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 Python API

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

Run Python Code with the Python API

Write Python and use any of the 350k+ PyPi packages available. Refer to the Pipedream Python docs to learn more.

 
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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`,
      },
    })
  },
})

Overview of Python

Python API on Pipedream offers developers to build or automate a variety of
tasks from their web and cloud apps. With the Python API, users are able to
create comprehensive and flexible scripts, compose and manage environment
variables, and configure resources to perform a range of functions.

By using Pipedream, you can easily:

  • Create automated workflows that run on a specific schedule
  • Compose workflows across various apps and services
  • React to events in cloud services or form data
  • Automatically create content and notifications
  • Construct classifications and predictions
  • Analyze and react to sentiment, sentiment analysis and sentiment score
  • Connect backends to the frontend with serverless functions
  • Work with files and databases
  • Perform web requests and fetch data
  • Integrate third-party APIs into your apps
  • Orchestrate data processing tasks and pipelines
  • Create powerful application APIs with authentication and authorization
  • Design CI/CD pipelines and Continuous Delivery services
  • Connect databases like MongoDB and MySQL
  • Monitor connections and events
  • Generate alerts and notifications for corresponding events

Connect Python

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def handler(pd: "pipedream"):
  # Reference data from previous steps
  print(pd.steps["trigger"]["context"]["id"])
  # Return data for use in future steps
  return {"foo": {"test":True}}