Python OCR error OCRExitcode - 99

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I am trying to read text from images using the free API.
I was able to get decoded values earlier today, but no wit is giving me this response -

{‘OCRExitCode’: 99, ‘IsErroredOnProcessing’: True, ‘ErrorMessage’: [‘Unable to recognize the file type’], ‘ProcessingTimeInMilliseconds’: ‘0’}

I have generated my free API key and using it.
When I try to decode the same image on an android app, which is on a different system, it gets decoded correctly.

I did this using multiple images on my system, but it shows the same error every time.
What could be the possible cause of such behaviour?

P.S - On the android app as well, I could see the same error at times, but it vanishes by itself!!

2

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 Chrome app, see Free OCR API

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

3

NO, With postman it is not giving any error.

4

If it works with Postman, then there is something wrong with your API call inside the app. Postman has a feature to export code snippets for API calls. Can you try the code it exported there? Or you can post your code here, maybe we can see what is wrong.

5

The following code didn’t work for me :

img = cv2.imread(filename)

height, width, _ = img.shape

roi = img

Ocr

url_api = “https://api.ocr.space/parse/image”
_, compressedimage = cv2.imencode(“.jpg”, roi, [1, 90])
file_bytes = io.BytesIO(compressedimage)

result = requests.post(url_api,
files={“filename” : img},
data = {“apikey”: “800a5ff0cc88957”,
“language”: “eng”,
“isOverlayRequired”:“True”,
“isTable” : “True”})

result = result.content.decode()
result = json.loads(result)
print(result)

It worked after I changed my encoding from this -

_, compressedimage = cv2.imencode(“.jpg”, roi, [1, 90])

file_bytes = io.BytesIO(compressedimage)

TO this -

with open(filename, ‘rb’) as f:

6

Thanks for posting the solution! :smiley: