Base64Image in raw JSON

OCR.space Free OCR API
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HI, im having an issue with your API using base64Image with JSON. My application requires JSON input. Im currently using Postman to
test, if i use one of test base64 strings from OCRSpace website and put in form-data or x-www-from-urlencoded in postman it works fine, but when i try to put it in raw in JSON, like:
{
“base64Image”: “base64string - too long to copy it here”
}
im getting: { "OCRExitCode": 99, "IsErroredOnProcessing": true, "ErrorMessage": [ "Unable to recognize the file type", "Unable to detect the file extension, or the file extension is incorrect, and no 'file type' provided in request. Please provide a file with a proper content type or extension, or provide a file type in the request to manually set the file extension." ], "ProcessingTimeInMilliseconds": "15" I tried to use filetype parameter with value of jpg, png, tiff depends on image but im still getting same error message. Anyone know the solution? Thanks in advance.

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Does it work with these base64 test strings (images)?

https://ocr.space/text/base64string1.txt

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Yes, but only if you paste it in x-www-form-urlencoded or form-data in postman. When i try to use it as raw json like in the topic it gives the same error message about file type like in the topic.

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Just started with OCR.space today and am looking for an answer to this same problem.
Using the helloworld example API in Postman, I get a successful response when sending an http Get request with the body as form-data, and a failed response when sending the body as raw JSON.

This is what the raw JSON body looks like:

{
    "language": "eng",
    "isOverlayRequired":false,
    "url":"http://dl.a9t9.com/ocrbenchmark/eng.png",
    "iscreatesearchablepdf":false,
    "issearchablepdfhidetextlayer":false,
    "filetype":"png"
}

Is it possible to use the API this way?