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GeneralBasicOCR

最后更新时间:2023-03-21 17:37:44

    1. API Description

    Domain name for API request: ocr.tencentcloudapi.com.

    This API is used to detect and recognize characters in an image in the following 20 languages: Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Malay, Russian, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Hungarian, Thai, and Arabic. Mixed characters in English and each supported language can be recognized together.

    It can recognize printed text in paper documents, online images, ads, signboards, menus, video titles, profile photos, etc.

    Strengths: it can automatically recognize the text language, return the text box coordinate information, and automatically rotate tilted text to the upright direction.

    This API is not fully available for the time being. For more information, please contact your Tencent Cloud sales rep.

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    2. Input Parameters

    The following request parameter list only provides API request parameters and some common parameters. For the complete common parameter list, see Common Request Parameters.

    Parameter Name Required Type Description
    Action Yes String Common Params. The value used for this API: GeneralBasicOCR.
    Version Yes String Common Params. The value used for this API: 2018-11-19.
    Region No String Common Params. This parameter is not required for this API.
    ImageBase64 No String Base64-encoded value of image/PDF.
    The image/PDF cannot exceed 7 MB after being Base64-encoded. A resolution above 600x800 is recommended. PNG, JPG, JPEG, BMP, and PDF formats are supported.
    ImageUrl No String URL address of image/PDF. (This field is not supported outside Chinese mainland)
    The image/PDF cannot exceed 7 MB after being Base64-encoded. A resolution above 600x800 is recommended. PNG, JPG, JPEG, BMP, and PDF formats are supported.
    We recommend you store the image in Tencent Cloud, as a Tencent Cloud URL can guarantee higher download speed and stability. The download speed and stability of non-Tencent Cloud URLs may be low.
    Scene No String Reserved field.
    LanguageType No String Language to recognize
    The language can be automatically recognized or manually specified. Chinese-English mix (zh) is selected by default. Mixed characters in English and each supported language can be recognized together.
    Valid values:
    zh: Chinese-English mix
    zh_rare: supports letters, digits, rare Chinese characters, Traditional Chinese characters, special characters, etc.
    auto
    mix: language mix
    jap: Japanese
    kor: Korean
    spa: Spanish
    fre: French
    ger: German
    por: Portuguese
    vie: Vietnamese
    may: Malay
    rus: Russian
    ita: Italian
    hol: Dutch
    swe: Swedish
    fin: Finnish
    dan: Danish
    nor: Norwegian
    hun: Hungarian
    tha: Thai
    hi: Hindi
    ara: Arabic
    IsPdf No Boolean Whether to enable PDF recognition. Default value: false. After this feature is enabled, both images and PDF files can be recognized at the same time.
    PdfPageNumber No Integer Page number of the PDF page that needs to be recognized. Only one single PDF page can be recognized. This parameter is valid if the uploaded file is a PDF and the value of the IsPdf parameter is true. Default value: 1.
    IsWords No Boolean Whether to return the character information. Default value: false

    3. Output Parameters

    Parameter Name Type Description
    TextDetections Array of TextDetection Information of recognized text, including the text line content, confidence, text line coordinates, and text line coordinates after rotation correction. For more information, please click the link on the left.
    Language String Detected language. For more information on the supported languages, please see the description of the LanguageType input parameter.
    Angel Float Image rotation angle in degrees. 0°: The horizontal direction of the text on the image; a positive value: rotate clockwise; a negative value: rotate counterclockwise.
    PdfPageSize Integer Total number of PDF pages to be returned if the image is a PDF. Default value: 0.
    RequestId String The unique request ID, which is returned for each request. RequestId is required for locating a problem.

    4. Example

    Example1 Recognizing general print (debugging tool)

    This example shows you how to recognize characters in multiple scenarios in any layout.

