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      • POSTExtract national ID back
      • POSTExtract passport data
      • POSTExtract car license front (owner info)
      • POSTExtract car license back (vehicle specs)
      • POSTExtract driving license data
      • POSTMatch face against ID photo
      • POSTCompare two face images
      • POSTLiveness detection (three frames)
      • POSTExtract license plate text
      • POSTClassify document type
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Extract license plate text

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POST
https://api.vlenseg.com/v1/ocr/license_plate
POST
/v1/ocr/license_plate
$curl -X POST https://api.vlenseg.com/v1/ocr/license_plate \
>     -H "ApiKey: <apiKey>" \
>     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>     -d '{
>  "image": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD..."
>}'
200Successful
1{
2  "services": {
3    "validations": {
4      "validation_errors": [
5        {
6          "field": "license_plate_text",
7          "value": "ABC1234",
8          "errors": [
9            {
10              "code": 101,
11              "message": "Character recognition confidence below threshold"
12            }
13          ]
14        }
15      ]
16    },
17    "spoofing": {
18      "fake": false
19    },
20    "classification": {
21      "doc_type": "license_plate"
22    },
23    "liveness": false,
24    "AML": {
25      "AML_matched": false,
26      "data": []
27    },
28    "SRC": {
29      "isValid": true,
30      "errorCode": 0,
31      "errorKey": "",
32      "errorMessage": ""
33    }
34  },
35  "data": {
36    "transaction_id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
37    "request_id": "7c9e6679-7425-40de-944b-e07fc1f90ae7",
38    "client_transaction_id": "txn-20240601-001",
39    "result": "ABC1234"
40  },
41  "error_code": 0,
42  "error_message": ""
43}
Recognise and extract the text from an Egyptian vehicle license plate.
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Authentication

ApiKeystring
Static API key issued to your tenant. Obtain from the Vlens dashboard.
AuthorizationBearer

Short-lived JWT. Obtain via:

  • /api/credentials/Login for admin / service tokens
  • /api/DigitalIdentity/Register or login for end-user tokens

Request

This endpoint expects an object.
imagestringRequired

Base64-encoded JPEG/PNG image of the document side.

name_check_valuestring or nullOptional

Optional name to cross-validate against OCR-extracted data.

transaction_idstring or nullOptionalformat: "uuid"

Continue an existing transaction. Omit to start a new transaction; the ID is returned in the response.

client_transaction_idstring or nullOptional
Your own reference ID for this verification transaction.
request_idstring or nullOptional
countrystring or nullOptional

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Defaults to EG.

getExtractedDatabooleanOptionalDefaults to false

Include OCR-extracted fields in the response.

Response

Extracted plate text.
servicesobject
Results from the various backend verification services.
dataobject
Common fields present on all OCR step responses.
error_codeinteger or null
error_messagestring or null