Unable to get object metadata from S3. Check object key, region and/or access permissions in aws Rekognition

Question

import boto3

if __name__ == "__main__":

    bucket='MyBucketName'
sourceFile='pic1.jpg'
targetFile='pic2.jpg'

client=boto3.client('rekognition','us-east-1')

response=client.compare_faces(SimilarityThreshold=70,
                              SourceImage={'S3Object':{'Bucket':bucket,'Name':sourceFile}},
                              TargetImage={'S3Object':{'Bucket':bucket,'Name':targetFile}})

for faceMatch in response['FaceMatches']:
    position = faceMatch['Face']['BoundingBox']
    confidence = str(faceMatch['Face']['Confidence'])
    print('The face at ' +
           str(position['Left']) + ' ' +
           str(position['Top']) +
           ' matches with ' + confidence + '% confidence')

I am trying to compare two images present in my bucket but no matter which region i select i always get the following error:-

botocore.errorfactory.InvalidS3ObjectException: An error occurred (InvalidS3ObjectException) when calling the CompareFaces operation: Unable to get object metadata from S3. Check object key, region and/or access permissions.

My bucket's region is us-east-1 and I have configured the same in my code. what am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

I had the same problem. What I did to fix it was to rearrange my bucket and the folders. Make sure that your image is directly in your bucket and not in a folder in your bucket. Also double check that the name of the images are correct and that everything is on point.