    Input Example

    POST / HTTP/1.1
    Host: ocr.tencentcloudapi.com
    Content-Type: application/json
    X-TC-Action: GeneralBasicOCR
    <Common request parameters>
    
    {
        "ImageUrl": "https://xx/a.jpg"
    }
    

    Output Example

    {
        "Angel": 359.989990234375,
        "Language": "zh",
        "PdfPageSize": 0,
        "RequestId": "0d82dc94-2fc0-43ce-b4db-9a8450ba99e0",
        "TextDetections": [
            {
                "AdvancedInfo": "{\"Parag\":{\"ParagNo\":1}}",
                "Confidence": 100,
                "DetectedText": "\"Good friends, good books,",
                "ItemPolygon": {
                    "Height": 27,
                    "Width": 305,
                    "X": 241,
                    "Y": 93
                },
                "Polygon": [
                    {
                        "X": 241,
                        "Y": 93
                    },
                    {
                        "X": 546,
                        "Y": 95
                    },
                    {
                        "X": 546,
                        "Y": 122
                    },
                    {
                        "X": 241,
                        "Y": 121
                    }
                ],
                "WordCoordPoint": [],
                "Words": []
            },
            {
                "AdvancedInfo": "{\"Parag\":{\"ParagNo\":1}}",
                "Confidence": 100,
                "DetectedText": "and a sleepy conscience:",
                "ItemPolygon": {
                    "Height": 29,
                    "Width": 279,
                    "X": 254,
                    "Y": 123
                },
                "Polygon": [
                    {
                        "X": 254,
                        "Y": 123
                    },
                    {
                        "X": 533,
                        "Y": 128
                    },
                    {
                        "X": 533,
                        "Y": 157
                    },
                    {
                        "X": 254,
                        "Y": 152
                    }
                ],
                "WordCoordPoint": [],
                "Words": []
            },
            {
                "AdvancedInfo": "{\"Parag\":{\"ParagNo\":2}}",
                "Confidence": 100,
                "DetectedText": "this is the ideal life\"",
                "ItemPolygon": {
                    "Height": 26,
                    "Width": 218,
                    "X": 286,
                    "Y": 157
                },
                "Polygon": [
                    {
                        "X": 286,
                        "Y": 157
                    },
                    {
                        "X": 504,
                        "Y": 157
                    },
                    {
                        "X": 504,
                        "Y": 183
                    },
                    {
                        "X": 286,
                        "Y": 183
                    }
                ],
                "WordCoordPoint": [],
                "Words": []
            },
            {
                "AdvancedInfo": "{\"Parag\":{\"ParagNo\":2}}",
                "Confidence": 100,
                "DetectedText": "- Mark Twain",
                "ItemPolygon": {
                    "Height": 21,
                    "Width": 120,
                    "X": 334,
                    "Y": 188
                },
                "Polygon": [
                    {
                        "X": 334,
                        "Y": 188
                    },
                    {
                        "X": 454,
                        "Y": 188
                    },
                    {
                        "X": 454,
                        "Y": 209
                    },
                    {
                        "X": 334,
                        "Y": 209
                    }
                ],
                "WordCoordPoint": [],
                "Words": []
            }
        ]
    }
    

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    SDK

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    Command Line Interface

    6. Error Code

    The following only lists the error codes related to the API business logic. For other error codes, see Common Error Codes.

    Error Code Description
    FailedOperation.DownLoadError File download failed.
    FailedOperation.EmptyImageError The image is empty.
    FailedOperation.EngineRecognizeTimeout Recognition by the engine timed out.
    FailedOperation.ImageDecodeFailed Image decoding failed.
    FailedOperation.ImageNoText No text is detected in the image.
    FailedOperation.LanguageNotSupport The input language is not supported.
    FailedOperation.OcrFailed OCR failed.
    FailedOperation.UnKnowError Unknown error.
    FailedOperation.UnOpenError The service is not activated.
    InvalidParameterValue.InvalidParameterValueLimit Incorrect parameter value.
    LimitExceeded.TooLargeFileError The file is too large.
    ResourcesSoldOut.ChargeStatusException Exceptional billing status.