ConnectionError frequently

OCR.space Free OCR API
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I am using OCR.Space and built a python script to send images for OCR.
I am using the free API version right now, but about 50% of the time, I get: the following error:

SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host=‘api.ocr.space’, port=443): Max retries exceeded with url

Again, this happens maybe 50% of the time, and it works fine in Postman. There’s no consistency, and I’m using the same three images to test. Any ideas? I’m using Python.

EDIT: I just had it working for a call, and now it’s down again. I think there’s possibly something wrong with the free version engine and how you’re accepting the post info. Can you confirm it’s down?

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If you test the connection with Postman, do you get the same result?

You probably know it, but just in case: Postman is a free Windows/Mac app, see Free OCR API

If you see the problem even with Postman, a screenshot of the result could be helpful.

You can see the API status and performance always on http://status.ocr.space/

The free OCR API is sometimes overloaded until we add new servers, but usually it is up and working fine. So if you see the error 50% of your calls, then something else is wrong.