Free OCR API - No Registration Required

Why Choose EasyOCR Free API?

EasyOCR offers a truly free OCR API service with the following advantages:

• No registration required: Start using immediately without creating an account
• No API key: Direct API calls without authentication
• No usage limits: Use as much as you need
• High accuracy: Up to 99% recognition accuracy
• Fast response: Millisecond-level processing speed
• Privacy protection: Images deleted immediately after processing

API Endpoint

International endpoint:

POST https://api.easyocr.org/ocr

China endpoint (faster for users in China):

POST https://cn-api.easyocr.org/ocr

Quick Start

Using cURL

curl -X POST https://api.easyocr.org/ocr -F "file=@image.jpg"

Using JavaScript

const formData = new FormData();
formData.append('file', fileInput.files[0]);

const response = await fetch('https://api.easyocr.org/ocr', {
  method: 'POST',
  body: formData
});

const result = await response.json();
console.log(result.words);

Using Python

import requests

files = {'file': open('image.jpg', 'rb')}
response = requests.post('https://api.easyocr.org/ocr', files=files)
result = response.json()
print(result['words'])

Response Format

The API returns JSON with recognized text and position information:

{
  "words": [
    {
      "text": "Recognized text content",
      "left": 53.9,
      "top": 79.7,
      "right": 508.6,
      "bottom": 171.1,
      "rate": 0.998
    }
  ]
}

Supported Formats

• JPG / JPEG
• PNG
• BMP
• GIF
• WebP

Best Practices

• Upload clear, well-lit images for better results
• Keep text horizontal, avoid tilted images
• Recommended image resolution: 1000x1000 pixels or higher
• Maximum file size: 10MB

Ready to start? Try our online OCR tool or read the complete API documentation.