VIN OCR

Extract the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) from an image using OCR

Ever needed to quickly identify a vehicle's VIN from an image? Whether it's for verifying vehicle details or tracking, the VIN OCR API allows you to extract the VIN from an image (either a URL or base64 string) using optical character recognition (OCR) and computer vision. This API is capable of recognizing VINs from a wide range of vehicles, ensuring accurate and detailed vehicle information retrieval.

This endpoint allows you to retrieve a vehicle's VIN.

Required attributes

Name
key
Type
string
Description
Your CarsXE API key.
Name
body
Type
string
Description
POST body that's a URL to an image or the base64 string of the image.

Response attributes

Name
success
Type
boolean
Description
Whether the algorithm has been able to successfully analyze the VIN from the image.
Name
vin
Type
string
Description
The extracted VIN number from the image.
Name
confidence
Type
number
Description
The confidence score, which is a probability value (between 0 and 1) indicating how certain the algorithm is that the extracted VIN is correct.
Name
message
Type
string
Description
String detailing error if any.

Frequently asked questions

Request

POST

/v1/vinocr

curl --location 'https://api.carsxe.com/v1/vinocr?key=CARSXE_API_KEY' \
--header 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
--data 'https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5663423/30922082-64edb4fa-a3a8-11e7-873e-3fbcdce8ea3a.png'

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "vin": "JHLRD77874C026456",
  "box": {
      "xmin": 257,
      "xmax": 1673,
      "ymin": 635,
      "ymax": 793
  },
  "confidence": 0.9834251403808594,
  "candidates": [
      {
          "vin": "JHLRD77874C026456",
          "confidence": 0.9834251403808594,
          "box": {
              "xmin": 257,
              "xmax": 1673,
              "ymin": 635,
              "ymax": 793
          }
      }
  ]
}