Viam Vision Service API

Run object detection, image classification, and 3D segmentation against a configured camera component. Supports GetDetectionsFromCamera, GetClassificationsFromCamera, GetObjectPointClouds, and CaptureAllFromCamera.

OpenAPI Specification

viam-vision-service-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Viam Vision Service API
  description: |
    REST/JSON transcoding of the Viam VisionService gRPC API. Run object detection,
    image classification, and 3D segmentation against a configured camera component.

    Canonical contract: https://github.com/viamrobotics/api/blob/main/proto/viam/service/vision/v1/vision.proto
  version: '2026.05'
  contact:
    name: Viam Support
    url: https://www.viam.com/contact
servers:
  - url: https://{machine_address}
    description: Per-machine viam-server endpoint.
    variables:
      machine_address:
        default: machine.local.viam.cloud:443
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Vision
    description: Detections, classifications, and 3D segmentation.
paths:
  /viam.service.vision.v1.VisionService/GetDetectionsFromCamera:
    post:
      summary: Viam Get Detections From Camera
      description: Run object detection against a configured camera component.
      operationId: getDetectionsFromCamera
      tags: [Vision]
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required: [name, camera_name]
              properties:
                name: { type: string }
                camera_name: { type: string }
                extra: { type: object }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
  /viam.service.vision.v1.VisionService/GetDetections:
    post:
      summary: Viam Get Detections
      description: Run object detection against a provided image.
      operationId: getDetections
      tags: [Vision]
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required: [name, image, width, height, mime_type]
              properties:
                name: { type: string }
                image: { type: string, format: byte }
                width: { type: integer }
                height: { type: integer }
                mime_type: { type: string }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
  /viam.service.vision.v1.VisionService/GetClassificationsFromCamera:
    post:
      summary: Viam Get Classifications From Camera
      description: Run image classification against a configured camera component.
      operationId: getClassificationsFromCamera
      tags: [Vision]
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required: [name, camera_name, n]
              properties:
                name: { type: string }
                camera_name: { type: string }
                n: { type: integer }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
  /viam.service.vision.v1.VisionService/GetClassifications:
    post:
      summary: Viam Get Classifications
      description: Run image classification against a provided image.
      operationId: getClassifications
      tags: [Vision]
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required: [name, image, width, height, mime_type, n]
              properties:
                name: { type: string }
                image: { type: string, format: byte }
                width: { type: integer }
                height: { type: integer }
                mime_type: { type: string }
                n: { type: integer }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
  /viam.service.vision.v1.VisionService/GetObjectPointClouds:
    post:
      summary: Viam Get Object Point Clouds
      description: Segment 3D point clouds from a camera component into discrete objects.
      operationId: getObjectPointClouds
      tags: [Vision]
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required: [name, camera_name, mime_type]
              properties:
                name: { type: string }
                camera_name: { type: string }
                mime_type: { type: string }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
  /viam.service.vision.v1.VisionService/CaptureAllFromCamera:
    post:
      summary: Viam Capture All From Camera
      description: Return image, detections, classifications, and point clouds in a single call.
      operationId: captureAllFromCamera
      tags: [Vision]
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required: [name, camera_name]
              properties:
                name: { type: string }
                camera_name: { type: string }
                return_image: { type: boolean }
                return_classifications: { type: boolean }
                return_detections: { type: boolean }
                return_object_point_clouds: { type: boolean }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
  /viam.service.vision.v1.VisionService/GetProperties:
    post:
      summary: Viam Get Properties
      description: Retrieve properties of the vision service.
      operationId: getProperties
      tags: [Vision]
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required: [name]
              properties:
                name: { type: string }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
  /viam.service.vision.v1.VisionService/DoCommand:
    post:
      summary: Viam Do Command
      description: Model-specific custom commands.
      operationId: doCommand
      tags: [Vision]
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required: [name, command]
              properties:
                name: { type: string }
                command: { type: object }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: key
      description: Viam API key or location secret.