sarthakarora02 / API_playground

A python project that downloads images from a particular twitter handle using Tweepy, converts them to a video using FFMPEG and describes the content of the video using Google's Video Intelligence API.

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An introduction to using APIs

EC 601 Mini Project- A python project that downloads images from a particular twitter handle, converts them to a video and uses Google's Video Intelligence API to describe the content of the video.

Built using

Python 2.7.10
Tweepy 3.6.0
FFMPEG version 4.0.2
google-cloud-videointelligence 1.3.0

Paths

Path to images ./twitter_images
Path to video ./twitter_images/vid.mp4

User Guide

Run using: python main.py
images from twitter are stored in the format: img_%05d.jpg

Example Output

601_Mini_project_APIs/src/Screen Shot 2018-09-18 at 11.02.56 PM.png
the output I receive on the command line for the handle BU_Tweets when asked for 15 images. https://github.com/sarthakarora02/601_Mini_project_APIs/blob/master/src/demo_output.txt
the downloaded images and the video formed through FFMPEG. https://github.com/sarthakarora02/601_Mini_project_APIs/tree/master/src/twitter_images

References

Google Cloud Video Intelligence API python Frame level and video level example referred from https://cloud.google.com/video-intelligence/docs/label-tutorial
README Template referred from https://gist.githubusercontent.com/PurpleBooth/109311bb0361f32d87a2/raw/8254b53ab8dcb18afc64287aaddd9e5b6059f880/README-Template.md