ocr-image-to-text

name	OCR Image to Text
slug	ocr-image-to-text
description	Extract text from images, screenshots, and scanned documents. Use when users need to digitize printed text, process receipts, read screenshots, or extract content from photos. Handles English text with confidence scoring.
category	Document Processing
tags	["ocr","image","text-extraction","document","screenshot"]
price_per_call	0
input_schema	{"type":"object","properties":{"image_url":{"type":"string","description":"Public URL of the image to process (max 10MB)"},"image_base64":{"type":"string","description":"Base64-encoded image data (with or without data URI prefix)"},"language":{"type":"string","description":"OCR language code (default: eng)"}}}
output_schema	{"type":"object","properties":{"text":{"type":"string","description":"Full extracted text"},"confidence":{"type":"number","description":"OCR confidence score (0-100)"},"lines":{"type":"array","description":"Array of extracted text lines"},"line_count":{"type":"number"},"word_count":{"type":"number"}}}
metadata	{"requires":{"env":["CLAW0X_API_KEY"]}}

OCR Image to Text

Extract text from any image — screenshots, scanned documents, receipts, photos with text. Server-side processing using Tesseract OCR with confidence scoring.

Prerequisites

1. Sign up at claw0x.com
2. Create API key in Dashboard
3. Set environment variable:

   export CLAW0X_API_KEY="ck_live_..."
   

Quick Reference

When This Happens	Do This	What You Get
Need text from screenshot	Send image URL or base64	Full text + confidence
Processing receipts	Send receipt image	Extracted text + line count
Digitizing scanned docs	Send document image	Structured text output
Reading photos with text	Send photo URL	Text + word count

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
image_url	string	No*	Public URL of image (max 10MB)
image_base64	string	No*	Base64-encoded image data
language	string	No	OCR language code (default: eng)

*One of image_url or image_base64 is required.

Output Format

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "text": "Invoice #12345\nDate: 2026-03-30\nTotal: $150.00",
    "confidence": 92,
    "lines": ["Invoice #12345", "Date: 2026-03-30", "Total: $150.00"],
    "line_count": 3,
    "word_count": 6,
    "language": "eng",
    "_meta": {
      "skill": "ocr-image-to-text",
      "latency_ms": 1200,
      "image_source": "url"
    }
  }
}

Example Usage

Via Claw0x Gateway

curl -X POST https://api.claw0x.com/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLAW0X_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "skill": "ocr-image-to-text",
    "input": {
      "image_url": "https://example.com/receipt.png"
    }
  }'

Via SDK

const result = await claw0x.call('ocr-image-to-text', {
  image_url: 'https://example.com/screenshot.png'
});
console.log(result.data.text);

Error Handling

Code	Error	Cause
400	Missing image	Neither image_url nor image_base64 provided
400	Image too large	Image exceeds 10MB limit
400	Failed to fetch	URL unreachable or invalid
401	Unauthorized	Missing or invalid API key
500	OCR processing failed	Internal processing error (not billed)

Pricing

FREE. No charge per call.

• Requires Claw0x API key for authentication

• No usage charges (price_per_call = 0)

• Unlimited calls

• Pay only for successful responses (2xx status)

• No monthly fees, no subscriptions

• Images up to 10MB supported