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id: azure-cognitiveservices-vision-computervision
version: "0.9.1"
license: MIT License
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# azure-cognitiveservices-vision-computervision — Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services Computer Vision Client Library for Python

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 331.6K/mo

## What it is and what it does

This is the deprecated Azure SDK for Computer Vision in Python, providing a client library to interact with Microsoft's Computer Vision API on Azure. It wraps REST calls to perform image analysis operations including object detection, optical character recognition (OCR), image tagging, content description, and thumbnail generation. The package depends on msrest for HTTP communication and azure-common for shared Azure SDK utilities.

The package is no longer actively maintained as of 11-01-2024 and will only receive security fixes until that date. New projects should migrate to the replacement package azure-ai-vision-imageanalysis. Existing codebases using this library will continue to function but should plan a migration path to avoid being stranded on an unmaintained dependency.

Use it for:

- Extract text from images via OCR for document processing or data entry automation workflows.
- Detect and classify objects within images for inventory management or visual content moderation.
- Generate automatic captions or tags for images in content management or photo library systems.
- Maintain legacy Python applications that depend on this SDK until migration to azure-ai-vision-imageanalysis is complete.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides Python bindings to call Microsoft Azure's Computer Vision API for image analysis tasks like object detection, OCR, image tagging, and description generation.

No. This package is deprecated and will receive only security fixes through 11-01-2024, after which it will be abandoned. New projects should use azure-ai-vision-imageanalysis instead. Existing users should prioritize migration to avoid being stranded on an unmaintained dependency. Install only if maintaining legacy code that cannot yet be refactored.

## Install

pip install azure-cognitiveservices-vision-computervision
uv add azure-cognitiveservices-vision-computervision
poetry add azure-cognitiveservices-vision-computervision

## Installing azure-cognitiveservices-vision-computervision

Before you install: Low install friction with three lightweight runtime dependencies (msrest, azure-common, azure-cognitiveservices-vision-nspkg). Repository remains active, though the package itself is deprecated as of 11-01-2024 and will receive only security fixes.

License in practice: MIT License permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, making it safe to adopt from a licensing perspective.

Quickstart:

pip install azure-cognitiveservices-vision-computervision
from azure.cognitiveservices.vision.computervision import ComputerVisionClient
client = ComputerVisionClient(endpoint, credentials)

Requires valid Azure credentials and an active Computer Vision service endpoint on Azure.

Verify before relying:

- Whether security fixes will actually be provided after 11-01-2024 or if the package will be fully abandoned.
- Compatibility with modern Python versions beyond 3.8, given the classifier list ends there.
- Whether the replacement package azure-ai-vision-imageanalysis is a drop-in replacement or requires significant code changes.

## Package facts

- License: MIT License (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 331.6K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

azure computer vision api python, image analysis object detection ocr, azure cognitive services vision, image tagging description generation, azure vision client library, deprecated, azure-sdk, computer-vision

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