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Image to Text OCR: Extract Text from Images, Bulk OCR API

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Extract text from images in bulk with Tesseract OCR: image URLs (PNG, JPEG, WebP, TIFF, GIF, BMP or one-page scanned PDFs) in, text out, with a confidence score, image size and optional line and word boxes. 32 languages incl. Chinese, Japanese and Arabic. Pay per image.

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You can access the Image to Text OCR: Extract Text from Images, Bulk OCR API 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

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 = { "urls": ["https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/The_Quick_Brown_Fox_Newspaper_Reference.png"] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("humble-echidna/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: Extract Text from Images API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Image to Text OCR: Extract Text from Images, Bulk OCR API API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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