From 8ed6cdcedf9e8bffc6eaaf173003245a5e6fe227 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: HarryZhu <7harryprince@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:11:03 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Create ocr.space_code_example_chinese

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+# in this example, we improve the return value more friendly.
+
+import requests
+import json
+
+
+def ocr_space_file(filename, overlay=False, api_key='helloworld', language='chs'):
+    """ OCR.space API request with local file.
+        Python3.5 - not tested on 2.7
+    :param filename: Your file path & name.
+    :param overlay: Is OCR.space overlay required in your response.
+                    Defaults to False.
+    :param api_key: OCR.space API key.
+                    Defaults to 'helloworld'.
+    :param language: Language code to be used in OCR.
+                    List of available language codes can be found on https://ocr.space/OCRAPI
+                    Defaults to 'en'.
+    :return: Result in JSON format.
+    """
+
+    payload = {'isOverlayRequired': overlay,
+               'apikey': api_key,
+               'language': language,
+               }
+    with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
+        r = requests.post('https://api.ocr.space/parse/image',
+                          files={filename: f},
+                          data=payload,
+                          )
+    return json.loads(r.content.decode())
+
+
+def ocr_space_url(url, overlay=False, api_key='helloworld', language='eng'):
+    """ OCR.space API request with remote file.
+        Python3.5 - not tested on 2.7
+    :param url: Image url.
+    :param overlay: Is OCR.space overlay required in your response.
+                    Defaults to False.
+    :param api_key: OCR.space API key.
+                    Defaults to 'helloworld'.
+    :param language: Language code to be used in OCR.
+                    List of available language codes can be found on https://ocr.space/OCRAPI
+                    Defaults to 'en'.
+    :return: Result in JSON format.
+    """
+
+    payload = {'url': url,
+               'isOverlayRequired': overlay,
+               'apikey': api_key,
+               'language': language,
+               }
+    r = requests.post('https://api.ocr.space/parse/image',
+                      data=payload,
+                      )
+    return json.loads(r.content.decode())
+
+
+# Use examples:
+# test_file = ocr_space_file(filename='example_image.png', language='chs')
+test_url = ocr_space_url(url='http://ww4.sinaimg.cn/large/0060lm7Tgw1f4vooar90nj30ly106qjk.jpg',language='chs',overlay='true')
+print test_url