image-analyser-rest-gcp

Image analyser restful service using Spring Cloud GCP and Google App Engine

Setup

• Set up Google Cloud Platform
• Create a project
• Install gcloud and login: $ gcloud auth login
• Set up GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS
• To run it locally, run: $ ./mvnw clean package spring-boot:run

Running it in Google Cloud Platform

• Choose the right project, eg. $ gcloud config set project my-image-analyser
• Initialise app engine: $ gcloud app create
• Enable Cloud Vision API $ gcloud services enable vision.googleapis.com
• Enable Cloud SQL Admin API $ gcloud services enable sqladmin.googleapis.com
• Enable SQL API, provision SQL instance and a new db:
  • $ gcloud sql instances create my-image-analyser --region=australia-southeast1
  • $ gcloud sql databases create my_image_analyser --instance my-image-analyser-2g
• Double check application.properties has correct settings
• Run $ ./mvnw clean package appengine:deploy
• You should be able to access it in appspot, like: https://my-image-analyser.appspot.com/actuator/health

Endpoints

• $ curl -F 'image=@Golden_Retrievers_dark_and_light.jpg' http://localhost:8080/v1/analyse

Database proxy

• Run database proxy using cloud_sql_proxy tool provided by GCP and you an use DB tool like SequelPro to browse database to localhost:3306: $ ./cloud_sql_proxy -instances=my-image-analyser:australia-southeast1:my-image-analyser-2g=tcp:3306