POST api/ProcessFileAsync?ocrLib={ocrLib}

POST: Used to upload a file (Multipart MIME) for OCR. The file will be queued up for processing. Use GetProcessedFile to try to retrieve the resulting .txt file. The client will need to keep checking to see if the file is ready since processing time is variable. Query String parameter ocrLib is either 'std' (default) or 'pro' (?ocrLib={std|pro})

Request Information

URI Parameters

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
ocrLib		string	Default value is std

Body Parameters

None.

Response Information

Resource Description

The path to the output file. (a .txt file) Use that path when trying to retrieve the processed file via GetProcessed file API

ProcessFileResult

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
_inputFile	echoes back the name of the input file. Use to confirm the file sent	string	None.
_inputFileLength	# of bytes received. Use to confirm all the data was transmitted	integer	None.
_outputFilePath	For the async operation, use this to retreive the output file	string	None.

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "_inputFile": "sample string 1",
  "_inputFileLength": 2,
  "_outputFilePath": "sample string 3"
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<ProcessFileResult xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/OCRService.Controllers">
  <_inputFile>sample string 1</_inputFile>
  <_inputFileLength>2</_inputFileLength>
  <_outputFilePath>sample string 3</_outputFilePath>
</ProcessFileResult>