cloudsight.errors.APIError: Invalid byte sequence - Cloudsight API

[edanweis]

I'm getting an error using Cloudsight API, on windows.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "cloudy_vision.py", line 264, in <module>
    process_all_images()
  File "cloudy_vision.py", line 198, in process_all_images
    api_result = vendor_module.call_vision_api(filepath, settings('api_keys'))
  File "C:\Users\EdanWeis\Documents\cloudy_vision\vendors\cloudsight_.py", line 14, in call_vision_api
    response = api.image_request(image_file, image_filename)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\cloudsight\api.py", line 114, in image_request
    return self._unwrap_error(response)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\cloudsight\api.py", line 88, in _unwrap_error
    raise errors.APIError(json_response['error'])
cloudsight.errors.APIError: Invalid byte sequence

Any suggestions? I've contacted Cloudsight for comment.

[lucasdchamps]

Looks like an encoding issue with you image. Maybe due to windows format or your version of python.

Can you attach the image you are using so we can reproduce?

[ggstamm]

I have the same problem here. I use Windows 10 and this is the image: https://dafitistatic-a.akamaihd.net/p/Colcci-Camiseta-Colcci-Bordado-Amarela-7538-2489802-1-zoom.jpg
Tried with other images too, but still the same error.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "cloudy_vision.py", line 264, in
process_all_images()
File "cloudy_vision.py", line 198, in process_all_images
api_result = vendor_module.call_vision_api(filepath, settings('api_keys'))
File "C:\Users\stammg\Downloads\cloudy_vision-master\cloudy_vision-master\vendors\cloudsight_.py", line 14, in call_vision_api
response = api.image_request(image_file, image_filename)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\cloudsight\api.py", line 114, in image_request
return self._unwrap_error(response)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\cloudsight\api.py", line 88, in _unwrap_error
raise errors.APIError(json_response['error'])
cloudsight.errors.APIError: invalid byte sequence in UTF-8

[ggstamm]

Found a solution;
In the cloudsight\api.py, the line 113, change this;
data=data, files={'image_request[image]': (filename, image)})

to this;
data=data, files={'image_request[image]': image})

problem solved here!

[ka7erina-zz]

Hi, I use cloudsight for my android app, and i receive error 500. any solution for this?

private String uploadData(String url) {
    String sResponse = "";
    try {
        HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
        HttpContext localContext = new BasicHttpContext();
        HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(url+"/images");
        httppost.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
        httppost.addHeader("Authorization", "CloudSight APIKEY");

        ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
       bitmapImage.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 60, byteArrayOutputStream);
        byte[] byteArray = byteArrayOutputStream .toByteArray();

        String image = Base64.encodeToString(byteArray, Base64.DEFAULT);

        JSONObject obj = new JSONObject();

        Log.i("", image);

        obj.put("remote_image_url",image);
        obj.put("locale", "en");
        httppost.setEntity(new StringEntity(obj.toString()));

        HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httppost, localContext);
        int responseCode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
        sResponse = inputStreamToString(
                response.getEntity().getContent()).toString();
        Log.i("ResponseString", sResponse);
        Log.i("code", responseCode+"");
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        ex.printStackTrace();
    }
    return sResponse;
}