Computer Vision OCR can only be used with URL

Question

Can i use the Computer Vision cognitive services with javascript but instead of using an URL attached to an image, using an image that i upload from my pc.

Answer 1

Hi, thanks for reaching out. It seems you want to read using local image instead of image url. Yes, this can be done by specifying content-type as 'application/octet-stream' in the request header. For example:

var request = require('request');  
var options = {  
  'method': 'POST',  
  'url': 'https://westus.api.cognitive.microsoft.com/vision/v3.2/read/analyze',  
  'headers': {  
    'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': 'enter-key-here',  
    'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream'  
  },  
  body: "<file contents here>"  
  
};  
request(options, function (error, response) {  
  if (error) throw new Error(error);  
  console.log(response.body);  
});  

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