OCR - Extract Text from Images
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Extract text from images using OCR. Simply plug in your Apify datasetId, indicate what column contains the URL of the image (the grey API name) and get a new dataset with all text extracted from the images.
You can access the OCR - Extract Text from Images 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.
1from apify_client import ApifyClient2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")6
7# Prepare the Actor input8run_input = {}9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish11run = client.actor("wesleyyyb/ocr---extract-text-from-images").call(run_input=run_input)12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)14print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])15for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():16 print(item)17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-startThe Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use OCR - Extract Text from Images API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$pip install apify-clientOther API clients include: