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hymns/microsoft-cognitive-vision
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PHP client library for Vision module in Microsoft Cognitive Services

v1.3(3y ago)0981MITPHPPHP >=7.1

Since Oct 5Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Microsoft Cognitive Vision Service APIs Client Library for PHP
==============================================================

[](#microsoft-cognitive-vision-service-apis-client-library-for-php)

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The cloud-based Vision API provides developers with access to advanced image algorithms. Microsoft Vision algorithms enable OCR attribute detection.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- [PHP 7.1.0 or higher](http://www.php.net/)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can use **Composer** or simply **Download the Release**

### Composer

[](#composer)

The preferred method is via [composer](https://getcomposer.org). Follow the [installation instructions](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md) if you do not already have composer installed.

Once composer is installed, execute the following command in your project root to install this library:

```
composer require hymns/microsoft-cognitive-vision
```

Finally, be sure to include the autoloader:

```
require_once '/path/to/your-project/vendor/autoload.php';
```

### Download the Release

[](#download-the-release)

If you abhor using composer, you can download the package in its entirety. The [Releases](https://github.com/hymns/microsoft-cognitive-vision/releases) page lists all stable versions. Download any file with the name `microsoft-cognitive-vision-[RELEASE_NAME].zip` for a package including this library and its dependencies.

Uncompress the zip file you download, and include the autoloader in your project:

```
require_once '/path/to/microsoft-cognitive-vision/vendor/autoload.php';
```

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

### Analyze Image

[](#analyze-image)

```
// include your composer dependencies
require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

$client = new \Hymns\MicrosoftCognitiveVision\Client('YOUR_APP_KEY', 'YOUR_REGION');
$vision  = $client->vision()->analyze('URL_IMAGE');

print_r($vision);
```

### Describe Image

[](#describe-image)

```
require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

$client = new \Hymns\MicrosoftCognitiveVision\Client('YOUR_APP_KEY', 'YOUR_REGION');
$vision  = $client->vision()->describe('URL_IMAGE');

print_r($vision);
```

### Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

[](#optical-character-recognition-ocr)

```
require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

$client = new \Hymns\MicrosoftCognitiveVision\Client('YOUR_APP_KEY', 'YOUR_REGION');
$vision  = $client->vision()->ocr('URL_IMAGE');

print_r($vision);
```

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~491 days

Total

4

Last Release

1298d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

apimicrosoftvisioncognitive

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