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Image to Text API

The Image to Text API detects and extracts text from images using state-of-the-art optical character recognition (OCR) algorithms. It can detect texts of different sizes, fonts, and even handwriting.

/v1/imagetotext POST

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/imagetotext

Given an input image, return all detected texts and their bounding boxes.

PlanImage Size Limit
Free200KB per image
PremiumUp to 5MB per image

Files

  • image  required

    Image file to extract text from. Must be either JPEG or PNG format.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Sample Request Live Demo!

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/imagetotext

Headers

X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key

Sample Response

JSON
1

Code Examples

1 2 3 curl -X POST "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/imagetotext" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \ -F "image=@YOUR_IMAGE.jpeg"

If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.