OCR.chat API

Aperçu

The OCR.chat API is a small REST interface. You POST a file and get back a job with the recognized text and a per-page breakdown (text, bounding boxes, confidence). Jobs of 5 pages or fewer return inline; larger jobs return immediately with a pending status that you poll until done.

• Base URL: https://ocr.chat
• Formats in: PNG, JPG, WEBP, GIF, BMP, TIFF, and multi-page PDF
• Formats out: txt, md, docx, pdf, csv, json
• Engines: cpu (fast, printed docs) and vlm (premium AI, handwriting, complex layout, math)

Auth

Authenticate with your API token (find it on your account page) as a Bearer header:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN

You can also pass ?api_token=… as a query parameter. Usage is metered against your account's page balance.

Soumèt yon dokiman

POST /api/v1/ocr/, multipart form upload.

curl -X POST https://ocr.chat/api/v1/ocr/ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -F "file=@invoice.pdf" \
  -F "tier=vlm" \
  -F "language=auto"

Returns the job. For ≤5-page files it is already done with the text; larger files come back pending/processing, poll the status endpoint.

{
  "uuid": "9f2c1b7e4a...",
  "status": "done",
  "tier": "vlm",
  "language": "auto",
  "page_count": 1,
  "mean_confidence": 0.98,
  "text": "INVOICE\nAcme Corp\nTotal: 215.00 USD",
  "markdown": "# INVOICE\n\n**Acme Corp** ...",
  "pages": [ { "index": 0, "text": "...", "blocks": [ { "text": "...", "bbox": [x0,y0,x1,y1], "confidence": 0.98 } ] } ]
}

Obtenn yon rezilta

GET /api/v1/ocr/<uuid>/, poll until status is done or failed.

curl https://ocr.chat/api/v1/ocr/9f2c1b7e4a.../ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"

Telechaje yon fòma

GET /api/v1/ocr/<uuid>/download/?format=md, export the result. format is one of txt, md, docx, pdf, csv, json.

curl -L "https://ocr.chat/api/v1/ocr/9f2c1b7e4a.../download/?format=docx" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" -o result.docx

Konvèsasyon ak yon dokiman

Mande kesyon sou yon travay fini. Repons yo baze sèlman sou tèks ekstraksyon an epi yo site paj sous la. Mande yon kont, karakteristik konvèsasyon an se kont-gated.

POST /api/v1/chat/<uuid>/, JSON body {"message": "your question"}.

curl -X POST https://ocr.chat/api/v1/chat/9f2c1b7e4a.../ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"message": "What is the invoice total and due date?"}'

Retounen mesaj asistan an ak repons li ak yon lis paj ki citée:

{"conversation": "a1b2…", "message": {
   "role": "assistant",
   "content": "The total is $42, due on March 3 (p. 1).",
   "citations": [{"page": 1, "snippet": "The invoice total is $42…"}]
}}

GET /api/v1/chat/<uuid>/history/, Fòk ou fèmen fenèt la pou w ka wè konvèsasyon an.

Ekzanp kòd

• Python
• Node.js
• cURL

import requests, time

API = "https://ocr.chat/api/v1/ocr/"
H = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"}

# Submit
with open("invoice.pdf", "rb") as f:
    job = requests.post(API, headers=H,
        files={"file": f}, data={"tier": "vlm"}).json()

# Poll until done
while job["status"] in ("pending", "processing"):
    time.sleep(2)
    job = requests.get(API + job["uuid"] + "/", headers=H).json()

print(job["markdown"])

# Download as DOCX
r = requests.get(API + job["uuid"] + "/download/",
                 headers=H, params={"format": "docx"})
open("result.docx", "wb").write(r.content)

import fs from "fs";

const API = "https://ocr.chat/api/v1/ocr/";
const H = { Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" };

const form = new FormData();
form.append("file", new Blob([fs.readFileSync("invoice.pdf")]), "invoice.pdf");
form.append("tier", "vlm");

let job = await (await fetch(API, { method: "POST", headers: H, body: form })).json();

while (["pending", "processing"].includes(job.status)) {
  await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 2000));
  job = await (await fetch(API + job.uuid + "/", { headers: H })).json();
}
console.log(job.markdown);

# 1. Submit
curl -X POST https://ocr.chat/api/v1/ocr/ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -F "file=@invoice.pdf" -F "tier=vlm"

# 2. Poll  (use the uuid from step 1)
curl https://ocr.chat/api/v1/ocr/UUID/ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"

# 3. Download
curl -L "https://ocr.chat/api/v1/ocr/UUID/download/?format=md" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" -o result.md

Paramèt

Erè & limit

Each page processed costs credits (1/page on the fast tier, more on premium). Paid plans raise per-file page caps and add priority. See pricing.

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