Google Lens
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Google Lens API alternative with no limits. Use this OCR shortcut to recognize text on the image, find alt text, identify language, recognize image type, find similar products and visuals by image URL. Just copy-paste an image URL you need OCR data from.
Alexey UdovydchenkoYou can access the Google Lens programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1# Start Server-Sent Events (SSE) session and keep it running
2curl "https://actors-mcp-server.apify.actor/sse?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>&actors=alexey/google-lens"
3
4# Session id example output:
5# event: endpoint
6# data: /message?sessionId=9d820491-38d4-4c7d-bb6a-3b7dc542f1faUsing 👁 Google Lens API via Model Context Protocol (MCP) server
MCP server lets you use 👁 Google Lens API within your AI workflows. Send API requests to trigger actions and receive real-time results. Take the received sessionId and use it to communicate with the MCP server. The message starts the 👁 Google Lens API Actor with the provided input.
1curl -X POST "https://actors-mcp-server.apify.actor/message?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>&session_id=<SESSION_ID>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
2 "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3 "id": 1,
4 "method": "tools/call",
5 "params": {
6 "arguments": {
7 "startUrls": [
8 {
9 "url": "https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/two-glasses-of-wine-and-summer-fruits-on-the-beach-royalty-free-image-1635272439.jpg"
10 }
11 ],
12 "proxy": {
13 "useApifyProxy": true
14 }
15},
16 "name": "alexey/google-lens"
17 }
18}'The response should be: Accepted. You should received response via SSE (JSON) as:
1event: message
2data: {
3 "result": {
4 "content": [
5 {
6 "type": "text",
7 "text": "ACTOR_RESPONSE"
8 }
9 ]
10 }
11}Configure local MCP Server via standard input/output for 👁 Google Lens API
You can connect to the MCP Server using clients like ClaudeDesktop and LibreChat or build your own. The server can run both locally and remotely, giving you full flexibility. Set up the server in the client configuration as follows:
1{
2 "mcpServers": {
3 "actors-mcp-server": {
4 "command": "npx",
5 "args": [
6 "-y",
7 "@apify/actors-mcp-server",
8 "--actors",
9 "alexey/google-lens"
10 ],
11 "env": {
12 "APIFY_TOKEN": "<YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
13 }
14 }
15 }
16}You can further access the MCP client through the Tester MCP Client, a chat user interface to interact with the server.
To get started, check out the documentation and example clients. If you are interested in learning more about our MCP server, check out our blog post.
