Text Detection (OCR) - Eden AI Documentation

Endpoint

POST /v3/universal-ai (sync) Model string pattern: ocr/ocr/{provider}[/{model}]

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
file	file_input	Yes	PDF or image file ID from /v3/upload or direct file URL
language	string	Yes	Document language code

Output

Field	Type	Required	Description
text	string	Yes
bounding_boxes	array[object]	No
text	string	Yes
left	float	Yes
top	float	Yes
width	float	Yes
height	float	Yes

Available Providers

Provider	Model String	Price
amazon	`ocr/ocr/amazon`	$1.5 per 1,000 pages
api4ai	`ocr/ocr/api4ai`	$3 per 1,000 requests
google	`ocr/ocr/google`	$1.5 per 1,000 pages
microsoft	`ocr/ocr/microsoft`	$1 per 1,000 pages
mistral	`ocr/ocr/mistral`	$1 per 1,000 pages
sentisight	`ocr/ocr/sentisight`	$0.75 per 1,000 files

Quick Start

import requests

url = "https://api.edenai.run/v3/universal-ai"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

payload = {
    "model": "ocr/ocr/amazon",
    "input": {
        "file": "YOUR_FILE_UUID_OR_URL",
        "language": "en"
    }
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
print(response.json())

curl -X POST https://api.edenai.run/v3/universal-ai \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "ocr/ocr/amazon",
    "input": {"file": "YOUR_FILE_UUID_OR_URL", "language": "en"}
  }'