Scan MRZ from documents (Passports, Visas and ID Cards)

PresentID MRZ Detection API localizes and recognizes Machine Readable Zone / Travel Documents (MRZ / MRTD) from a single input image.

Features

• You don’t need to adjust the camera/image to define a Region Of Interest (ROI)
  -Y High accuracy in states that MRZ lines are small, far away, blurred, partially occluded, skewed or slanted
• Support all MRZ types (Travel Documents 1/2/3, MRVA, MRVB…) - regardless of the font, content, shape, or country
• Run at less than 1 second on Core i7-6700 device
• Support IOS, Android, Windows, and Mac devices.
• Easy integration with your app.

Rules & Restrictions

• Send data via Base64 or an image URL or an image file.
• Image size should not exceed 8 MB.
• Also, the images should not be larger than 5000 pixels and smaller than 50 pixels.

Use Cases

• Digital banking app
• Online Payment apps
• NeoBanking apps

Python quick start
import requests

url = “https://mrz-scanner.p.rapidapi.com/ScanMRZ”

payload = "imageBase64=%3CREQUIRED%3E"
headers = {
‘content-type’: “application/x-www-form-urlencoded”,
‘x-rapidapi-host’: “mrz-scanner.p.rapidapi.com”,
‘x-rapidapi-key’: “f485496ab8msh2ea068a0bbe333cp179f86jsn2b4afe8962dd”
}

response = requests.request(“POST”, url, data=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)