Amazon Textract

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Amazon Textract detects and analyzes text in documents and converts it into machine-readable text. This is the API reference documentation for Amazon Textract.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

POST AnalyzeDocument

Analyzes an input document for relationships between detected items. The types of information returned are as follows: Form data (key-value pairs). The related information is returned in two Block objects, each of type KEY_VALUE_SET : a KEY Block

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeDocument

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

Headers — extra info sent with the request

X-Amz-Target

Textract.AnalyzeDocument

curl -X POST "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeDocument" \
  -H "X-Amz-Target: Textract.AnalyzeDocument"

import requests
headers = {
    "X-Amz-Target": "Textract.AnalyzeDocument"
}
response = requests.post(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeDocument",
    headers=headers,
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeDocument';

const response = await fetch(url, {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'X-Amz-Target': 'Textract.AnalyzeDocument'
  },
}); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeDocument"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", targetURL, nil)
	req.Header.Set("X-Amz-Target", "Textract.AnalyzeDocument")

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeDocument")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
req["X-Amz-Target"] = "Textract.AnalyzeDocument"

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeDocument";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "POST",
    "header" => implode("\r\n", [
        "X-Amz-Target: Textract.AnalyzeDocument"
    ]),
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

POST AnalyzeExpense

AnalyzeExpense synchronously analyzes an input document for financially related relationships between text. Information is returned as ExpenseDocuments and seperated as follows: LineItemGroups - A data set containing LineItems<

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeExpense

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

Headers — extra info sent with the request

X-Amz-Target

Textract.AnalyzeExpense

curl -X POST "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeExpense" \
  -H "X-Amz-Target: Textract.AnalyzeExpense"

import requests
headers = {
    "X-Amz-Target": "Textract.AnalyzeExpense"
}
response = requests.post(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeExpense",
    headers=headers,
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeExpense';

const response = await fetch(url, {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'X-Amz-Target': 'Textract.AnalyzeExpense'
  },
}); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeExpense"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", targetURL, nil)
	req.Header.Set("X-Amz-Target", "Textract.AnalyzeExpense")

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeExpense")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
req["X-Amz-Target"] = "Textract.AnalyzeExpense"

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeExpense";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "POST",
    "header" => implode("\r\n", [
        "X-Amz-Target: Textract.AnalyzeExpense"
    ]),
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

POST AnalyzeID

Analyzes identity documents for relevant information. This information is extracted and returned as IdentityDocumentFields , which records both the normalized field and value of the extracted text. Unlike other Amazon Textract operations, AnalyzeID doesn't return any Geometr

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeID

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

Headers — extra info sent with the request

X-Amz-Target

Textract.AnalyzeID

curl -X POST "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeID" \
  -H "X-Amz-Target: Textract.AnalyzeID"

import requests
headers = {
    "X-Amz-Target": "Textract.AnalyzeID"
}
response = requests.post(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeID",
    headers=headers,
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeID';

const response = await fetch(url, {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'X-Amz-Target': 'Textract.AnalyzeID'
  },
}); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeID"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", targetURL, nil)
	req.Header.Set("X-Amz-Target", "Textract.AnalyzeID")

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeID")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
req["X-Amz-Target"] = "Textract.AnalyzeID"

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/textract/2018-06-27/#X-Amz-Target=Textract.AnalyzeID";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "POST",
    "header" => implode("\r\n", [
        "X-Amz-Target: Textract.AnalyzeID"
    ]),
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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