make_moondream_ollama_request.sh

# wrapper for calling LLM with an image
# eg. make_moondream_ollama_request /tmp/out.jpeg "is the image black and white ? "
# eg. make_moondream_ollama_request /tmp/out.jpeg

make_moondream_ollama_request() {
  local file_path=$1
  local model="moondream"
  local prompt=${2:-"Describe the image?"}
  local api_url="http://localhost:11434/api/generate"

  # Generate base64 string without newlines
  base64_string=$(base64 -w 0 "$file_path")

  # Perform the curl request
  curl -s "$api_url" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
      "model": "'"$model"'",
      "prompt": "'"$prompt"'",
      "stream": false,
      "images": ["'"$base64_string"'"]
    }' | jq .response
}

TODO

• Support url instead of filepath
• Print a tiny preview of image in terminal