Integrations / Artificial Intelligence
Connect Google Cloud Vision to WhatsApp: products and reference images by chat
Flann turns Google Cloud Vision into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in Google Cloud Vision for you. Google Cloud Vision works best with good instructions and good context. Flann supplies both. It knows your business from the apps you have connected, so the request it sends to Google Cloud Vision is specific and the results need less fixing.
29 actions in Google Cloud Vision. 13 only look things up, and 16 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Google Cloud Vision
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into Google Cloud Vision actions.
“Look up the product in Google Cloud Vision.”
“Show me my projects in Google Cloud Vision.”
“Look up the product set in Google Cloud Vision.”
“Create a product in Google Cloud Vision.”
“Create a product set in Google Cloud Vision.”
“Delete the reference image in Google Cloud Vision.”
What Flann can work with in Google Cloud Vision
Google Cloud Vision gives Flann 29 actions across 7 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Products | createdeletelook upupdateadd | 7 |
| Reference images | deletelook up | 3 |
| Product sets | createlook upimportupdatedelete | 5 |
Here is what changes when Google Cloud Vision goes through Flann instead of its own screens.
| Compare | In Google Cloud Vision yourselfYou click through each job | Flann on Google Cloud VisionYou ask, Flann does the clicking |
|---|---|---|
| Asking for something | Log in and click through the screens | Text or voice note, in your own words |
| Looking things up about products | By hand, screen by screen | 13 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | 16 changes, made from a message |
| Google Cloud Vision records | All of them, one screen at a time | 7 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Your Google Cloud Vision API key, once |
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Step by step: Google Cloud Vision jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real Google Cloud Vision actions, one step at a time.
Create a product from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a product in Google Cloud Vision with these details.”
- Flann runs
List Products in ProductSetin Google Cloud Vision and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Vision Productin Google Cloud Vision. - Flann creates it in Google Cloud Vision and confirms in the chat.
Clean up reference images you no longer need
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Which reference images in Google Cloud Vision are out of date? Remove the ones I confirm.”
- Flann runs
List Reference Imagesin Google Cloud Vision and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Delete Reference Imagein Google Cloud Vision. - Each removal is confirmed in the chat.
Get answers about your projects
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our projects in Google Cloud Vision?”
- Flann runs
List Projectsin Google Cloud Vision and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Google Cloud Vision is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Where Flann saves you time in Google Cloud Vision
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once Google Cloud Vision is connected.
Transcribe and summarise a call
Today
Long supplier calls and meetings end with a recording nobody listens to again. The decisions get lost.
With Flann
“Transcribe this recording and give me the decisions and who owes what.”
Flann sends the recording to Google Cloud Vision for transcription and reads the result itself. You get the decisions, the actions and who agreed to each, in a few lines.
What you stop doing: Replaying recordings to remember what was agreed is a thing of the past.
Research before a decision
Today
Before choosing a supplier or a new product line, you read around for an evening and still feel unsure.
With Flann
“Research three local packaging suppliers and compare delivery times and minimum orders.”
Flann asks Google Cloud Vision to gather the information, then checks the sources it returns. You get a short comparison with links you can open yourself.
What you stop doing: An evening of open tabs and scribbled notes is no longer the price of a decision.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Google Cloud Vision
- Search for Google Cloud Vision in Flann’s Connectors.
- Paste your Google Cloud Vision API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Google Cloud Vision account settings.
- Ask Flann for what you need on WhatsApp, by text or voice note. It picks the right Google Cloud Vision action itself.
Of the 29 Google Cloud Vision actions, 13 only read. The other 16 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect Google Cloud Vision in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use Google Cloud Vision with Flann
No new app to learn
You keep talking to Flann. Google Cloud Vision works in the background.
One conversation, many tools
Ask Flann for the outcome. It decides when Google Cloud Vision is the right tool and uses it.
Add a specialist
Flann uses Google Cloud Vision for the jobs it is built for, then brings the result back into your chat.
Everything Flann can do in Google Cloud Vision
Every Google Cloud Vision action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 13
- Annotate Files with Vision API
- Annotate Images
- Annotate Location Images
- Get Product
- Get Product Set
- Get Reference Image
- List Locations
- List Projects
- List Reference Images
- List Vision API Operations
- Get Vision API Operation
- List Products in ProductSet
- List Vision AI IndexEndpoints
Changes 16
- Annotate Images Async Batch
- Async Batch Annotate Files
- Create Product Set
- Create ReferenceImage
- Create Vision Product
- Delete Product
- Import Product Sets
- Purge Products
- Update Product
- Update Product Set
- Add Product to ProductSet
- Cancel Vision Operation
- Delete Product Set
- Delete Reference Image
- Delete Vision API Operation
- Remove Product from ProductSet
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Common questions
What can Flann do with products in Google Cloud Vision?
Flann can create, delete, look up, update and add products in Google Cloud Vision, using 7 actions (Create Vision Product, Delete Product, Get Product, Update Product and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change products in Google Cloud Vision.
What can Flann do with reference images in Google Cloud Vision?
Flann can delete and look up reference images in Google Cloud Vision, using 3 actions (Delete Reference Image, Get Reference Image, List Reference Images). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change reference images in Google Cloud Vision.
How does Flann connect to Google Cloud Vision?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Google Cloud Vision and paste your Google Cloud Vision API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Google Cloud Vision account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 29 actions in Google Cloud Vision.
Do I need to open Google Cloud Vision to use it with Flann?
No. Once Google Cloud Vision is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in Google Cloud Vision.
Is Google Cloud Vision included in my Flann plan?
Yes. Every Flann plan includes every app, Google Cloud Vision included.