OCRSpace

The OCR.space Online OCR service converts scans or (smartphone) images of text documents into editable files by using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). The OCR software also can get text from PDF . Our Online OCR service is free to use, no registration necessary. Just upload your image files.

Integrate the OCRSpace API with the Node API

Setup the OCRSpace API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Node API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate OCRSpace and Node remarkably fast. Free for developers.

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Overview of OCRSpace

The OCRSpace API provides an efficient way to convert texts from images into
text formats with an accuracy of up to 90%. With the OCRSpace API, you can
build applications that are able to extract text from images and turn them into
a usable text format. Here are some examples of what you can build with the
OCRSpace API:

  • Automated data entry applications
  • Document digitization projects
  • Automated document indexing systems
  • Text recognition apps
  • Intelligent search engine applications

Connect OCRSpace

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import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    ocrspace: {
      type: "app",
      app: "ocrspace",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://api.ocr.space/parse/imageurl`,
      params: {
        apikey: `${this.ocrspace.$auth.apikey}`,
        url: `image_url_goes_here`,
      },
    })
  },
})

Connect Node

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// To use previous step data, pass the `steps` object to the run() function
export default defineComponent({
  async run({ steps, $ }) {
    // Return data to use it in future steps
    return steps.trigger.event
  },
})

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