Search the web for images and auto-label them in Google Sheets

Finds images from a web search, identifies what's in each one, and logs the labels to a Google Sheet.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per one per image found.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12)

flowchart TD trig(("user enters a search query")):::human s0["Search web for images"]:::svc s1[["Analyze each image with ai"]]:::mi s2[("Log image details to sheet")]:::store trig --> s0 s0 -->|"one per one per image found"| s1 s1 --> s2 out[/"Labeled image sheet ready"/]:::out pay{{"Fast image cataloging without manual tagging"}}:::pay s2 --> out out --> pay classDef task fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#34b8f0,color:#2c2a29 classDef svc fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#7c8795,color:#2c2a29 classDef mi fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29,stroke-width:2px classDef human fill:#fff,stroke:#0079a8,color:#0079a8 classDef store fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29 classDef trig fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigtime fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigdata fill:#8ad4f5,stroke:#0079a8,color:#06314c,font-weight:bold classDef gate fill:#fff,stroke:#e8a23d,color:#6b4708,font-weight:bold classDef out fill:#1f9d6b,stroke:#167a53,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef pay fill:#06314c,stroke:#021f33,color:#fff
An outside serviceRuns once per itemA personA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
Image & Media ProcessingSpreadsheet & Database Ops
Connects
AWS RekognitionGoogle Sheets

The problem it solves

Building an image reference list means searching, saving, and manually describing dozens of pictures one at a time. It's tedious work that eats an afternoon for something you need in minutes.

Who it fits

Researchers, marketers, or catalog builders who need a labeled set of images without manual tagging.

How it works

  1. You provide a search query for the images you want
  2. The system searches the web and collects matching images
  3. AWS Rekognition analyzes each image and detects what's in it
  4. The image details and detected labels are logged to a Google Sheet
What you get

Images labeled and ready for your catalog

You get a spreadsheet of images automatically labeled with what's inside each one, ready for your catalog or research.

What you get

A Google Sheet listing each image alongside the labels detected in it.

What you need

An AWS account with Rekognition access and a Google Sheets account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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