Barcode Scanner

Read barcodes from images and PDFs in seconds. 
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Add an image or PDF file

Add your file with barcodes by either dragging it to the upload box or using the Upload file option.

Scan Barcodes from your file

Click the “Read Barcodes” button to scan barcodes from your file. Our barcode scanner will find barcodes from all the pages and convert them into a tabular format. 

Download your results

The extracted barcode data is displayed in table format. You can copy the results to your clipboard easily.

Ready to scan barcodes in bulk?
Use Nanonets to read barcodes from PDFs and images on autopilots. Use a pre-trained model or create your custom barcode scanner model in a few clicks.
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Invoices
10M+ processed
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Receipts
8M+ processed
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Purchase Orders
11,22,400 processed
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Bank Statements
5M+ processed
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Bill of Lading
4M+ processed
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Tables / SKU
3M+ processed
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Why Nanonets Barcode Scanner is better? 

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Read barcode from images & PDFs
Amount of training data needed
Scans all barcode types
No Template setup required
IT / API friendly
Multiple export options
Cost and Time Savings
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We are impressed with the intelligence in the product when it comes to data extraction. This opens up for many new areas where we can help our customers, like detection of fraud. We have been having a tight and transparent dialogue with Nanonets. Our customers are very pleased with the product as well as the technical support we together with Nanonets have been able to provide.

Per Defalva

Founder, DigitalEngine (Sweden), ex-CIO PwC Sweden

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Barcode Scanner API

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import requests import base64 url = "https://app.nanonets.com/api/v2/OCR/FullText" payload={'urls': ['MY_IMAGE_URL']} files=[ ('file',('FILE_NAME',open('FILE_PATH','rb'),'application/pdf')) ] headers = {} response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload, files=files, auth=requests.auth.HTTPBasicAuth('REPLACE_API_KEY', '')) print(response.text)
var axios = require('axios'); var FormData = require('form-data'); var fs = require('fs'); var data = new FormData(); data.apend('urls','FILE_URL') data.append('file', fs.createReadStream('FILE_PATH')); var config = { method: 'post', url: 'https://app.nanonets.com/api/v2/OCR/FullText', headers: { 'Authorization': 'Basic ' + Buffer.from("REPLACE_API_KEY" + ":").toString('base64'), ...data.getHeaders() }, data : data }; axios(config) .then(function (response) { console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data)); }) .catch(function (error) { console.log(error); });
var axios = require('axios'); var FormData = require('form-data'); var fs = require('fs'); var data = new FormData(); data.apend('urls','FILE_URL') data.append('file', fs.createReadStream('FILE_PATH')); var config = { method: 'post', url: 'https://app.nanonets.com/api/v2/OCR/FullText', headers: { 'Authorization': 'Basic ' + Buffer.from("REPLACE_API_KEY" + ":").toString('base64'), ...data.getHeaders() }, data : data }; axios(config) .then(function (response) { console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data)); }) .catch(function (error) { console.log(error); });
var client = new RestClient("https://app.nanonets.com/api/v2/OCR/FullText"); client.Timeout = -1; var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST); request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.Default.GetBytes("REPLACE_YOUR_API_KEY:"))); request.AddFile("file", "FILE_PATH"); IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request); Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
curl --location --request POST 'https://app.nanonets.com/api/v2/OCR/FullText' \ -u 'REPLACE_API_KEY:' \ --form 'file=@"FILE_PATH"'
Get your free API key

Once you create your account, click on My Account > API Keys to get your key. This key will allow you to authenticate API requests.

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Want to Use our Python Package ?

Our Python Library gives you added control and options to perform OCR and extract text and tabular results in desired formats instantly.

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Key Features

User-friendly online OCR interface
Convert .jpg, .bmp, .png or .PDFs to text
No registration or signup needed
Free, low latency OCR API with unlimited requests
State of the art OCR accuracy - best in class
Supports 42+ languages for text recognition
Secure conversion - all data is removed
Over 1 billion requests processed

Barcode Reader FAQs

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