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# Tesseract OCR Flask API Documentation

This document provides detailed information about the API endpoints of the Flask application designed for OCR (Optical Character Recognition) using Tesseract.



## API Endpoints

### 1. Get Supported Languages

- **Endpoint:** `/languages`
- **Method:** `GET`
- **Description:** Returns a list of languages supported by the OCR service.
- **Response:**
  - **200 OK:** JSON containing the supported languages and their details.
  - **404 Not Found:** Error message if the `languages.json` file is not found.
  - **500 Internal Server Error:** Error message for any other internal errors.

### 2. Upload File for OCR

- **Endpoint:** `/upload`
- **Method:** `POST`
- **Description:** Uploads a file (PDF or image) for OCR processing.
- **Input:**
  - Form-data with:
    - `file`: The file to be processed.
    - `language` (optional): Language code for OCR (default is 'eng').
- **Response:**
  - **202 Accepted:** JSON containing the task ID and file UUID upon successful receipt of the file.
  - **400 Bad Request:** Error message if no file is provided or if the file is invalid.
  - **500 Internal Server Error:** Error message for any processing errors.

### 3. Download Processed Text

- **Endpoint:** `/download/<filename>`
- **Method:** `GET`
- **Description:** Downloads the OCR processed text file.
- **URL Parameters:**
  - `filename`: The name of the file to download.
- **Response:**
  - **200 OK:** The requested text file.
  - **404 Not Found:** Error message if the requested file is not found.

## Usage

### Getting Supported Languages

Request:

GET /languages

Response:
```json
[
  {
    "language_code": "eng",
    "language_name": "English",
    "traineddata_link": "https://..."
  },
  ...
]

Uploading a File for OCR

Request:

POST /upload
Form-data:
  file: [file content]
  language: 'eng' (optional)

Response:

{
  "message": "File received",
  "task_id": "task-uuid",
  "file_uuid": "file-uuid"
}

Downloading Processed Text File

Request:

GET /download/file-uuid.txt

Response:

• The processed text file for download.

Notes

• The OCR process is asynchronous. After uploading a file, use the provided file_uuid to download the processed text once it's ready.
• Ensure the uploaded file is in a supported format (PDF or image).
• For the list of supported languages, refer to the response from the /languages endpoint.

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