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 API key (max 10reqs in 10mins) + remote file
    const res1 = await ocrSpace('http://dl.a9t9.com/ocrbenchmark/eng.png');

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

• apiKey: your API key for ocr.space APIs. Default API key has a limit of max 10reqs in 10mins.
• ocrUrl: a different URL for ocr.space APIs, for example when you purchase the PRO plan.
• signal: an AbortSignal for AbortController to abort the request.
• All other params as documented in the official website.

Response

This package does not change the response in any way, please refer to the official website.

Run lint

npm run lint

Run tests

npm test

Bug or feedback

Please open a new issue.

Author

• Davide Violante