloud helpfor details. - API REFERENCE
- This command uses the
language/v1beta2API. The full documentationfor this API can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/natural-language/ - NOTES
- This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If thiscommand fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early accessallowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloudmllanguageanalyze-entitiesgcloudbetamllanguageanalyze-entities
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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.