OCR API

OCR API for PDFs and images

Extract text with page context when coordinates and confidence matter.

{
  "text": "Invoice #1842",
  "blocks": [{ "page": 1 }],
  "confidence": 0.98
}

WHAT TO EVALUATE

Text, blocks and confidence

Clean text plus page-aware structure

INTEGRATION

Use one request in development and production.

curl -X POST https://api.startocr.com/v1/ocr \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTOCR_API_KEY" \ -F file=@scan.pdf

curl -X POST https://api.startocr.com/v1/ocr \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTOCR_API_KEY" \
  -F file=@scan.pdf

COMMON QUESTION

Which output should I use?

Use OCR when your application needs readable text, blocks, or coordinates—not predefined business fields.