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UAE ID Card OCR

Updated on 2022-10-29 GMT+08:00

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Function

This API identifies and extracts text from images of UAE ID cards and converts the text into JSON format.

Figure 1 UAE ID Card example
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Prerequisites

Before using UAE ID Card OCR, you need to apply for the service and complete authentication. For details, see Subscribing to an OCR Service and Authentication.

NOTE:

Before using the service for the first time, you need to enable the service by clicking Subscribe. You only need to subscribe to the service once. If the service is not enabled, an error message with error code "ModelArts.4204" will be displayed when you call the service. Before calling the service, log in to the OCR console and enable the service. Ensure that the region where the service is enabled is the same as that where the service is called.

URI

POST https://{endpoint}/v2/{project_id}/ocr/emirates-id-card

**Table 1** Path parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Description
endpoint	Yes	Domain name or IP address of the server bearing the REST service endpoint. The endpoint varies depending on services in different regions. For more details, see Endpoints.
project_id	Yes	Project ID, which can be obtained from Obtaining an Account ID and Project ID.

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	User token Used to obtain the permission to operate APIs. The token is the value of X-Subject-Token in the response header in Authentication.
Content-Type	Yes	String	MIME type of the request body. The value is application/json.

**Table 3** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
image	No. Set either this parameter or url.	String	Base64-encoded image file. The image file has a size limit of 10 MB. No side of the image can be smaller than 15 or larger than 8,192 pixels. Only images in JPEG, JPG, PNG, BMP, or TIFF format can be recognized. An example is /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAg.... If the image data contains an unnecessary prefix, the error "The image format is not supported" is reported.
url	No. Set either this parameter or image.	String	URL of the image file NOTE: The API response time depends on the image download time. If the image download takes a long time, the API call will fail. Ensure that the storage service where the image to be detected resides is stable and reliable. OBS is recommended for storing image data.
side	No	String	front: front of an ID card back: back of an ID card If this parameter is left empty or not included, the system automatically recognizes whether the image is the front or back of an ID card. To ensure accuracy, set this parameter.

Response Parameters

Response parameters and status codes vary in different recognition results. They are described as below.

Status code: 200

**Table 4** Response parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
result	Object	Calling result This parameter is not returned when the API fails to be called.

**Table 5** Response parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
side	String	front: front of an ID card back: back of an ID card
id_number	String	ID number
name_arabic	String	Name in Arabic
name	String	Name
nationality_arabic	String	Arabic nationality
nationality	String	Nationality
sex	String	Gender
date_of_birth	String	Date of birth
expiry_date	String	Date of expiry of the ID card
card_number	String	ID number
country_code	String	Code of the country where an ID card is issued
machinecode1	String	Machine code in the first line on the back of an ID card
machinecode2	String	Machine code in the second line on the back of an ID card
machinecode3	String	Machine code in the third line on the back of an ID card
confidence	Object	Confidence of a field. The value ranges from 0 to 1. A higher confidence indicates a higher accuracy of the field identified. The confidence is calculated using algorithms and is not equal to the accuracy.

Status code: 400

**Table 6** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code of a failed API call. For details, see Error Codes. This parameter is not returned when the API is successfully called.
error_msg	String	Error message when the API call fails This parameter is not returned when the API is successfully called.

Request Example

Request example (Method 1: Use the image Base64 string.)

POST  https://ocr.ae-ad-1.g42cloud.com/v2/{project_id}/ocr/emirates-id-card

Request Header:
Content-Type: application/json
X-Auth-Token: MIINRwYJKoZIhvcNAQcCoIINODCCDTQCAQExDTALBglghkgBZQMEAgEwgguVBgkqhkiG...
Request Body: 
{
    "image":"/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAgEASABIAAD/4RFZRXhpZgAATU0AKgAAAAgABwESAAMAA..."
}

Request example (Method 2: Use the image URL.)

POST  https://ocr.ae-ad-1.g42cloud.com/v2/{project_id}/ocr/emirates-id-card

Request Header:
Content-Type: application/json
X-Auth-Token: MIINRwYJKoZIhvcNAQcCoIINODCCDTQCAQExDTALBglghkgBZQMEAgEwgguVBgkqhkiG...
Request Body: 
{
    "url":"https://BucketName.obs.xxxx.com/ObjectName"
}

Example Response

Status code: 200

Successful response example (the front)

{
    "result": {
        "side": "front",
        "id_number": "784-XXXX-XXXXXXX-X", 
        "name": "XXX",     
        "name_arabic": "XXX",
        "nationality": "Egypt", 
        "nationality_arabic": "مصر",
        "confidence": { 
            "id_number": 0.9712, 
            "name": 0.9731,
            "name_arabic": 0.9234,
            "nationality": 0.9543
            "nationality_arabic": 0.9543,
        }
    }
}

Successful response example (the back)

{
    "result": {
        "side": "back",
        "card_number": "XXXX-XXX-XX", 
        "laser_number": "XXXX-XXXXXXX-XX", 
        "confidence": {
            "id_number": 0.9999, 
            "laser_number": 0.9994
        }
    }
}

Status code: 400

Failure response example

{
    "error_code": "AIS.0103", 
    "error_msg": "The image size does not meet the requirements." 
}

Status Codes

Status Code	Description
200	Success response
400	Failure response

For details about status codes, see Status Codes.

Error Codes

For details about error codes, see Error Codes.

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