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Image to Text OCR: Images & Scanned PDFs, 24 Languages

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Extract text from image URLs (PNG, JPG, WebP, TIFF, GIF) and scanned PDFs with open-source Tesseract OCR. 24 languages incl. Korean, Japanese, Chinese. Confidence, word boxes, dataset input. Blank pages and failed files are free.

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You can access the Image to Text OCR: Images & Scanned PDFs, 24 Languages 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 API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "imageUrls": ["https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/A_text-book_of_agricultural_entomology_BHL9798241.jpg"] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("ctriolab/image-ocr").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Image to Text OCR API: Images & Scanned PDFs to Text API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Image to Text OCR: Images & Scanned PDFs, 24 Languages API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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