Processing images in bulk
Note
Amazon Rekognition Batch Image Content Moderation will no longer be open to new customers starting April 30, 2026. If you would like to use Batch Image Content Moderation, sign up prior to that date. Existing customers for accounts that have used this feature within the last 12 months can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see Rekognition Batch Image Content Moderation availability change.
You can start a new bulk analysis job by submitting a manifest file and calling the StartMediaAnalysisJob operation. The input manifest file contains references to images in an Amazon S3 bucket and it is formatted as follows:
{"source-ref": "s3://foo/bar/1.jpg"}
To create a bulk analysis job (CLI)
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If you haven't already:
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Create or update a user with
AmazonRekognitionFullAccessandAmazonS3ReadOnlyAccesspermissions. For more information, see Step 1: Set up an AWS account and create a User. -
Install and configure the AWS CLI and the AWS SDKs. For more information, see Step 2: Set up the AWS CLI and AWS SDKs.
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Upload images to your S3 bucket.
For instructions, see Uploading Objects into Amazon S3 in the Amazon Simple Storage Service User Guide.
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Use the following commands to create and retrieve bulk analysis jobs.
