To get started with search, you must first add images to the search index. You can add one or more images to the index at a time. You can supply an image either with a publicly accessible URL or by directly sending image bytes. You can send up to 128 images in one API call.
import com.clarifai.grpc.api.*;import com.clarifai.grpc.api.status.*;​// Insert here the initialization code as outlined on this page:// https://docs.clarifai.com/api-guide/api-overview/api-clients#client-installation-instructions​MultiInputResponse postInputsResponse = stub.postInputs(PostInputsRequest.newBuilder().addInputs(Input.newBuilder().setData(Data.newBuilder().setImage(Image.newBuilder().setUrl("https://samples.clarifai.com/metro-north.jpg").setAllowDuplicateUrl(true)))).addInputs(Input.newBuilder().setData(Data.newBuilder().setImage(Image.newBuilder().setUrl("https://samples.clarifai.com/wedding.jpg").setAllowDuplicateUrl(true)))).addInputs(Input.newBuilder().setData(Data.newBuilder().setImage(Image.newBuilder().setBase64(ByteString.copyFrom(Files.readAllBytes(new File("{YOUR_IMAGE_FILE_LOCATION}").toPath())))))).build());​if (postInputsResponse.getStatus().getCode() != StatusCode.SUCCESS) {for (Input input : postInputsResponse.getInputsList()) {System.out.println("Input " + input.getId() + " status: ");System.out.println(input.getStatus() + "\n");}​throw new RuntimeException("Post inputs failed, status: " + postInputsResponse.getStatus());}
// Insert here the initialization code as outlined on this page:// https://docs.clarifai.com/api-guide/api-overview/api-clients#client-installation-instructions​const fs = require("fs");const imageBytes = fs.readFileSync("{YOUR_IMAGE_FILE_LOCATION}");​stub.PostInputs({inputs: [{data: {image: {url: "https://samples.clarifai.com/metro-north.jpg", allow_duplicate_url: true}}},{data: {image: {url: "https://samples.clarifai.com/puppy.jpeg", allow_duplicate_url: true}}},{data: {image: {base64: imageBytes}}}]},metadata,(err, response) => {if (err) {throw new Error(err);}​if (response.status.code !== 10000) {for (const input of response.inputs) {console.log("Input " + input.id + " status: ");console.log(JSON.stringify(input.status, null, 2) + "\n");}​throw new Error("Post inputs failed, status: " + response.status.description);}});
# Insert here the initialization code as outlined on this page:# https://docs.clarifai.com/api-guide/api-overview/api-clients#client-installation-instructions​with open("{YOUR_IMAGE_FILE_LOCATION}", "rb") as f:file_bytes = f.read()​post_inputs_response = stub.PostInputs(service_pb2.PostInputsRequest(inputs=[resources_pb2.Input(data=resources_pb2.Data(image=resources_pb2.Image(url="https://samples.clarifai.com/metro-north.jpg",allow_duplicate_url=True))),resources_pb2.Input(data=resources_pb2.Data(image=resources_pb2.Image(url="https://samples.clarifai.com/wedding.jpg",allow_duplicate_url=True))),resources_pb2.Input(data=resources_pb2.Data(image=resources_pb2.Image(base64=file_bytes))),]),metadata=metadata)​if post_inputs_response.status.code != status_code_pb2.SUCCESS:for input_response in post_inputs_response.inputs:print("Input " + input_response.id + " status:")print(input_response.status)​raise Exception("Post inputs failed, status: " + post_inputs_response.status.description)
curl -X POST \-H "Authorization: Key YOUR_API_KEY" \-H "Content-Type: application/json" \-d '{"inputs": [{"data": {"image": {"url": "https://samples.clarifai.com/metro-north.jpg","allow_duplicate_url": true}}},{"data": {"image": {"url": "https://samples.clarifai.com/wedding.jpg","allow_duplicate_url": true}}}]}'\https://api.clarifai.com/v2/inputs​# Use image's "base64" field to upload image from your local machine.
{"status": {"code": 10000,"description": "Ok"},"inputs": [{"id": "edc70c917475499abdc7151f41d6cf3e","created_at": "2016-11-22T17:06:02Z","data": {"image": {"url": "https://samples.clarifai.com/metro-north.jpg"}},"status": {"code": 30001,"description": "Download pending"}},{"id": "f96ca3bbf02041c59addcc13e3468b7d","created_at": "2016-11-22T17:06:02Z","data": {"image": {"url": "https://samples.clarifai.com/wedding.jpg"}},"status": {"code": 30001,"description": "Download pending"}}]}