api_ocr_space
v1.1.5
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A simple way to connect to ocr space api with node.js
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api_ocr_space
A simple way to connect to ocr space api with node.js
Options
The module supports all the options from the ocr space api plus it provides some additional ones:
file
this option can be a path to a local image or a buffer, automaticaly detectsfiletype
timeout
here you can specify the timeout for the api requests by default a value of10000
is used.retries
the number of request retries, by default the value is3
Note that the
api key
is not provided in the options but in a separate value. This is done to separate the options from theapi key
to improve readability of the actual options.
Ocr Space Api Post Options
You can reference the available options here
Example usage
Parse an image using a url
(async () => {
const api = require('api_ocr_space');
try {
const apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";
const options = {
url: "http://dl.a9t9.com/ocrbenchmark/eng.png"
};
const res = await api.sendRequest(options, apiKey);
console.log(res.data);
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
})();
Parse a local image
(async () => {
const api = require('api_ocr_space');
try {
const apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";
const options = {
file: "myimage.jpg",
};
const res = await api.sendRequest(options, apiKey);
console.log(res.data);
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
})();
Advanced usage
(supported after version 1.1.1) specify retries and timeout
(async () => {
const api = require('api_ocr_space');
try {
const apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";
const options = {
url: "http://dl.a9t9.com/ocrbenchmark/eng.png",
retries: 4,
timeout: 5000
};
const res = await api.sendRequest(options, apiKey);
console.log(res.data);
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
})();