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OCR Text Extraction API — Image to Text

Extract text from images with OCR in multiple languages and image formats. Send an image, get the recognized text back — ideal for digitizing documents, receipts, screenshots, and scans.

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You can access the OCR Text Extraction API — Image to Text 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.

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1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {};
11
12// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
13const run = await client.actor("vivid_astronaut/ocr").call(input);
14
15// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
16console.log('Results from dataset');
17console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
18const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
19items.forEach((item) => {
20    console.dir(item);
21});
22
23// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

OCR API — Extract Text from Images API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use OCR Text Extraction API — Image to Text API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

Other API clients include:

OCR Text Extraction API — Image to Text API in Python

OCR Text Extraction API — Image to Text API through CLI

OCR Text Extraction API — Image to Text OpenAPI definition

OCR Text Extraction API — Image to Text API

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Google Lens OCR API: Batch Image to Text

getascraper/google-lens-ocr

Google Lens OCR API for image URLs, Base64, and Apify storage records. Get extracted text, language, dimensions, line geometry, translation, stable input IDs, and explicit per-image errors for batch OCR workflows.

GetAScraper

Google Lens OCR API — Image to Text, Batch OCR & PDF

crawloop/google-lens-ocr-api

OCR API powered by Google Lens: image to text, batch OCR up to 50 URLs, PDF pages, base64 input, word/line bounding boxes, translation. Standby REST API or dataset batch mode. Pay per successful OCR. Receipt & document scanning.