/ocr/idcard
1.API Specification
2.Request Params
3.Response Params
4.Error Codes
5.Sample
1.API Specification
This API is used to recognize ID card of Colombia, and extract the key information.
Image spec
1. Format: JPG(JPEG), PNG, e-aadhaar(PDF)
2. Between 128*128 and 6000*6000 (pixels), Recommended resolution: 1280*1280
3. File size: no larger than 5 MB
Request Method
POST
Request URL
https://cloudapi.colombia.accuauth.com/ocr/idcard
Debugging Tool
2.Request Params
Parameter
Type
Required
Description
X-DF-API-ID
string
Yes
For API credentials,Please visit API Request
X-DF-API-SECRET
string
Yes
For API credentials,Please visit API Request
2.2 Request Body
Fields
Type
Description
optional
file
file
Binary data of the image
optional
image_base64
string
Base64 encoded data of image
optional
detect_face
integer
1: enable face detection, and the face_region
field will be returned; 0: the default value, disable face detection.
Either parameter file
or image_base64
must be provided as a request parameter.
You MUST add image stream to multipart/form-data section of POST message when using file
parameter.
3.Response Params
Fields
Type
Description
request_id
string
Unique id of each request
status
string
Response status, OK
if request success, other if failed; See Error Codes for details
results
array
The array of card ocr results,See results
belowed for details
Elements in results
:
Fields
Type
Description
card_type
string
The type of card: old
or new
card_side
string
The side of card: front
or back
card_info
object
The key infomation of card
face_region
array
Four point coordinates of face rect, format as: [(x1, y1), (x2, y2), (x3, y3), (x4, y4)]; The coordinate is based on the original image, while the points order is based on the face after rotation(top left, top right, bottom right, bottom left).
Elements in the card_info
The front side of new ID card
Fields
Type
Description
id_number
string
ID card number
last_name
string
Last name of the person
name
string
Name of the person
nationality
string
Nationality of the person
birthday
string
Date of birth
birthday_s
string
Formatted date of birth: dd-mm-yyyy
birth_place
string
Birth place of the person
height
string
Height of the person
blood_type
string
Blood type
gender
string
Gender, M
for male and F
for female
issue_date
string
Issue date
issue_date_s
string
Formatted issue date: dd-mm-yyyy
issue_authority
string
Issue authority
expiry_date
string
Expiry date
expiry_date_s
string
Formatted expiry date: dd-mm-yyyy
The back side of new ID card
Fields
Type
Description
line1
string
The first line
line2
string
The second line
line3
string
The third line
The front side of old ID card
Fields
Type
Description
id_number
string
ID card number
last_name
string
Last name of the person
name
string
Name of the person
The back side of old ID card
Fields
Type
Description
birthday
string
Date of birth
birthday_s
string
Formatted date of birth: dd-mm-yyyy
birth_place
string
Birth place of the person
height
string
Height of the person
blood_type
string
Blood type
gender
string
Gender, M
for male and F
for female
issue_date
string
Issue date
issue_date_s
string
Formatted issue date: dd-mm-yyyy
issue_authority
string
Issue authority
other_information1
string
Other_information1
other_information2
string
Other_information2
other_information3
string
Other_information3
Response Syntax
Front side of new ID card
{
"request_id" : "TID8bf47ab6eda64476973cc5f5b6ebf57e" ,
"status" : "OK" ,
"results" : [{
"card_type" : "new" ,
"card_side" : "front" ,
"card_info" :{
"id_number" :"1.082.961.796" ,
"last_name" :"TORRES GARCIA" ,
"name" :"SAMIR DE JESUS" ,
"nationality" : "COL" ,
"birthday" :"23-FEB-1991" ,
"birthday_s" :"23-02-1991" ,
"birth_place" :"************ (************)" ,
"height" :"1.70" ,
"gender" :"M" ,
"blood_type" :"O+" ,
"issue_date" :"02-MAR-2009" ,
"issue_date_s" :"02-03-2009" ,
"issue_authority" :"BARRANQUILLA" ,
"expiry_date" :"02-MAR-2029"
"expiry_date_s" :"02-03-2029"
},
"face_region" : [
[
325 ,
1010
],
[
736 ,
1010
],
[
736 ,
1523
],
[
325 ,
1523
]
]
}]
}
{
"request_id" : "TID5053406c77e749b6b1073cf2e75fc087" ,
"results" : [
{
"card_info" : {
"line1" : "ICCOL0000000**<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<" ,
"line2" : "8808213F3101300COL10346*****<9" ,
"line3" : "MARTINEZ<GARCIA<<*****<*****"
},
"card_side" : "back" ,
"card_type" : "new"
}
],
"status" : "OK"
}
Front side of old ID card
{
"request_id" : "TID8bf47ab6eda64476973cc5f5b6ebf57e" ,
"status" : "OK" ,
"results" : [{
"card_type" : "old" ,
"card_side" : "front" ,
"card_info" :{
"id_number" :"1.082.961.796" ,
"last_name" :"TORRES GARCIA" ,
"name" :"SAMIR DE JESUS"
},
"face_region" : [
[
325 ,
1010
],
[
736 ,
1010
],
[
736 ,
1523
],
[
325 ,
1523
]
]
}]
}
{
"request_id" : "TID8bf47ab6eda64476973cc5f5b6ebf57e" ,
"status" : "OK" ,
"results" : [{
"card_type" : "old" ,
"card_side" : "back" ,
"card_info" :{
"birthday" :"23-FEB-1991" ,
"birthday_s" :"23-02-1991" ,
"birth_place" :"************ (************)" ,
"height" :"1.70" ,
"gender" :"M" ,
"blood_type" :"O+" ,
"issue_date" :"02-MAR-2009" ,
"issue_date_s" :"02-03-2009" ,
"issue_authority" :"BARRANQUILLA" ,
"other_information1" :"************21" ,
"other_information2" :"************ 1" ,
"other_information3" :"************"
}
}]
}
4.Error Codes
Common error codes of this API:
Http Status Code
Status
field
Description
400
INVALID_ARGUMENT
Request parameter is invalid
400
DETECTION_FAILED
Detect image failed
401
UNAUTHORIZED
Unauthorized or access is denied
401
KEY_EXPIRED
Your API ID has expired
403
NO_PERMISSION
You are not authorized to use this API
403
OUT_OF_QUOTA
API calls quota exceeded
403
RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
API request frequency exceeds the limit
404
NOT_FOUND
Requested API cannot be found
500
INTERNAL_ERROR
Internal server error
Comment: Please see the reason
field for details when the above 40X error occurred
Response Syntax
{
"status" : "INVALID_ARGUMENT" ,
"reason" : "must specify 'file' or 'image_base64' argument" ,
"request_id" : "TID8bf47ab6eda64476973cc5f5b6ebf57e"
}
5.Sample