Method: projects.images.annotate

Run image detection and annotation for a batch of images.

HTTP request

POST https://vision.googleapis.com/v1/{parent=projects/*}/images:annotate

The URL usesgRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
parent

string

Optional. Target project and location to make a call.

Format:projects/{project-id}/locations/{location-id}.

If no parent is specified, a region will be chosen automatically.

Supported location-ids:us: USA country only,asia: East asia areas, like Japan, Taiwan,eu: The European Union.

Example:projects/project-A/locations/eu.

Request body

The request body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation
{"requests":[{object (AnnotateImageRequest)}]}
Fields
requests[]

object (AnnotateImageRequest)

Required. Individual image annotation requests for this batch.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance ofBatchAnnotateImagesResponse.

Authorization Scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-vision

For more information, see theAuthentication Overview.

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Last updated 2025-06-27 UTC.