# Extracting content from visuals in a file
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You can enable content extraction from a file with the Amazon Q Business console or API operations. Processing images and visuals takes more time than processing text-only for the documents.

## Console
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When you upload documents directly to an Amazon Q Business application environment, in the **Multi-media content configuration** section of **Select files**, choose the **Visual content in documents** option. For step by step instructions, see [Uploading files](upload-docs.md).

## APIs
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To enable content extraction from a file when you use the [BatchPutDocument](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/api-reference/API_BatchPutDocument.html) API operation, in the `ImageExtractionConfiguration` you set the `imageExtractionStatus` to `ENABLED`. 

```
aws qbusiness batch-put-document \
--application-id app-12345abcde \
--index-id index-67890fghij \
--role-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/ServiceRoleName \
--documents '[{
    "Id": "doc1",
    "MediaExtractionConfiguration": {
        "ImageExtractionConfiguration": {
            "ImageExtractionStatus": "ENABLED"
        }
    }
}]' 
--data-source-sync-id sync-12345
```