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Peru ID Card OCR

id number + name recognition

Code example:

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.ekycpro.com/v1/pe_ocr/general' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--header 'X-API-Key: AbcdEfgh' \
--data-urlencode 'img=BASE64_ENCODE_VALUE'

Response for recognition success

{
"status": "OK",
"message": {
"CardNumber": "41701152",
"DateOfBirth": "19820131",
"ForeNames": "ALFREDO ALBERTO",
"PlaceOfBirthNo": "140135",
"SecondSurname": "BAUTISTA",
"Surname": "FRANCIA",
"dateOfExpiry": "20220218",
"dateOfIssue": "20210127",
"dateOfRegister": "20010618",
"gender": "M",
"maritalStatus": "S",
"nationality": "PER"
}
}

Response for recognition fail

{
"status": "FAIL",
"message": "check input image and retry"
}

Response for input image not identity card

{
"status": "FAIL",
"message": "not identity card"
}

Response for not recognized card type

{
"status": "FAIL",
"message": "card not recognized"
}

Response for invalid request parameters

{
"status": "INVALID_REQUEST",
"message": "check request params"
}

Response for invalid image format

{
"status": "IMAGE_INVALID_FORMAT",
"message": "image format not support"
}

Response for image size larger than 2M

{
"status": "IMAGE_INVALID_SIZE",
"message": "image larger than 2M"
}

Response for server error

{
"status": "INNER_ERROR",
"message": "Inner error, please retry later"
}

HTTP request

POST https://api.ekycpro.com/v1/pe_ocr/general

Request parameters

parameterdescription
imgstring, base64 encoded image. It is recommended that the image be less than 200KB, so it will be returned within 2 seconds, otherwise the return time will be longer.

Response format

fieldsdescription
statusstatus code
messageCardNumber: card number
DateOfBirth: birth date
PlaceOfBirthNo: birth place no
ForeNames: fore names
Surname: surname
SecondSurname: second surname
dateOfExpiry: expiry date
dateOfIssue: issue date
dateOfRegister: register date
gender: gender
maritalStatus: marital status
nationality: nationality

Status code

statusdescription
OKcharge, success
FAILcharge, image recognition error, please check input image
INVALID_REQUESTfree, invalid request parameters
IMAGE_INVALID_FORMATfree, invalid image format, image format should be one of jpeg/jpg/png/bmp
IMAGE_INVALID_SIZEfree, invalid image size, should be less than 2M
INNER_ERRORfree, server error