Build/Tools/OCR
AI-powered5 credits / callPOST /api/v1/tools/ocr

OCR

Extract text from any image using GPT-4o Vision

Turn any image into structured text. Handles invoices, receipts, screenshots, scanned documents, and photos of handwriting. Returns extracted text, detected language, confidence, word count, and structural blocks.

How it works

Sends your image to GPT-4o Vision, returns plain text plus metadata. Works on any image format up to 20MB via multipart upload or a public URL.

What you could build

InvoiceBot
Auto-extract invoice data into accounting software
$2K–$4K MRR
est. MRR
ReceiptLens
Receipt scanning for expense management apps
$1K–$3K MRR
est. MRR
DocuFlow
Digitise scanned archives for law firms and clinics
$3K–$8K MRR
est. MRR

Parameters

imageoptional
Image file — JPEG, PNG, WEBP, GIF, max 20MB· e.g. invoice.png
image_urloptional
Public URL of image to OCR instead of uploading· e.g. https://example.com/receipt.png

Example request

curl
curl -X POST https://aplicious.com/api/v1/tools/ocr \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -F "image=@invoice.png"

Example response

json
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "text": "INVOICE\nDate: 2026-07-01\nItem: API Subscription\nAmount: $29.00\nTotal: $29.00",
    "language": "en",
    "confidence": 0.97,
    "word_count": 13,
    "line_count": 5,
    "has_tables": false,
    "metadata": { "model": "gpt-4o", "processing_ms": 2100 }
  }
}
Ready to use OCR?

Free plan — 100 calls/month, no credit card.