OCR Text Extractor
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from $1.40 / 1,000 file processeds
Read text off images and scanned PDFs with OCR in 19 languages. Every page returns its recognised text and an engine confidence score, plus optional word positions for building document parsers. Export data, run via API, schedule runs, or integrate with other tools or AI workflows.
You can access the OCR Text Extractor programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, youβll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "urls": [12 "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lergassy/apify-actor-assets/main/document-text-extractor/sample-scan.png",13 "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lergassy/apify-actor-assets/main/document-text-extractor/sample-scan.pdf"14 ]15};16
17// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish18const run = await client.actor("lergassy/ocr-text-extractor").call(input);19
20// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)21console.log('Results from dataset');22console.log(`πΎ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);23const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();24items.forEach((item) => {25 console.dir(item);26});27
28// π Want to learn more π? Go to β https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsThe Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use OCR Text Extractor API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include: