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Perform OCR using Google's Drive API v3
https://github.com/hrishikeshrt/google_drive_ocr

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Perform OCR using Google's Drive API v3

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Google OCR (Drive API v3)
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Perform OCR using Google's Drive API v3

* Free software: GNU General Public License v3
* Documentation: https://google-drive-ocr.readthedocs.io.

Features
========

* Perform OCR using Google's Drive API v3
* Class :code:`GoogleOCRApplication()` for use in projects
* Highly configurable CLI
* Run OCR on a single image file
* Run OCR on multiple image files
* Run OCR on all images in directory
* Use multiple workers (:code:`multiprocessing`)
* Work on a PDF document directly

Usage
=====

Using in a Project
------------------

Create a :code:`GoogleOCRApplication` application instance:

.. code-block:: python

from google_drive_ocr import GoogleOCRApplication

app = GoogleOCRApplication('client_secret.json')

Perform OCR on a single image:

.. code-block:: python

app.perform_ocr('image.png')

Perform OCR on mupltiple images:

.. code-block:: python

app.perform_ocr_batch(['image_1.png', 'image_2.png', 'image_3.png'])

Perform OCR on multiple images using multiple workers (:code:`multiprocessing`):

.. code-block:: python

app.perform_ocr_batch(['image_1.png', 'image_3.png', 'image_2.png'], workers=2)

Using Command Line Interface
----------------------------

Typical usage with several options:

.. code-block:: console

google-ocr --client-secret client_secret.json \
--upload-folder-id \
--image-dir images/ --extension .jpg \
--workers 4 --no-keep

Show help message with the full set of options:

.. code-block:: console

google-ocr --help

Configuration
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The default location for configuration is :code:`~/.gdo.cfg`.
If configuration is written to this location with a set of options,
we don't have to specify those options again on the subsequent runs.

Save configuration and exit:

.. code-block:: console

google-ocr --client-secret client_secret.json --write-config ~/.gdo.cfg

Read configuration from a custom location (if it was written to a custom location):

.. code-block:: console

google-ocr --config ~/.my_config_file ..

Performing OCR
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

**Note**: It is assumed that the :code:`client-secret` option is saved in configuration file.

Single image file:

.. code-block:: console

google-ocr -i image.png

Multiple image files:

.. code-block:: console

google-ocr -b image_1.png image_2.png image_3.png

All image files from a directory with a specific extension:

.. code-block:: console

google-ocr --image-dir images/ --extension .png

Multiple workers (:code:`multiprocessing`):

.. code-block:: console

google-ocr -b image_1.png image_2.png image_3.png --workers 2

PDF files:

.. code-block:: console

google-ocr --pdf document.pdf --pages 1-3 5 7-10 13

**Note**:
You must setup a Google application and download :code:`client_secrets.json` file before using :code:`google_drive_ocr`.

Setup Instructions
==================

Create a project on Google Cloud Platform

**Wizard**: https://console.developers.google.com/start/api?id=drive

**Instructions**:

* https://cloud.google.com/genomics/downloading-credentials-for-api-access
* Select application type as "Installed Application"
* Create credentials OAuth consent screen --> OAuth client ID
* Save :code:`client_secret.json`