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Image to Text is a simple tool for extracting text from images. It returns the extracted text.

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Image to Text API

Image to Text is a simple tool for extracting text from images. It returns the extracted text.

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This is a Python API Wrapper for the Image to Text API


Installation

Using pip:

pip install apiverve-imagetotext

Using pip3:

pip3 install apiverve-imagetotext

Configuration

Before using the imagetotext API client, you have to setup your account and obtain your API Key. You can get it by signing up at https://apiverve.com


Quick Start

Here's a simple example to get you started quickly:

from apiverve_imagetotext.apiClient import ImagetotextAPIClient

# Initialize the client with your APIVerve API key
api = ImagetotextAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]")

# This API requires a file upload
files = { "image": open("/path/to/image.jpg", "rb") }

try:
    # Make the API call
    result = api.execute(query)

    # Print the result
    print(result)
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")

Usage

The Image to Text API documentation is found here: https://docs.apiverve.com/ref/imagetotext. You can find parameters, example responses, and status codes documented here.

Setup

# Import the client module
from apiverve_imagetotext.apiClient import ImagetotextAPIClient

# Initialize the client with your APIVerve API key
api = ImagetotextAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]")

Perform Request

Using the API client, you can perform requests to the API.

Define Query
# This API requires a file upload
files = { "image": open("/path/to/image.jpg", "rb") }
Simple Request
# Make a request to the API
result = api.execute_with_file(files)

# Print the result
print(result)
Example Response
{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "text": "Ayear after that (in 2021) I hired somebody tpHfelp me write blog posts for\nmy personal website.\n\nThe point is, | like reinvesting the money | make\nback into my business.",
    "confidence": 88,
    "words": 28,
    "characters": 170,
    "lines": 5
  }
}

Error Handling

The API client provides comprehensive error handling through the ImagetotextAPIClientError exception. Here are some examples:

Basic Error Handling

from apiverve_imagetotext.apiClient import ImagetotextAPIClient, ImagetotextAPIClientError

api = ImagetotextAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]")

# This API requires a file upload
files = { "image": open("/path/to/image.jpg", "rb") }

try:
    result = api.execute(query)
    print("Success!")
    print(result)
except ImagetotextAPIClientError as e:
    print(f"API Error: {e.message}")
    if e.status_code:
        print(f"Status Code: {e.status_code}")
    if e.response:
        print(f"Response: {e.response}")

Handling Specific Error Types

from apiverve_imagetotext.apiClient import ImagetotextAPIClient, ImagetotextAPIClientError

api = ImagetotextAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]")

# This API requires a file upload
files = { "image": open("/path/to/image.jpg", "rb") }

try:
    result = api.execute(query)

    # Check for successful response
    if result.get('status') == 'success':
        print("Request successful!")
        print(result.get('data'))
    else:
        print(f"API returned an error: {result.get('error')}")

except ImagetotextAPIClientError as e:
    # Handle API client errors
    if e.status_code == 401:
        print("Unauthorized: Invalid API key")
    elif e.status_code == 429:
        print("Rate limit exceeded")
    elif e.status_code >= 500:
        print("Server error - please try again later")
    else:
        print(f"API error: {e.message}")
except Exception as e:
    # Handle unexpected errors
    print(f"Unexpected error: {str(e)}")

Using Context Manager (Recommended)

The client supports the context manager protocol for automatic resource cleanup:

from apiverve_imagetotext.apiClient import ImagetotextAPIClient, ImagetotextAPIClientError

# This API requires a file upload
files = { "image": open("/path/to/image.jpg", "rb") }

# Using context manager ensures proper cleanup
with ImagetotextAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]") as api:
    try:
        result = api.execute(query)
        print(result)
    except ImagetotextAPIClientError as e:
        print(f"Error: {e.message}")
# Session is automatically closed here

Advanced Features

Debug Mode

Enable debug logging to see detailed request and response information:

from apiverve_imagetotext.apiClient import ImagetotextAPIClient

# Enable debug mode
api = ImagetotextAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]", debug=True)

# This API requires a file upload
files = { "image": open("/path/to/image.jpg", "rb") }

# Debug information will be printed to console
result = api.execute(query)

Manual Session Management

If you need to manually manage the session lifecycle:

from apiverve_imagetotext.apiClient import ImagetotextAPIClient

api = ImagetotextAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]")

# This API requires a file upload
files = { "image": open("/path/to/image.jpg", "rb") }

try:
    result = api.execute(query)
    print(result)
finally:
    # Manually close the session when done
    api.close()

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License

Licensed under the The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (©) 2026 APIVerve, and EvlarSoft LLC

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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