ocr-space-api-wrapper

OCR Space Node.js API wrapper

Node.js wrapper for ocr.space APIs, a service for executing OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to images and PDFs.

Install

npm i ocr-space-api-wrapper

Usage

const ocrSpace = require('ocr-space-api-wrapper')

async function main () {
  try {
    // Using the OCR.space default free token + remote file
    const res1 = await ocrSpace('http://dl.a9t9.com/ocrbenchmark/eng.png')

    // Using your personal token + local file
    const res2 = await ocrSpace('/path/to/file.pdf', { apiKey: '<API_KEY_HERE>' })
    
    // Using your personal token + base64 image + custom language
    const res3 = await ocrSpace('data:image/png;base64...', { apiKey: '<API_KEY_HERE>', language: 'ita' })
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(error)
  }
}

Params

input string (required)

The input param specifies the input file (see examples above). It can be one of the following:

• a remote URL address such as http://example.com/image.jpg;
• a local file path such as /path/to/file.pdf;
• a base64 image string such as data:image/png;base64....

options object

This param is an object with the following keys (any key must be string):

• apiKey: your API key for ocr.space APIs.
• ocrUrl: a different URL for oce.space APIs, for example when you purchase the PRO plan.
• All other params as documented in the official website.

Response

Refer to the official website.

Bug or feedback

Please open a new issue.

Author

• Davide Violante