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DetectKeyPhrases - Amazon Comprehend API Reference

DetectKeyPhrases

Detects the key noun phrases found in the text.

Request Syntax

{ "LanguageCode": "string", "Text": "string" }

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

LanguageCode

The language of the input documents. You can specify any of the primary languages supported by Amazon Comprehend. All documents must be in the same language.

Type: String

Valid Values: en | es | fr | de | it | pt | ar | hi | ja | ko | zh | zh-TW

Required: Yes

Text

A UTF-8 text string. The string must contain less than 100 KB of UTF-8 encoded characters.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1.

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

{ "KeyPhrases": [ { "BeginOffset": number, "EndOffset": number, "Score": number, "Text": "string" } ] }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

KeyPhrases

A collection of key phrases that Amazon Comprehend identified in the input text. For each key phrase, the response provides the text of the key phrase, where the key phrase begins and ends, and the level of confidence that Amazon Comprehend has in the accuracy of the detection.

Type: Array of KeyPhrase objects

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

InternalServerException

An internal server error occurred. Retry your request.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidRequestException

The request is invalid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TextSizeLimitExceededException

The size of the input text exceeds the limit. Use a smaller document.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnsupportedLanguageException

Amazon Comprehend can't process the language of the input text. For a list of supported languages, Supported languages in the Comprehend Developer Guide.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Detect phrases

If the input text is "Bob lives in Seattle. He is a software engineer at Amazon.", the API returns the following:

{ "KeyPhrases": [ { "Text": "Bob", "Score": 1.0, "BeginOffset": 0, "EndOffset": 3 }, { "Text": "Seattle", "Score": 1.0, "BeginOffset": 13, "EndOffset": 20 }, { "Text": "a software engineer", "Score": 1.0, "BeginOffset": 28, "EndOffset": 39 }, { "Text": "Amazon", "Score": 1.0, "BeginOffset": 43, "EndOffset": 49 } ] }}

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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