You can access the Image OCR – Extract Text from Images, Screenshots & Scans 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.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

$echo '{
<  "urls": [
<    "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/F._Scott_Fitzgerald%2C_The_Great_Gatsby%2C_1925%2C_title_page.jpg/960px-F._Scott_Fitzgerald%2C_The_Great_Gatsby%2C_1925%2C_title_page.jpg",
<    "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/A_Few_Notes_on_Cruelty_to_Animals_%28title_page%29.png/960px-A_Few_Notes_on_Cruelty_to_Animals_%28title_page%29.png",
<    "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/On_the_Origin_of_Species_1859_-_Titlepage.png/960px-On_the_Origin_of_Species_1859_-_Titlepage.png"
<  ],
<  "urlField": "url",
<  "languages": [
<    "eng"
<  ],
<  "outputLevel": "text",
<  "minWordConfidence": 0,
<  "layout": "auto",
<  "grayscale": true,
<  "enhanceContrast": false,
<  "upscale": "auto",
<  "straighten": false,
<  "rotate": "0",
<  "dedupe": true,
<  "maxFileMegabytes": 15,
<  "respectRobotsTxt": true,
<  "requestsPerSecond": 2,
<  "maxConcurrency": 3,
<  "timeoutSecs": 30
<}' |
<apify call far003/image-ocr-text --silent --output-dataset

Image OCR – Extract Text from Images, Screenshots & Scans API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Image OCR – Extract Text from Images, Screenshots & Scans locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

Other API clients include:

Image OCR – Extract Text from Images, Screenshots & Scans API in Python

Image OCR – Extract Text from Images, Screenshots & Scans API in JavaScript

Image OCR – Extract Text from Images, Screenshots & Scans OpenAPI definition

Image OCR – Extract Text from Images, Screenshots & Scans API

Instagram Scraper

apify/instagram-scraper

Extract Instagram posts, reels, profiles, places, hashtags, carousels, and comments. Get data from Instagram using one or more Instagram URLs or search queries: content, context, metrics, metadata. Export scraped data, run the scraper via API, schedule and monitor runs or integrate with other tools.

Apify

446K

4.7

(603)

TikTok Scraper

clockworks/tiktok-scraper

Extract data from TikTok videos, hashtags, and users. Use URLs or search queries to scrape TikTok profiles, hashtags, posts, URLs, shares, followers, hearts, names, video, and music-related data. Export scraped data, run the scraper via API, schedule and monitor runs or integrate with other tools.

Clockworks

356K

4.7

(370)

Google Maps Scraper

compass/crawler-google-places

Extract data from thousands of Google Maps locations and businesses, including reviews, reviewer details, images, contact info, including full name, email, and job title, opening hours, prices & more. Export data, run via API, schedule and monitor runs, or integrate with other tools.

Compass

665K

4.7

(1,818)

Search Threads By Keywords

watcher.data/search-threads-by-keywords

Fast and reliable scraper for searching posts on Threads by Meta. Perfect for social media monitoring, research, and business intelligence.

Giichi Arai

12K

3.4

(10)

Google Search Results Scraper

apify/google-search-scraper

Scrape Google Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). Select the country or language and extract organic and paid results, AI Mode, AI overviews, ads, queries, People Also Ask, prices, reviews, like a Google SERP API. Export data, run the scraper via API, schedule runs, or integrate with other tools.

Apify

216K

4.6

(220)

YouTube Scraper

streamers/youtube-scraper

YouTube crawler and video scraper. Alternative YouTube API with no limits or quotas. Extract and download channel name, likes, number of views, and number of subscribers.

Streamers

179K

4.8

(198)

Instagram Profile Scraper

apify/instagram-profile-scraper

Scrape all Instagram profile info. Just add Instagram usernames, IDs or URLs and extract name, join date, number of followers, location, bio, website, related profiles, video&post count, latest posts. Export scraped data, schedule scraper via API, and integrate with other tools or AI workflows.

Apify

262K

4.7

(175)

Facebook Search Scraper

silentflow/facebook-search-scraper

Search Facebook by keyword and export posts, pages, places, events and people as clean structured data. Get text, author, reactions breakdown, comment and share counts, images, videos, links and timestamps. No login. Six search types in one actor. For lead generation, social listening, research.

SilentFlow

6.3K

Facebook Search Scraper — People, Pages, Posts & More

memo23/facebook-search-scraper

The most complete Facebook search: people, pages, places, events, posts, videos and top — in one actor, no login and no cookies. Get names, URLs, profile pictures, verified badges, event dates, and post text with authors. Auto-paginates across results. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel.

Muhamed Didovic

6.8K

5.0

(2)

Youtube Scraper (Pay Per Result)

apidojo/youtube-scraper

Experience unparalleled efficiency and depth with its ultra-fast capabilities in searching, URL, playlist, channel, and profile scraping. It comes equipped with a variety of filters to customize your data collection precisely. Plus, it's incredibly affordable at only $0.50 per 1000 videos!